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rather large, convex, very slightly sinuated inwardly. Antenna: inserted 

 in front of the eyes, but not near the lateral margin, filiform, and about 

 half the length of the body ; the five last joints a little dilated and com- 

 pressed. Prothorax transversal, a little narrower than the elytra, apex 

 subtruncate with the angles slightly projecting and directed inwards ; 

 the sides rounded, a little dilated, and sinuous. Scittellum subtriangular. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, sub-parallel, rounded and sometimes acuminated 

 behind, punctate-striate, or rugose. Prosternum rather narrow and con- 

 vex between the coxge, depressed in front and behind a little dilated near 

 the base, and not supported by the mesosternum. Legs elongate ; 

 thighs fusiform ; tibice simple ; tarsi relatively long, the basal joint of the 

 posterior as long as the two following united, claws appendiculated. 



1090. C. (Chrysomela) brunnea, i^?/^-^. ,■ Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., 



p. 23. Thorax smooth, shining, with two blackish green spots ; elytra 

 testaceous, punctate, suture and oblique line from the suture blackish 

 green, under-side deep black ; legs yellow : this species varies much in 

 colour. 



The above is the description of the variety known to Fabricius ; in 

 some, the spots on the thorax are very obscure ; the elytra are testa- 

 ceous, with a greenish hue ; legs and under-side of a uniform testaceous; 

 in others the whole of the insect is deep black, with a greenish hue, the 

 femora at the base being ferruginous, and the antennae tinged with the 

 same. 



New Zealand, on the flowers of the Leptosperniiim. 



Note. — No size is given, very little is said about the form and 

 sculpture. What I believe to be this species measures from 2 to 2\ 

 lines in length by \\ in breadth ; the head bears some rather coarse 

 punctures, the thorax is laterally rounded with depressed front angles, 

 so that when viewed from behind it appears to be considerably narrowed 

 in front, and the surface is not at all smooth, being rather densely 

 covered with elongate punctiform impressions ; the elytra are rather 

 coarsely punctured, in lines behind, and the lateral sculpture is coarse 

 and rugose. Form ovate. 



1091. C. pallidipennis, White ; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 23. 

 Deepish brown, with pale ochrey elytra and legs ; head behind with a 

 black band, between the eyes a testaceous band, with a slight impressed 

 line in the middle ; thorax deepish brown, margined with testaceous, 

 thickly and closely punctured ; elytra pale ochrey, the margin of suture 

 deep brown, the basal half very closely and irregularly punctured, the 

 apical portion and margin with the punctures in lines ; under-side of 

 body black ; the legs pale ochrey. 



Length, if line. 



New Zealand. 



Note. — I have not seen any specimens which exactly correspond 

 with the above description, so far as mere colouration is concerned, but 

 the species, I think, is quite common in Auckland districts. 



