OF NEW ZEALAND. 83 1 



^ . Length, f line ; breadth, nearly ^. 



I obtained my specimen at Woodliill, near the Kaipara Eail- 

 way. 



1477. B. nemoralis, n.s. Convex, not narrow, the hind- 

 body (including wing-cases) sub-quadrate, nearly nude, having only 

 a few inconspicuous hairs ; shining, dark-red, tarsi fulvous. 



Head nearly square behind, antennal tubercles raised but flat- 

 tened above, the interval depressed, vertex bi-foveolate. Prothorax 

 rather longer than broad, dilated laterally, very finely marginated 

 at base, without impressions. Elytra one and a half times longer 

 than, and nearly twice the breadth of, the thorax, the sides but little 

 curved ; their sutural stride not very evident, with a few very fine, 

 longish grey hairs besides some smaller ones near the base, none, 

 however, easily discernible ; destitute of distinct sculpture. Hind- 

 hody short, apparently impunctate, clothed with short yellow hairs. 

 Antenna; stout, bearing j-ellow hairs ; basal joint not greatly 

 exceeding the second in length, punctate ; second oblong, scarcely as 

 broad as the first ; joints 3-6 not gi-eatly differing in bulk, third 

 longest, sixth broadest ; seventh quadrate, distinctly larger than the 

 preceding one ; eighth transverse, half as broad again as the seventh ; 

 ninth large, sub-oblong, obliquely truncate at apex ; tenth ovate- 

 conical, quite as broad and about as long as the ninth ; joints 2-6 

 smooth, the others distinctly sculptured. 



Comes near Nos. 236 and 239. 



(? . Length, | line ; breadth, ^. 



I found one at Woodhill. 



1478. B. punctata, n.s. Convex, moderately shining, dark- 

 rufous, elytra paler, tarsi yellowish, sparingly clothed with short, 

 decumbent, brassy hairs. 



Head about the size of thorax, moderately coarsely and closely 

 punctate; eyes prominent, coarsely facetted. Antennce ii-articu- 

 late, pubescent, two basal joints stout, cylindric ; joints 3-9 decrease 

 in length, but become broader, the ninth being quite transverse ; 

 tenth about twice the bulk of ninth ; eleventh largest, ovate, punc- 

 tate. Prothorax as long as broad, widest at the middle, its sculp- 

 ture similar to that of the head but more distant near the base, and 

 with a fovea-like depression at each side. Elytra nearly double the 

 size of thorax, narrowed towards the shoulders, appai-ently impunc- 

 tate ; sutural striae not very deep, humeral region a little elevated, 

 with two indistinct basal impressions. Hind-body deflexed, not 

 broadly marginated, its sculpture indefinite. Legs long and stout, 

 posterior tibiae bent near the extremity, and, on the inside, armed 

 with a calcar-like process. 



This is the only species known to me having the head and thorax 

 distinctly punctured. 



Length, f line ; breadth, f . 



Habitat, Paparoa, near Howick. 



1479- B. calcarata, n.s. Rufous, tarsi and palpi fulvous, 



