OF NEW ZEALAND. 815 



punctured. ScutcUiivi broadly triangular. Elytra with fine side 

 rims, slightly wider than the thorax, their sculpture fine and 

 shallow. Legs robust, bearing fine pallid hairs. Underside 

 brownish ; metasternwa large, scored with exceedingly fine irregu- 

 lar lines ; abdomen truncate between the cox®, minutely reticu- 

 lated, segments 2-4 short, each with a row of pale hairs, fifth more 

 pubescent. Antennce yellow, slender. Cluh three-jointed. Claws 

 dentate at base. 



Length, f line ; breadth, ^. 



Habitat, North Island. Not uncommon. 



1449- H. pallidus, n.s. Shining, testaceous, the middle of 

 the thorax darker, legs and antennse pale-yellow, seemingly destitute 

 of pubescence, convex, broadly oval. Underside yellowish. Re- 

 sembles H. nigellus. 



Length, f line ; breadth, ^. 



One example, Northcote, Waitemata Harbour. 



1450. H. lawsoni, n.s. Glossy, nude, somewhat rufescent ; 

 thoracic disc brown, its margins testaceous ; convex, broadly oval. 



Prothorax minutely and distantly punctured. Elytra almost 

 similarly sculptured. 



The insect is rather smaller and narrower than the two preceding 

 species, and the elytra are more distinctly punctated. 



Length, quite ^ line ; breadth, f . 



I found this species at Whangarei Heads, and Mr. Thomas 

 Lawson recently gave me a specimen labelled by the late Mr. 

 G. R. Crotch, M.A., Coccinella lawsoni. I have retained the 

 specific appellation, biit the insect has little in common with 

 Cocci)! el la. 



Note. — Page 650, genus Crcinoi^horm , last line : read " tarsi 

 \^'ith simple claws," not " single." 



