natural, history

\\idest at apex; 2 as long as broad, widest at apex; 3 broadly securiform, slightlydarker at apical angle, finely pubescent.Pronotum brunneus, shining, transverse, twice as wide as long; evenly, strongly.md closely punctured; clothed with fine, elongate pubescence, each hair overlappingthe one behind; broadest at basal angles which are obtuse; side margin and anteriormargin continuous, semicircular, anterior angles absent, finely bordered; base at,entre slightly projecting on each side of which it is straight.Scutellum moderately large, triangular, very slightly transverse, punctured andpubescent.Elytra brunneus, shining, elongate, half as long again as wide, continuous inoutline with pronotum; gently, arcuately, widened to middle; evenly arcuately,contracted to apex; strongly. rugosely and moderately diffusely punctured, eachpuncture separated by little more than its own diameter, with a tendency to run intotransverse rows when the light is coming from in front; each puncture set with a finerufous, elongate, semi-decumbent hair which overlaps the one behind; striae, somewhatobsolete at the base where the interstices are flat, becoming stronger towardsthe sides and apex, where the interstices are very convex; reflexed margin moderatelybroad, distinct to within a very short distance from the apex, strongly, rugosely andirregularly punctured.Underside fusco-brunneus, diffusely pubescent; prosternum rugose; mesosternumevenly, strongly and diffusely punctate; abdomen strongly and rugosely punctate,longitudinally strigose; legs robust, brunneus, tarsi lighter, punctured and pubescent.Length: 6-7 mm.Holotype: ~, Kasipa Hill, Rennell Island, 300 ft. 29. X. 53, (Brit. Exp.).Para types: Hutuna, 25/28. X. 53, I ~; 13. XI. 53, I j; 16. XI. 53, 1 Cfl; 20. Xl. 53,1 ¥; Kasipd Hill, 300 ft., 29. X. 53,2 :;:::: (Brit. Exp.).This species differs from N. convexus Mac!. by being a little flatter and moreparallel sided, also by being a little less acuminate at the apex. N. pUllctatus. is moreshining, less closely and less rugosely punctate and the striae are not so well marked.From N. depressiusculus Macl v. latus Blbn. it differs in its much more diffuse puncturationand by being more rounded at the sides.TENEBRIONI DAEUloma hamata Gebien(1920, Tenebrionidae N. Guinea: 274)Lavanggu, 20. X. 51, I 0, 2 ¥:;:; Niupani, Lake Te-Nggano. 31. X. 51, 1o, I Q(Dan. Exp.).Byrsax tuberculatus Graveley(1915, Rec. Ind. Mus., 8: 522).A single c) rather small, Niupani, 22. XI. 53 (Brit. Exp.) .•lin