OF NEW ZEALAND. 65 



Length, 3 lines. 

 New Zealand (Parry). 



Note. — The species occurs sparingly at Tairua and other localities 

 near Auckland. 



125. D. picea, Chaudoir; Bull. Mosc, 1848, i.,p. 77. It differs from 

 Mr White's species -by its brown colour without spots. Head rounded, 

 very lightly punctured on the vertex behind the eyes, which are a little 

 prominent ; narrowed behind the eyes and forming a rather broad neck, 

 scarcely narrower than the forehead and very short ; the summit slightly 

 convex, with two rather lengthened grooves between the antennje, and 

 with traces of a transverse impression near the front of the eyes, near 

 these on each side are two filiform projections. 



Thorax a little larger than the head between the eyes, shorter than 

 broad, cordate, but very strongly narrowed towards the base ; anterior 

 margin very little indented, angles a little prominent, but much rounded, 

 sides a little rounded anteriorly, almost not sinuated posteriorly, and 

 forming with the base an angle a little obtuse but very little rounded at 

 its apex, the base very lightly rounded ; the top rather flat, but descend- 

 ing a little towards the front angles, with a strong longitudinal groove 

 down the whole of the middle, two transverse impressions but little 

 distinct, a rather deep excavation on each side near the base, the sides 

 depressed most posteriorly, and a rather large lateral l)order ; there are 

 only some almost obliterated vestiges of transverse wrinkles, and some 

 excessively small and isolated dots on the surface, with a pun. tation 

 more visible near the anterior margin, and two bristles on the lateral 

 margins, of which one is on the basal angle. 



Elytra a little longer than the anterior part of the body, much 

 broader than the thorax posteriorly, but narrowed considerably towards 

 the base, this prolonged in the middle ; shoulders rather reduced, and 

 very much rounded, sides a little rounded, extremity quite squarely and 

 broadly truncate, with the exterior angle rounded and that of the suture 

 quite straight, leaving uncovered nearly the whole of the last segment of 

 the abdomen ; they are distinctly striate, with the rudiment of a tenth 

 line near the scutellum, the striee unite by pairs towards the extremity, 

 the bottom smooth ; the interstices are a little convex, each bearing a 

 very irregular row of little dots, on the third stria or near it four larger 

 punctures, and a series of large punctures on the ninth ; the surface 

 very flat, only sloping towards the sides quite near the margins. Last 

 segment of the abdomen distinctly punctured, squarely truncated, with 

 the angles obtuse ; under surface of the body smooth, last segment 

 pubescent. 



Brown both above and below, not glossy, middle- and fore-part of 

 the head, sides of thorax, lateral and inferior margins of the elytra, 

 posterior margin of each segment of the abdomen, as well as the parts 

 of the mouth, and the antennae, ferruginous ; tarsi of a rather clear 

 testaceous yellow. 



Length, 3?j lines. 



I have received two specimens of this insect from M. Dupont, as 

 coming from New Zealand. 



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