OF NEW ZEALAND. 589 



Length, 5 J lines. 



One example (not in good condition) found by Professor Hutton 

 near Dunedin. The genus is, perhaps, doubtful. 



Coptomma. 



Neivvian ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Co/cop., Tom \\., p. 222. 



Males. — Head longitudinally bisulcate above, forehead vertical, 

 very short. A nte?i ?ue ' Qxten^mg beyond the elytra by a third of their 

 length ; first joint moderate, thick ; fourth shorter than either third or 

 fifth, the latter and following joints depressed and gradually increasing. 

 Prothorax moderately transversal, slightly convex, parallel, with a wide 

 and feeble middle lobe at the base, furrowed above. Scutelluin trans- 

 versal, rounded behind. Elytra moderately convex, slightly attenuated, 

 and singly rounded behind, with a sutural projection. Legs robust, 

 femora gradually incrassated ; the posterior as long as the elytra ; 

 tarsi of the same pair broad, first joint scarcely equal to the second and 

 third taken together. Fifth abdominal segment equal to the fourth, 

 truncated behind. 



Body rather elongate, large, and pubescent. 



Females smaller. Afitcnme scarcely extending beyond the elytra. 

 Legs more slender, posterior thighs a little shorter than the body. 



1027. C. (Callidium) variegatum, Fabr. Syst. Ent.,p. 189. 



Body shining, blue-black. Head remotely punctured, with a longitu- 

 dinal sulcate on each side of the vertex filled with short yellow hairs, a 

 finely impressed line between the antennae, and a band of yellow hairs 

 across the muzzle extending backwards to the emargination of each eye. 

 The thorax bears two longitudinal furrows on the dorsum, almost con- 

 tinuous with those of the head, filled with yellow hairs, there is another 

 such pubescent line near each side, the space beyond which is rugosely 

 sculptured, and sparsely clothed with hairs paler than those on the 

 disc ; there is a depression near the base, and a few coarse punctures 

 external to the dorsal lines. Scutellum transversely-triangular. The 

 elytra bear three longitudinal cost?e, the two outer obsolete, the one 

 nearest the suture is rather sharply defined, but obliterated towards the 

 base, and there are a few basal punctures, the rest of their surface is 

 almost impunctate ; their clothing consists of spots of yellow pubes- 

 cence, which become concentrated near the base in the form of an 

 oblique line, and near the middle as a transverse one. The legs are 

 pubescent, the hind fctnora having a distinct band of pale-yellow hairs 

 near the middle. The antcnme are finely pubescent ; bluish, except the 

 two terminal joints, which are j)allid. 



Length, 7-12 lines. 



I found one specimen at Mercury Bay, and several at \\'hangarei 

 Heads. 



Navomorpha. 



Blanchard ; Lacord. IList. des Ins. Colcop., To7n. i\.,p. 224. 

 Head furrowed between the antennae, the forehead tricarinated, the 



