OF NEW ZEALAND. 813 



Group-CHRYSOMELID^. 



Scaphodius. 



Cliapuis. 



1444. S. compactus, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., Aug. 1881, 



V- 50- 



Group— E ROT YLID-ffi. 



Cryptodacne (p. 640). 



1445. C. vagepunctata, n.s. Shining, infuscate-red, legs 

 testaceous, antennae rufescent ; sub-oblong, convex, slightly narrowed 

 and depressed medially, sparingly pilose. 



Head punctured in front, the middle of the vertex and the occiput 

 quite smooth. AntenncB normal, bearing fine yellow hairs, their 

 terminal joint obliquely cut away at the extremity. Prothorax 

 nearly quadrate, incurved behind each eye, sides marginated and 

 almost straight, narrowed a little towards the base ; its punctation 

 fine and rather distant, the broad dorsal space perfectly smooth, with 

 a: few fine yellow hairs. Scutellum transverse, smooth. Elj/tra 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly, not at all contracted near the middle, 

 impressed with rows of fine distant punctures having yellow hairs 

 proceeding from them. Legs stout ; tibue very slightly arched. 



Smaller, the thorax more finely and distantly, the elytra more dis- 

 tinctly sculptured than C. sijiithetica and C. lenis, and the whole 

 msect much more obviously hairy than either. 



Length, if lines ; breadth, nearly f . 



Described from one example obtained at Woodhill, near Helens- 

 ville (Auckland). 



Group-COCCINELLID^. 



Scymnus (p- 645). 



1446. S. sedatus, i^--^- Sub-oviform, moderately convex, nude, 

 shining; variegate, ground-colour smoky-brown, with irregularly- 

 formed testaceous marks ; legs, antennae, aud palpi yellow. 



Head moderately finely punctated, dilute in front. Protliorax 

 transversal, sides and base finely marginated, obtusely rounded and 

 narrowed towards the front, the base broadly but slightly lobed at 

 the middle, sinuated towards the sides, hind angles not acute ; its 

 punctation rather finer than that of the head, with a fine linear im- 

 pression just in front of the base, its sides and anterior angles more 

 or less testaceous. Scutellum triangular. Elytra convex, sub- 

 obloug-oval, with distinct lateral rims becoming obsolete beliind, 

 broader than thorax, moderately closely punctured and somewhat 

 rugose ; the testaceous marks irregular, one on each elytron behind 

 the middle and near the suture sub-lunate, not touching its fellow, 

 the others indefinite, sometimes suffusing most of their surface. Legs 

 stout, pubescent. Antennce shorter than head and thorax, their basal 

 articulation stout ; second shorter and more slender, yet quite stout ; 

 third longest, slender, sub-cylindric ; fo^^rth and fifth about equal, 



