OF NEW ZEALAND. 613 



Note.- — This is perhaps the most widely-distributed species of the 

 genus, and, I think, affects the coast line. 



1077. H. modestUS, n.s. Body piceo-rufous, densely covered 

 with yellowish and whitish grey hairs, the latter forming a broad angu- 

 lated mark on the middle of each elytron ; antennae and legs and parts 

 of the elytra with many erect, elongate, whitish hairs. 



Head densely but not coarsely granulated, and impressed along the 

 middle. AtitejiucE rather longer than the body, pubescent, not varie- 

 gate, basal articulation moderately stout, third and fourth elongate and 

 about equal, the latter attaining the posterior femur. ProtJwrax broader 

 than long, obtusely dilated laterally behind the middle, transversely 

 depressed near the base, its surface closely granulated. Elytra mode- 

 rately long, broader than thorax, a little narrowed posteriorly ; their 

 basal elevations obtuse, those near the middle elongate and not very 

 conspicuous, their whole surface more or less punctured, least so behind. 

 Allied to H. simplex but broader, with a shorter thorax. 



Length, 2\ lines ; breadth, *. 



Tairua. Two examples. 



1078. H. varieg'atUS, n.s. Antennce stout, hispid; basal joint 

 pyriform, yellowish-brown; third of the same colour as the first, and 

 nearly as long as the fifth ; fourth nearly twice as long as the third ; 

 each of the following joints becomes a little shorter than its predecessor, 

 and they, as well as the fourth, are of a pale obscure green colour. The 

 head is rather short, with a broad muzzle ; antennal elevations con- 

 spicuous, with the interval- depressed, and a fine line down the centre ; 

 it is densely covered with griseous pubescence ; the eyes are deeply 

 emarginated, and coar.sely granulated. The thorax is about as long as 

 broad, dilated near the middle, yet scarcely tubercular, broader in front 

 than behind ; there is a depressed transverse line near the apex, and 

 another behind, so that these parts are somewhat constricted ; its disc 

 is uneven, with four indistinct tubercles, two placed near the front, the 

 others near the middle ; the surface is, apparently, impunctate, of dark 

 fuscous colour, and closely covered with yellowish variegated pubes- 

 cence. The elytra are moderately convex, with obtuse humeral angles ; 

 each bears a rather obtuse basal tubercle, and a long elevation from the 

 middle to behind the posterior femora ; these give the elytra an obli- 

 quely depressed aspect in front, the spaces beyond the central costaj 

 having a similar appearance; the punctation is remote, behind obsolete; 

 the ground colour is obscure, pitchy-red, and their clothing consists of 

 dense, variegated, fusco-griseous pubescence, the suture brown and 

 white. The femora are incrassated, light-testaceous, and hispid ; the 

 two front pairs of tibicc are slightly, the posterior strongly, fiexuose, none 

 are much dilated apically, and all are of a pale green colour; the tarsi 

 are rather slender, and of the same colour as the thighs. 



Length, 2\ lines. 



I found my unique specimen at Tairua ; the species, I think, should 

 be placed at the head of the genus, the form denoting the affinity of this 

 genus to Xylotoles. 



