Bkolx. — Xea: (Teiiera (tiuJ S/ierie.i of Coleoptera. 161 



becoming substriate behind, with broad, indistinctly raised, and minutely 

 punctured interstices there ; on the disc itself, in certain liglits, some very 

 obsolete costae may be detected. 



P. huttoni (1100) is very different in appearance, with a broad scutellum. 

 The description of P. wnkefieJdi indicates a much closer resemblance to 

 the present species, but the sculpture is not the same, and })robably the 

 shoulders may not be as broad. The antennae reach the hind thighs in 

 the new species, their 3rd joint is as long as the 1th, and the 10th is thrice 

 as long as it is broad. The claws are appendiculate. being incrassate for 

 two-thi)-ds of their length but slender and acute at the extremity. In 

 1100 they are also appendiculate. 



Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Wairiri. Kaikouras. Unique. Discovered l)y Mi-. \\ . L. Wallace. 



Group Galerucidae. 



3356. Luperus simmondsi sp. nov. Liiperus Geoffroy. Lacord. Hist. 



des Ins. Coleopt.. torn. xi. p. 186. 



Oblong, subdepressed. nude, shining ; bluish-green, thorax blue, legs 

 fuscous, tibiae usually paler, antennae nigrescent. 



Head uneven, finely setose in front. Thorax nearly twice as broad as 

 long, remotely and very finely punctured on the middle, a little more 

 distinctly elsewhere, sometimes feebly rugose near the front and base ; its 

 sides gently rounded, with distinct margins and channels, but without 

 any thickening of the angles. Scutellum smooth. Elytra oblong, rather 

 broader behind than at the shoulders, with obtusely rounded apices, the 

 suture aeneous ; they are closely and distinctly but not coarsely punctate 

 and more or less transversely rugose. 



Antennae filiform, reaching backwards to the hind thighs, joints 4-11 

 about equal, 3rd joint evidently shorter than the 4tli, yet not longer than 

 the 2nd, the basal not much clavate. sometimes aeneous : they bear fine 

 greyish pubescence. 



Underside nigro-cyaneous. with yellowish-grey pubescence, the terminal 

 ventral segment angularly prominent at the middle of its apex. 



This should be placed near L. olearene. which, however, is rather smaller 

 and glossy aeneous. 



Length, .5| mm. : breadth. 2| mm. 



Mount Quoin. Tararua Range. A single specimen received from Mr. 

 H. Simmonds, after whom it is named. It was taken off Olearea Colensoi : 

 4.000 ft. elevation. 



06.S. — Var. almost wholly cyaneous : the greatly e.xposed conical 

 ])ygidium with slender white hairs. A single example from the same 

 source. 2| l)y 1^ line. 



3357. Luperus foveigerus sj). now 



Robust, oblong, glabrous, glossy ; elytra nigrescent, slightly tinged with 

 red. the head and thorax violaceous and with irregular dark-crimson spots ; 

 legs and anteniiae more or less violaceous. 



Head uneven. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, only about a 

 fourth of the length of the elytra, the anterior angles slightly thickened 

 and prominent. Avith well-developed lateral margins and channels : near 

 the middle there is a pair of obtuse nodules, the interval also smooth ; the 

 sculpture is irregulai'. consisting of very coarse punctures and smooth 

 6— Trans. 



