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COLEOPTERA 



728. M. funerea, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. 

 M. nigra, subtilissime squamulosa, elytris in medio maculis duabus 

 fasciaque flexuosa postica, ad suturam interrupta, albo-pubescentibus, 

 sed in certa luce evanescentibus ; antennis, articulis quatuor basalibus 

 exceptis, serratis ; capitis fronte subtilissime punctata ; tibiis fere ecal- 

 caratis ; tarsis quatuor anterioribus breviusculis ; aculeo paulo recurvo ; 

 corpore infra nitide nigro. 



Long., 7 lin. 



Waikato (Captain Hutton). 



About the size and general appearance of the Australian M. 10- 

 maculata, Fab., but, inter alia, minutely scaly, except the white spots 

 and band, not pubescent, and the tibial spurs nearly obsolete. 



- 729. M. tibiale, n.s. Moderately j///;//;/^ black, clothed with fine 

 decumbent dark-cinereous hairs, and very finely punctured. 



Antennce with the four basal joints fuscous, the others black ; joints 

 five to ten serrate, the eleventh ovate. Maxillary /rt!/^/ stout, the two 

 penultimate joints pilose, and of a dark-testaceous colour, the apical joint 

 cultriform and quite black. Head moderately convex, and clothed with 

 fine cinereous hairs, chiefly disposed transversely. Prothorax rather 

 broad, and relatively short, not much narrowed towards the front, with 

 rounded sides, and, in one of my two specimens, with a small white spot 

 at each side. The elytra are not greatly narrowed posteriorly, the disc 

 is rather flat, and the shoulders slightly ridged ; there are two silvery 

 small rounded spots on the middle, one on each side of, and close to, 

 the suture ; and a white flexuose fascia, interrupted at the suture, and 

 scarcely reaching the lateral margin, near the apex. Under-side black, 

 with a spot on each side of the breast, and one on each side of the base 

 of the abdominal segments, white. Legs moderately long, the posterior 

 tibial spurs well developed, and the anterior tibice rather strongly 

 flexuose ; the four front tarsi are rather short, and the claws are ser- 

 rated inwardly. 



Length (including spine) 5 J- lines. 



I found three specimens at Tairua ; it is nearly allied to M. funerea. 



730, M. detracta, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 

 1876. M. nigra, pube, in certa luce grisea, subtiliter vestita; elytris 

 fascia flexuosa ante medium maculisque duabus posticis albis ornatis ; 

 antennis minus serratis ; capite antice valde convexo ; tarsis quatuor 

 anterioribus valde elongatis ; aculeo recto, breviusculo ; corpore infra 

 griseo-sericante. 



Long., 4 lin. 



Waikato (Capt. Hutton). 



About the size and general appearance of our M. fasciata, but the 

 elytra narrowing much more posteriorly, and differently marked. 



731. M. tairTiense, n.s. The general gxoxmd.-colour \% black; 

 the antennae, save the pale (four) basal joints, are pitchy-brown ; the 

 legs are of a similar dark colour, but the four front thighs are testa- 



