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an interrupted transverse patch of the same colour which does not reach 

 the suture and is placed behind the other ; the anterior half is coarsely, 

 the posterior obsoletely, punctured. The body is sparingly clothed, the 

 hairs on the elytra are white, the rest fuscous and longer. 



Length, 2| lines. 



I have a mutilated specimen from Mr. J. Buchanan, F.L.S., of 

 Wellington, from which the above description has been taken, as White's 

 is totally inadequate. 



611. P. longula, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., June, 1877. Elon- 



gata, angustula, nigricans, plus minusve testaceo-signata : capite 



thoraceque dense punctatis ; elytris fortiter punctatis, punctis longe 

 ante apicem desinentibus. 



Long., 6-6 i ; lat., i 



This species is closely allied to Eleale opiloides, Pascoe, which is a 

 most variable species ; but Fhymatophcea longula is much more elongate, 

 and has the coarse basal punctation of the elytra becoming obsolete just 

 behind the middle, whereas in E. opiloides the coarse punctation con- 

 tinues till just before the extremity of the elytra, and then leaves a small 

 apical, almost abruptly defined, smooth part. The two specimens of 

 P. longula before me differ greatly in colour and somewhat in puncta- 

 tion, but I have no doubt belong to one variable species. 



Christchurch ; discovered by Mr. Wakefield. 



Note. — This species does not seem to differ materially from P. 

 pantomelas, except that the latter is pilose. 



612. P. opiloides, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 

 E. elongata, peneo-fusca, fulvo-varia, vage breviter pilosa ; antennis modice 

 elongatis, clava laxe articulata ; capite prothoraceque confertim punc- 

 tatis, hoc capite angustiore, basi angusto, in medio fulvo ; scutello cordi- 

 formi ; elytris fortiter punctatis, apicem versus paulo gradatim latioribus, 

 fasciis duabus apiceque fulvis notatis ; pedibus fulvis. 



Long., 2\ lin. 



Christchurch (Mr. Wakefield), Auckland (Capt. Broun). 

 Not unlike a small individual of Opilus mollis. The genus is some- 

 what doubtful. 



613. P. fulvipalpi, ii-i- Antennce fuscous, the two basal joints 

 testaceous, the two basal joints of the club inwardly rounded, rather 

 elongate, and not produced to an angle as in P. electa. Palpi clear 

 yellow. Head punctate. Tliorax sub-cylindrical, narrowed in front of 

 the middle, behind which the sides are protuberant, and again contracted 

 at the base, the disc is uneven, transversely convex, almost tubercular 

 near the front, the base margined ; the sides are a little compressed 

 towards the disc and coarsely punctured, the dorsal space shining and 

 impunctate. 



The elytra are oblong, with prominent shoulders, and become dilated 

 posteriorly ; their surface is nearly flat, a little depressed transversely 

 near the middle, and on each this depressed part is of a piceous colour, 



