6l4 COLEOPTERA 



1079. H. cristatellUS, Bates; Ent. Mon. Mag., Aug., 1876. 

 Mino7; oblongus, longe setosus, fuscus, sparsim cinereo-pubescens, anten- 

 nis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, illis articulis apice, his tibiis apice tarsisque 

 nigris ; elytris tuberculo centro-basali penicillato. 



Long., 1^-2 lin. 



Canterbury (Mr. Wakefield). 



A small species ; moderately convex and clothed with long erect 

 hairs, and irregular patches and spots of cinereous pubescence on a 

 rufous-brown ground ; in many examples the elytra behind appear more 

 rufous with indications of two black fasciae. The thorax is cylindrical, 

 with small, conical, obtuse, lateral tubercles. The centro-basal tubercles 

 are conspicuous, owing to the long pencil of hairs with which they are 

 crested. The legs are pale rufo-testaceous, clouded on the femora, and 

 with the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi black. The antennae are slightly 

 longer than the body, the third and fourth joints considerably elongated, 

 relatively ; pale testaceous, with the tips of the joints fuscous. 



1080. H. bellicOSUS, n.s. Body infuscate-red ; anteniice sparingly 

 hispid, basal joint elongate-pyriform ; third and fourth very long ; fifth 

 to eleventh decrease in size, these joints fuscous, first to fourth rufous. 

 Head short and broad, distantly punctured and pubescent. Thorax 

 about as long as broad, dilated laterally, but not distincdy tubercular, 

 and constricted behind ; its surface is punctate, and densely clothed 

 with griseous hairs. The elytra are moderately convex, scarcely tuber- 

 cular, shoulders prominent, their sides nearly straight to beyond the 

 middle, apices divaricate and rounded ; they are coarsely sculptured to 

 beyond the centre, but behind the punctation becomes indistinct ; they 

 are clothed with griseous pubescence, which, being chiefly disposed 

 along the sides and behind, leaves a broad nude line on each side of the 

 suture as far as the hind legs, from which point these bare vittce diverge 

 obliquely. Thighs inflated, tibiae straight and dilated at the apex, and 

 sparingly clothed with white bristles. 



The male may be distinguished by its longer antennae and more 

 elongate thorax. 



Length, li lines. 



Of the fighting propensities of this small longicorn beetle, there can 

 be no doubt ; I captured several specimens at Tairua, but all had been 

 more or less mutilated. 



1 08 1. H. parvus, n.s. Body rather convex, infuscate-red, pilose. 

 AntenncT reddish, basal joint pyriform, third and fourth long. Head 

 deeply grooved longitudinally. Thorax with prominent rounded sides, 

 an impressed transverse line in front and behind, and uneven, but not 

 distinctly tubercular disc; its surface is finely punctured. The elytra 

 are uneven, without distinct elevations, though on a close examination 

 the usual centro-basal tubercles may be discerned ; the shoulders are 

 prominent, the sides a little rounded, the apices obtusely and divarica- 

 ted ; they are closely and very coarsely punctured in front, more 

 distantly so behind. The femora inflated, the tibias dilated at the 

 extremity. 



