OF NEW ZEALAND, S79 



Holcaspis a^- 37)- 



1563. H. impiger, '>i-s. Elongate-oblong, medially narrowed, 

 slightly convex, glossy, black, legs and antennce nigro-piceous, tips 

 of palpi castaneous. 



Head with some fine punctures near the eyes, sometimes extend- 

 ing across the occiput. ProUwrax quadrate, scarcely broader than 

 long, base and apex more or less incurved in the middle, sides mode- 

 rately rounded, a little narrowed but not much sinuated behind, 

 posterior angles slightly projecting ; the dorsal groove expanded near 

 the apex, w4aere it ends in a more or less obvious depression, basal 

 fossae elongate, with a second smaller one beyond, the disc with fine 

 rug£e. Scutellum striate. Elytra ovate-oblong, shoulders dentate ; 

 each elytron with eight irregular, punctated striae, the two sutural 

 generally catenulated, the fourth interstice broadest, the punctiform 

 impressions beyond the eighth stria large, the whole sculpture 

 irregular posteriorly. 



In the. female, and indeed in the other sex occasionally, several of 

 the interstices assume a chain-like appearance ; even in individuals 

 of either sex the sculpture seen on one elytron does not exactly re- 

 semble that on the other. 



Legs stout, hind tibise — especially of the male — distinctly curved. 

 Underside black, head more or less punctate, the episterna rugose- 

 punctate. 



The elytral sculpture bears some resemblance to that seen on H. 

 catenulata, but the form of the thorax is essentially different. 



Length, 5-|-6 lines; breadth, if-2. 



I have seen two pairs : one found by Mr. T. Chalmer on Flag- 

 staff Mountain, near Dunedin ; the other by Mr. S. W. Fulton at 

 the trig, station, Mount Maungatua. 



Ha,ptoderus (p- 41)- 



1564. H. Calathoides, ''-s. Oblong, not broad, convex, 

 shining ; legs and three basal articulations of antennae rufo-piceous, 

 remaining joints of these latter, the tarsi and palpi, nearly ferru- 

 ginous, the rest of the body black. 



Head moderately large, constricted behind the eyes, frontal im- 

 pressions indistinct ; mandibles rufescent and somewhat strigose 

 above ; labrum truncate ; eyes rather prominent, their orbits a little 

 inflated behind. Prothorax scarcely broader .than long, quite as 

 narrow in front as at the base, its sides very obtusely rounded, not 

 perceptibly sinuated beliind, posterior angles acutely rounded, lateral 

 margins distinct and reflexed but depressed posteriorly ; dorsum 

 with feeble striolee, median groove distinct but a little abbreviated, 

 basal fossae elongate, narrow, the space between them and the 

 angles depressed, with mere traces of a second elongate impression 

 near each angle. Elytra oblong-oval, convex, slightly wider than 

 thorax at the base, the latter feebly bisinuate, humeral angles not 

 dentiform, narrovs-ed and declivous but not sinuated apically ; each 

 with a short scutellar and eight well-marked, impunctate stride, of 

 which the intermediate pairs become confluent behind ; interstices 



