IRTG] 21 



flavosiqnatis, crehre piaicfafiis ; thonice laferihiis minus curvatis, an- 

 trorsum leviter angitstatis. Long. corp. 4i mm. 



Mas, femorihus ]Josterio7'iht(s apicem versus triatigulariter dilatatis. 



Head closely and rather finely punctured, blackish, with the cljiDeus reddish at 

 the front margin. Antennae yellow, joints 5-10 infuscate, with their bases pale. 

 Thorax blackish, with the sides broadly yellow, the hind angles are nearly rectangular, 

 and the sides are but little curved, and distinctly narrowed towards the front, the 

 anterior angles being greatly produced, the surface is finely, closely, and evenly 

 punctured, the punctuation becoming more indistinct towards the sides. Elytra 

 blackish, with yellow marks, very variable in extent, they are nearly dull, and are 

 evenly and finely, but distinctly, punctured, and on the middle of each is a series of 

 larger punctures, they are regularly curved towards the apex. Legs yellow, with 

 the hind tarsi more or less infuscate, the hind tibise also sometimes darker. The 

 under-surface is fuscous, closely and evenly punctured. The prosternal process is 

 elongate, and much compressed laterally : the fourth joint of the front tarsi is quite 

 visible between the lobes of the third joint. 



In the male, the middle tibiae are slightly curved, and the femora of the hind 

 legs are triangularly dilated, so as to form an acute angle on the hind margin 

 near the apex. 



Found at Canterbury by Mr. Wakefield, and given to me by Mr 

 H. W. Bates. 



Obs. — Structurally, tbis species seems mucb allied to our European 

 H. carinatus, but the prosternal process is more compressed laterally. 



HrDEOPOEUS DUPLEX, n. sp. 



Fuscus,fere opacus, crehre p)unctatus, jjedihus rufis, fJwracis latcri- 

 bus, elytrisque indistincte testaceo-signatis ; tliorace laterihus bene cur- 

 vatis, antrorsnm angustatis. Long. corp. 4^ — 41 mm. 



This species is very similar to H. Wakejleldi, but is rather larger, 

 and the sides of the thorax are more rounded and narrowed in front ; 

 the testaceous markings are very indistinct, and the elytra have some 

 obscure longitudinal elevations, which render their surface a little 

 uneven, and the hind legs are longer. 



Apparently a common species in the province of Auckland ; it 

 has been sent me both by Messrs. Broun and Lawson. 



Obs. — Until I had carefully examined this species, I considered 

 it to be only a variety of //. Wakejleldi, and I have sent it under that 

 name to one or two correspondents. However, notwithstanding that 

 it is very closely allied to the Canterbury species, I do not now think 

 it will prove a variety thereof. 



Ci'CLOXOTUM MAROIXALE, n. Sp. 



Nigrum, nitidum, sat convexum, pcdibus rvfo-piceis, antcnnis pal- 



