OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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reaching the hind margin, a rather wide fossa near the hind angles ; 

 saitcUuvi triangular, somewhat wider than long, with four or five longitu- 

 dinal grooves at the base ; elytra wider than the thorax behind ; nearly 

 twice as long as wide ; rather strongly sinuated behind, the side slightly 

 rounded ; each has eight striae of large elongated points, connected, 

 and forming short grooves in different parts ; the spaces between 

 slightly raised ; the "spaces between the second and third, fourth and 

 fifth, sixth and seventh strias are wider and more raised; the points 

 forming the eighth stria are much larger and more distant \ /ej^^s are 

 black and strong. 



Note. — No size is given. Mr. Bates states that his specimen agrees 

 with Guerin's description, and the types of White's Feroiiia vagepiindata, 

 which should measure from seven to eight lines in length. Guerin 

 named it Platysma subccnea, in the Rev. ZooL, 1841, /. 122, and Mr. 

 White, I presume, gave a copy of the description, and not one of his 

 own. 



80. H. oedicnema, Bates; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., March-April, 

 1874. H. sidnenea proxime affinis, sed maris femoribus posticis subtus 

 medio valde dilatatis et dentatis. Subceneo-nigra, nitida; thorace 

 magno, quadrato, postice perparum angustato, ante basin vix sinuato, 

 angulis posticis paulo productis ; elytris brevibus profunde striatis, striis 

 punctatis et passim (preecipue postice) subinterruptis. 



Long., 8 hn., M. 



Much resembling H. sukenea ; but the elytra are much shorter and 

 the thorax rather longer than in that species. The thorax is very nearly 

 as long as broad, and is somewhat regularly and slightly rounded on 

 the sides, the greatest width being in the middle ; behind it is very 

 much less sinuate, and the hind angles are less produced than in 

 siibcenea ; the basal fovea also is larger, and offers on its outer slope a 

 distinct second smaller fovea ; but some trace of this is visible in well- 

 developed examples of subcenea. The hind legs are remarkably short, 

 and the femora are widely dilated beneath, forming a tooth, between 

 which and the base is lodged the elongated trochanter. 



One example ; in my own collection. Exact locality unknown. 



,--^81. H. elongella, ?F////^ ,• Voy.Er. Terr., Ins.,p. ^. Head with 

 an H-shaped impression in front ; thorax slightly convex, with a very 

 deep pyriform impression on each side ; a deep groove, distinctly striated 

 across, and ending in a deepish fossa both in front and behind ; elytra 

 rather convex, considerably sinuated on the outside at the end ; longi- 

 tudinally striated, the stri?e w^ith interrupted punctures, especially behind. 



Length, 6^ lines. 



New Zealand (Capt. Parry). 



82. H. OVatella, Chaud.; Bull. Moscoio, 1865, iii.,/. 103. I have 

 not seen the description of this insect, but Mr. Bates mentions the fact 

 of his having obtained a specimen, and adds, " that this distinct species 

 measures nine lines in length, is similar to //. clongella, but distinguished 

 by its three punctures on the third interstice of the elytra." 



