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thorax covered with long, pale ferruginous, silky hairs ; 

 raeso-tibisB and meta-tibite behind with a row of longish 

 ferruginous hairs. 



Length, 9j lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Waikouaiti), Mr. Earl. 



Family Melolonthid.e. 

 Rhisotrogus Zealandicus. 



Head dark brown punctured, smooth behind ; clypeus 

 yellowish punctured ; thorax dark brown in the middle, 

 the sides yellowish, a smooth impression on each side ; 

 elytra bulging much on the .side, with four longitudinal 

 lines, the sutiu-e smooth ; head, thorax and margins of ely- 

 tra with scattered brownish hairs ; legs yellowish ; fore- 

 tibiae on the outside with three largish brown teeth ; un- 

 der side of abdomen yellowLsh. 



In one variety the back of thorax is free from hairs ; in 

 another the margin of elytra is brownish. 



Length, 5 to 5^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Odontria, White. 



Head large ; clypeus rounded on the sides, in front 

 somewhat straight, the edge slightly turned up ; antennae 

 eight-jointed, first joint as long as next two taken together, 

 considerably bent and clubbed at the end, with some stiff- 

 ish bristles directed outwardly and a fringe of delicate hairs 

 on the opposite side, second joint short, inserted on upper 

 part of first before the end, thickened and truncated at the 

 lip, third longish, sides almost parallel, a strong tooth di- 

 rected backwards at the base on the outside, head formed 

 of five leaf-like plates, first the shortest, next three equal in 

 length and thickness, third thickest, somewhat convex on 

 outside ; elytra almost covering the abdomen, sides close 

 to the base slightly bulging ; legs with the fore-tibise with 

 three teeth on the outside, at the end very oblique ; tibia; 

 of hind-legs with two long spines on outside at the end, 

 in the middle hollowed out and on the outside crested 

 round with sharpish spines ; tarsi elongated, each joint 

 with several spines at the end. 



A genus of Melolonthidse not far from Rhisotrogus. 

 Described from a male. 



Odontria striata. PI. 2, /'. 5. 



Head brown, deeply punctured, behind smooth and yel- 

 low ; clypeus yellow, with a brown spot behind ; thorax 

 deep brown, the sides and some other spots yellowish, co- 

 vered with longish yellow hairs, with some black inter- 

 mixed ; elytra yellowish brown, with nine rows of blackish 

 punctured lines and a few blackish spots placed irregularly 

 between some of these rows, a few longish scattered hairs 

 on the upper surface ; under parts of thorax covered with 

 soft yellowish hairs ; under-side of abdomen yellow, varied 

 with black ; legs yellow, with some blackish hairs and 

 spines on tibiae ; tarsi blackish. 



Length, 1^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Otago), sides of hills on flowers. 



Odontria xanthosticta. 



Head deep brown, coarsely punctured ; clypeus brown- 

 ish yellow ; thorax and elytra covered with close-pressed, 

 yellowish brown, silky hairs, the surface beneath which is 

 deep brown, with numerous small yellow spots ; under- 

 side light brown ; legs paler. 



Length, 6 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Odontria cinnamomea. 



Head deep brown ; clypeus yellowish, both sparingly 

 ])unctured ; the head behind with a smooth transverse line ; 

 thorax and elytra of an almost uniform cinnamon brown, 

 covered with yellowish brown silky hairs ; under-side of 

 legs of a pale yellow ; fore-tibiae with three bluntish teeth 

 at the end. 



Length, 6 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, on bushes. 



EusoMA, White. 



Head rather large ; clypeus rounded, with the edge 

 slightly turned up ; last joint of palpi the largest, oblong- 

 ovate ; antennae eight-jointed, first two joints thick and 

 rounded, third longish, very slightly thicker at the end, 

 fourth oblong, four last joints leaf-like, the fifth the short- 

 est, the last three nearly equal in length and thickness ; 

 thorax transverse, about the same width as elytra, the sides 

 somewhat rounded ; elytra covering the abdomen, sides 

 nearly parallel ; scutellum longish ; legs long ; tarsi very 

 long; claws simple ; front tibife on the outside with three 

 teeth. 



A beautiful little Lamellicorn insect near Dichelony- 

 cha, Kirby. 



Edsoma Rossii. pi. 2,f. 1. 



Clypeus yellow ; head in front and spot on vertex yel- 

 low, space before and to the side of the eyes deep brown ; 

 thorax yellow, with three longitudinal lines in the middle 

 not touching the front margin, the middle straight and 

 narrow, the side-lines wider and somewhat waved ; ely- 

 tra yellow, with widish, deep brown reticulations ; head 

 and thorax with irregular punctures ; elytra with at least 

 nine rows of longitudinal stria; ; legs and under-side pale 

 yellow. 



Length, 3;^ lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Kaudi). 



Pyronota, Boisd. Calonqta, Hope. 

 Pyronota festiva. 

 Pyronota festiva, Boisd. Faune de VOc. II. 214. 

 Melolontha festiva, Fahr. Enf. Si/.it. II. 166, 48. Olir. 

 t. 5,/. 48. 



Calonota festiva, Hope, Col. Man. I. 40. 



Head green ; clypeus notched ; antennas ferruginous. 



