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but projecting laterally ; the sides are a good deal rounded, with a slight 

 sinuation in front of the hind angle ; there is a more or less distinct 

 impression near each side behind, and the sculpture of its surface con- 

 sists of rather small rounded punctures, these are coarsest on the sides, 

 but do not reach the lateral margins. Scutellum rather broad. The 

 elytra are longer than is usual, very gradually rounded, and they are 

 impressed with rounded punctures, which are irregularly distributed 

 near the base, but disposed in rows behind, and they are more or less 

 striated near the apex and side margins ; their punctation is compara- 

 tively fine on the disc, coarser and a little rugose on the sides, but no- 

 where dense. 



The femora are dilated, the apex of the hinder tibice is distinctly 

 cavernose, and the first and second tarsal joints are very obviously 

 irnpressed longitudinally, these characters, though belonging to all the 

 species, are not always so well expressed as in this species. 



The insect seems to be tolerably free from variation in colour, is 

 rather dull, and more finely sculptured than is usual in the larger species. 



Length, 2i-2| ; breadth, \\ line. 



I have six examples before me, all in bad condition ; four were 

 found by Mr. C. M. Wakefield in the Canterbury district, the other two 

 come from Capt. Hutton. 



HOC. C. huttoni, n.s. Obion;;, moderately convex, shining, of 

 a brownish or greenish bronze colour, clothed with fine grey hairs, the 

 legs and antennse testaceous. 



AntcnncB filiform, longer than head and thorax, inserted at the sides 

 in front of the eyes, the two basal joints stout, the second short, the last 

 five a little dilated. Head immersed up to the eyes, broad, narrowed 

 in front of the eyes, epistome truncate, labrum notched, eyes large and 

 moderately prominent^ Thorax transverse, apex truncate, the base a 

 little sinuated ; the sides are rounded, obtusely dilated at the middle, 

 sinuated towards the distinct hind angles, the front angles also distinct ; 

 it is margined laterally, is moderately convex, and densely, almost rugo- 

 sely, punctured. Scutellum rather short, broad, and punctulated. Elytra 

 suboblong, very little rounded laterally, a little elongated behind, slightly 

 wider behind than in front, with an elongate depression inside the hume- 

 ral angle ; their surface is a little uneven, without distinct costse, irregu- 

 larly and rather rugosely punctured, the punctation more apparent near 

 the base than elsewhere. Legs stout ; the basal joint of the hind tarsus 

 hardly as long as the second and third taken together. Prosternal 

 process rather broad. Under-side bronze-coloured and clothed with 

 short grey hairs. 



Length, 2 lines; breadth, i^. 



Three examples from Professor Hutton ; they were found by him in 

 Otago. The species does not belong to Colaspis, the antennal insertion 

 alone being sufficient to exclude it from that genus. 



Peniticus. 



Sharp; Entoni. Mon. Mag., Oct., iZ^b, p. loi. 

 Corpus breve, convexum. Thorax lateribus marginatis et sinuatis. 



