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basal margin, anterior mar^iu broadly rcflexed, pellucid, basal margin scarcely 



sinuated, witli the angles ratlier acute. 

 Scutelluin broad, rounded, and rufous. 

 Elytra one-balf-loiiger, but scarcely broader, than the thorax, widest behind the 



shoulders, marked witli large shallow punctures, with the interstices shining, 



sides rather broadly margined. 

 Abdomen with the pygidiuni slightly exposed, rufous. 

 //«/« rather long, bright yellow. 

 Under parts castaneous, prothorax yellow. 

 niffem from C. rotundas in its smaller size, rufous scutellum, suture and margins 



of the elytra, and in its coarser sculpture. 

 Habitat, Sandwich Islands. Found iiy tlie Rev. T. Blackburn on Nuuanu Pate, near 



Honolulu. 



Corylophodes Lawsoni. 



(Holopsis) Lawsoni, (Crotch, MS.) Broun, New Zeal. Journ. Sci. i. p. 499, 1883. 



L. c. -f'c— iff ''"• = 1"12-1"25 mm.— Subbemisphericus, postice acuminatus, 

 fere glaber, nitidissimus, elytris totis j.x'te rutis, vel plus minusve obseuratis, pronoto 

 nigrescent!, margine anteriori albo-pellucida ; pronoto modico. antice fere circulariter 

 rotundato, minute et remote punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, ad margiuera 

 l)asalem lineii impressa uotalo, vel nigreseonti, vel rufo, plus uiinusve in disco 

 nigrescenti, margine anteriori reHexa, albo-pellucida, margins basali leviter sinuata, 

 angulis fere rectis ; elijtris vel Isete rufis, vtd plus minusve nigrescentibus, pronoto 

 parum latioribus, duplo lougioribus, props humeros latissimis, indistincte punctatis, 

 nitidissimis, stria suturali distincta, postice parum acuminatis, lateribus sat late 

 marginatis, apice sat acuto ; pedibus brevibus, late davis, femoribus obseuratis ; 

 antennis sat longis, piceis. 



Body almost hemispheric, slightly acuminated posteriori}-, almost smooth and very 

 shining, elytra bright rufous, or more or less clouded with black, thorax 

 generally black, with the anterior margin pellucid-white, sometimes rufous 

 with the disc clouded with black. 



Jlcad small, rufescent ; eyes moderate ; antennte rather long, piceous. 



Thorax moderate, almost circularly rounded in front, minutely and remotely 

 punctured, w-itli the interstices smooth and shining, with an impressed line 

 near the basal margin, either black, or rufous clouded with black, anterior 

 margin reflexed, pellucid white, basal margin slightly sinuated, with the angles 

 nearly right angles. 



Scutellum ratlier large, rounded. 



Elytra either bright rufous, or more or less clouded with black, rather broader and 

 twice longer than the thorax, widest near the shoulders, rather acuminated 

 posteriorly, very shining, indistinctly punctured, sutural stria distinct, sides 

 rather broadly margined, apex rather acute. 



Lefts short, bright yellow, with the femora dusky. 



Under parts rufo-castaneous. 



Differs from others in its posteriorly acuminated form, and especially in its bright 

 and lively colours. 



Habitat, Australasia. Found in New Zealand. 



This pretty species in form and colour so strongly resembles the Coecinellid(e 

 that it has more than once been placed in that family ; but its whole anatomy, 

 especially in the organs of the mouth, is in every respect purely Corylophide. 



