114 Tranaactiona. 



Dedicated to Mr. Edgar R. Waite, Curator of tlie Canterbury Museum, 

 in recognition of his services in inducing Mr. T. Hall to form the collection 

 which is dealt with in this memoir. 



104. Somatidia vicina sp. nov. 



Cupreo-fuscous, nitid ; femora, knees, and a spot near the extremity 

 of tibiae rufo-fuscous, remainder of tibiae and the tarsi testaceous ; antennae 

 fusco-rufous but becoming paler towards the extremity, they bear greyish 

 pubescence and numerous longer hairs ; the vestiture of the body is slender, 

 pale brassy or greyish, unequally distributed, usually somewhat concentrated 

 along the middle of the thorax, on the elytra so disposed as to leave nearly 

 bare the humeral region, middle of the disc, a transverse space on the 

 hinder part, and the middle of the posterior declivity ; the erect setae are 

 slender and vary from grey to yellow. 



Thorax slightly broader than long, its sides strongly romided for two- 

 thirds of the length, a good deal and somewhat obliquely narrowed towards 

 the base ; it is rather coarsely, irregularly, but not at all closely punctured. 

 Elytra of the same width as thorax at the base, widest near the middle, 

 elongate-oval, convex, with a few scattered punctures. 



Antennae stout, reaching backwards to the summit of posterior declivity, 

 their 3rd joint quite double the length of the 4th, which is not appreciably 

 shorter than the 5th. 



Male. — Underside fuscous, with distinct greyish pubescence and slightly 

 rugose sculpture ; basal ventral segment, in the middle, nearly as long as 

 2-4 combined, distinctly margined and angulate between the coxae ; 5th 

 fulvescent, finely margined and medially sinuate behind ; supplementary 

 segment visible. The body more convex, rather narrower, thorax more 

 regularly rounded and oviform than the female. 



&. 'ptinoides, 1051, the nearest ally, has the thorax closely punctured. 

 This is not the case in S. vicina. 



Length, 3^-4 mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Pitt Island. 



Several specimens in Mr. Hall's collection. 



Group COCCINELLID.E. 



Scymnus Kiigelann. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 645. 



106. Scymnus macrostictus sp. nov. 



Convex, oviform, nitid, with numerous subercct slender greyish setae ; 

 rufo-fuscous ; legs, antennae, and palpi testaceous ; each elytron bimaculate, 

 the spots very large, occupying about half of the whole surface, and more 

 or less fulvescent. 



Head immersed up to the eyes, rather finely and distantly punctate. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, apex widely but not deeply incurved, with 

 obtuse angles ; the sides regularly rounded and slightly explanate, with 

 distinct margins, posterior angles rectangular, base medially curvate and 

 slightly sinuate towards the sides ; the surface rather finely, yet quite 

 perceptibly, but not closely punctured. Scutellum triangular. Elytra 

 closely applied to thorax at the base, of about the same width there, thrice 

 its length, their punctation coarser than that of the thorax. 



Antennae with the 2nd joint small, distinctly marked off from the thicker 

 basal, 3rd elongate, joints 4-7 rather longer than broad, 8th at its apex 



