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Asteia levis, sp. nov. 



Head fulvous, the eyes black. Antenna? short, the third 

 joint round ; arista slender, bare. Front broad. Thorax and 

 abdomen brown above, pale-fulvous below. Legs pale- 

 fulvous. Wings slightly tinged with yellow, the veins 

 fulvous. No posterior cross-vein. Second longitudinal 

 short, nearly attaining to half the length of the wing. 

 Length, 3 mm. ; wing, 3^ mm. 



Hab. Stewart Island. 



This species differs from A. amcena in having no hairs on 

 the arista, and in the second longitudinal vein being longer. 



Art. XV. — The Beetles of the Auckland Islands. 



By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.B.S., with Descriptions of Neiu 

 Species by Captain T. Broun, F.E.S. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 6th November, 



1901.] 



Last January, at the invitation of His Excellency the Earl of 

 Ranfurly, I visited the southern islands of New Zealand in the 

 Government s.s. "Hinemoa," commanded by Captain Bollans. 

 The chief object of our visit, in addition to examining the pro- 

 vision depots, was to make a collection of birds for the British 

 Museum. But, as I had nothing to do with the collection of 

 the specimens, I devoted all the time I could to the Diptera. 

 No systematic attempt was made to collect Coleoptera, and 

 only five specimens were obtained. These were all new to 

 science, and belong to four new species and one new genus. 

 This is a very good proof that a great deal remains to be done 

 in collecting insects in these islands. Indeed, it is remark- 

 able that after the visits of four scientific expeditions to the 

 Auckland group — -two French, one English, and one German 

 — so very little should be known about the insects. 



Lijperobius Iceviusculus was captured on the high land of 

 Adam's Island, when the party were going to the albatros 

 nesting-ground. They were feeding, I believe, on Ligusticum 

 antipodum. Inocatoptes incertus was obtained on the hi»h 

 land at the head of Port Eoss, but I do not know on what 

 plant it was feeding. Both specimens of Euthenarus were 

 found under stones in Carnley Harbour, near where the 

 •• Grafton " was wrecked. 



I also saw on the islands, several times, a moth which 

 appeared to be a Crambus, of which I did not take specimens ; 



