8l4 COLEOPTERA 



longer than broad, and, conjointly, longer than third ; joints 6-8 de- 

 crease in length ; club large, sub-oblong, terminal joint largest. Tarsal 

 claivs thickened at base. Maxillary ^^aZjji with the terminal joint 

 securiform. Not agreeing very well with Scymnus. 



Length, if lines ; breadth, nearly f . 



Mr. Meinertzhagen sent me a couple of s|)ecimens from Wai- 

 marama, Napier. 



1447. S. villosus, 1^-S- Variegate; the middle of the thorax, a 

 large triangular basal space, and other portions of the elytra castaneo- 

 fuscous, the rest of the body testaceous, legs and antennae yellowish, 

 rather densely clothed with long greyish hairs. 



Head moderately punctured. Prothorax finely and not closely 

 punctated. Scutellum broadly triangular. Elytra rather closely 

 but not very coarsely punctured. Underside moderately punctured, 

 bearing short greyish hairs, fuscous ; the whole of the pronotum, the 

 middle of the meso- and meta-sterna, and the last segment of tha 

 abdomen testaceous. 



The elytra usually appear ^to be variegated-brown, with a lai*ge 

 angulated spot extending from the shoulder to near the middle testa- 

 ceous ; the villosity is semi-erect, with a tendency to curl. 



Length, i line ; breadth, f . 



Found in most parts of the North Island. 



Holopsis. 



Nov. gen. 



Body broadly oval, sub-hemispherical, convex, nude above, 

 Antcnnce. apparently nine-jointed, as long as thorax, basal joint 

 robust, second elongate and almost oviform, third cylindric, shorter 

 and more slender than the preceding one, the following three short 

 and about equal ; cJuh tri-articulate. Prosternum much depressed 

 at the sides : mesosternum short, almost linear, truncate ; vieta- 

 stcrnum very large, plane, its edges truncate. Basal segment of 

 abdomen large, widely separating the posterior coxae, next three 

 short, all with straight sutures. Legs stout ; tihia arcuated exter- 

 nally and narrowed at the extremity ; tarsal claivs thickened or 

 dentate at the base. 



The genus belongs to the Cranophorites, and should be placed 

 between Oryssomns and Cranoplwrus, having, like them, the head 

 completely concealed by the anterior prolongation of the prothorax ; 

 the latter is not so broad as the elytra, and quite destitute of front 

 angles, so that the margins form an uninterruj)ted curve from one 

 posterior angle to the other. 



1448. H. nigellus, ^^-s. Convex, very broadly oval, nude, 

 shining blackish, the thoracic ma^rgins and humeral angles generally 

 pale-testaceous, legs fusco-testaceous. 



Head not immersed, invisible from above. Pronotum broader 

 than long, finely marginated, its base sinuously rounded, the sides 

 and front forming a regular curve, its surface minutely and remotely 



