

Broun. — New Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 427 



Bold Peak, Wakatipu. A pair, mounted on cardboard, forwarded 

 for inspection by Mr. A. O'Connor, of Wellington. The male was cap- 

 tured by Mr. Howie, the female by Mr. H. Hamilton. 



3235. Odontria similis sp. nov. 



Oblong, elongate, slightly convex, opaque; thinly covered with de- 

 pressed, yellowish-grey, moderately short and slender hairs, and with 

 coarser, elongate, and somewhat rufescent ones along the sides and on 

 the head; the base of thorax also with elongate but much paler ones; 

 legs fusco-testaceous. 



Head coarsely and very irregularly punctured, the back part and a 

 large spot near each eye almost smooth, its rims reflexed and very slightly 

 curved in front. Thorax of the usual form, twice as broad as long, 

 moderately finely and not closely punctate. Scutellum sparingly punc- 

 tured. Elytra slightly widened behind, apices very slightly rounded; 

 they are of the same width at the base as the thorax, but fully thrice its 

 length; the sutural striae are distinct and finely punctate, the others 

 are shallow and indefinite, the interstital punctation is fine. Pygidium 

 broadly obconical, medially angulate at the extremity, with shallow rugose 

 sculpture. 



Similar in form to O. marmorata, the thorax and hind-body light 

 brown, but both very irregularly and numerously maculate with dark 

 fuscous, so that the insect appears much darker ; the pygidium is pitchy 

 brown instead of being somewhat testaceous ; the head is dark shining 

 brown, with a testaceous streak across it near the back. The breast is 

 testaceous, finely and rather distantly punctate and pubescent ; the 

 abdomen is fuscous and more closely punctured. The labrum is more 

 vertical and less prominent. The 5th antennal joint, though short, is 

 rather more produced; the club is triarticulate. 0. fusca (2518) has 

 striate elytra. 



Length, 14 mm. ; breadth, 8 mm. 



Mount Greenland, near Ross; elevation, 2,500ft. Found by Mr. 

 Hamilton. 



3236. Costleya simmondsi sp. nov. Costleya Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 1115. 



Broadly oval, moderately convex, nitid; nearly glabrous, having only 

 a few slender setae on the head and along the sides, the pygidium and 

 tibiae with coarser ones; the clypeus, elytra, and sides of thorax fusco- 

 testaceous tinged with green ; the back of the head and middle of thorax 

 light fuscous; tibiae oiceous, more or less viridescent, the outer edge of 

 the anterior reddish ; antennae pale castaneous, club opaque and nearly black. 



Head irregularly, coarsely, but not closely punctured ; clypeus with 

 somewhat reflexed margins, slightlv medially incurved in front. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as it is long, its sides finely rimmed, more 

 narrowed in front than behind, its base strongly bisinuate, the apex 

 deeply emarginate, front angles projecting beyond the middle of the 

 eyes; its punctation coarse, not very close, but irregular; there is a 

 median impression near the front. Elytra of the same width as thorax 

 at the base, rather wider behind the middle, apices obtusely rounded 

 towards the suture; with rather broad, closely punctured striae; inter- 

 stices smooth, the 3rd, 5th, and 7th broader and more elevated than the 

 others, their sculpture, however, becomes indistinct near the apices; the 

 lateral margins are somewhat explanate almost to the extremity. 



