4o6 COLEOPTERA 



It is, like H. velox, exceedingly active and difficult to catch, though 

 rather common at Tairua. I have only five examples before me, and 

 all are more or less mutilated in the vain attempt to set them out 

 properly. 



Length, i^ ; breadth, | line. 



716. H. bifasciata, n.s. Allied to H. calida, iho. form, however, 

 dissimilar, the body being but little attenuated behind, a circumstance 

 which, of itself, would suffice to distinguish it from the preceding 

 species. 



The prevailing sculpture and clothing are apparent, the scutellum is 

 transversely quadrate, the protlwrax is not distinctly impressed at the 

 base, and the elytra have the usual strife. 



The body is yellow ; on each elytron, behind the middle, there is a 

 strongly lunate fascia which meets its fellow at the suture, and another 

 angular one in front, reaching the base near the suture, but leaving the 

 shoulder yellow. 



Length, \\ line. 



Described from one example found near Whangarei Heads. 



717. H. minor, n.s. Moderately shining, dark smoky brown, 

 clothed with fine greyish hairs, the legs more or less infuscate, as are 

 also the antennae, the more dilated joints of which are, however, darker 

 than the others. 



It is of somewhat elongate /trw, but not gready narrowed posteriorly; 

 the surface is finely and rugosely sculptured ; the anterior tarsi are 

 moderately broad, the three basal joints decrease in length, the first 

 being rather broader than long, and the lobes of the fourth distant from 

 each other at the apex. 



The second joint of the antcnnce is rather stout, and much longer 

 than the third, which is not larger than its successor, and the apical 

 joints are dilated. The scutellum is transversely quadrate ; i\\e. prothorax 

 is depressed at the base. 



Length, ti line. 



I found one specimen near Whangarei Heads. 



718. H. cylindrata, n.s. Pale testaceous-brown, darkest on the 

 thorax, legs testaceous, the antennae of nearly the same colour. 



The body is rather densely covered with fine yellowish hairs : it is 

 elongate, cylindrical, transversely convex, and narrowed only near the 

 front and apex of the elytra; it is covered with a fine dense rugose 

 punctation. The base of the prothorax is almost truncate, there is an 

 indistinctly impressed longitudinal line on the middle, and an obscure 

 transverse impression at each side near its base ; the head is finely 

 punctate and shining, with moderate widely separated eyes. 



The antennce are longer than the prothorax, inserted in a very slight 

 notch at the front margin of the eyes ; the basal joint is sub-pyriform, 

 the second short, joints three to ten do not differ materially from one 

 another, eleventh larger than tenth, oval. 



