OF NEW ZEALAND. 881 



straight, without projecting angles ; side rims distinct, median groove 

 moderate, the surface finely shagreened across, the base longitu- 

 dinally. Elytra ovate, pmictate-striate, the two sutural strife re- 

 curved at the apices, interstices nearly plane, the third with three 

 hispid punctures. 



Of about the same size as B. clialceipes ; the thorax rather 

 smaller and not so much rounded at the sides, the elytral disc flatter, 

 with deeper and more sharply defined grooves, most of which reach 

 the apices, the outermost on each obsolete, their punctation finer. 

 It is distinct from No. log, being more convex, differently sculptured, 

 &c. Its proper position is undoubtedly next to No. ii6. ^ 



$ . Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, ^. 



I selected one specimen from a heterogeneous lot of insects taken 

 on the mountains near Lake Tekapo by Messrs. Cheeseman and 

 Urquhart, January, 1883. 



1567. B. attenuatujn, "-s. Ovate, moderately convex, attenu- 

 ated posteriorly ; body dark-blue, shining, head greenish, legs pitchy 

 tinged with blue. 



Head moderately small, smooth, frontal fossse largo ; eyes not 

 very pi'ominent. Prothorax cordiform, its sides rounded, sinuously 

 narrowed to the base, hind angles not projecting; depressed and 

 longitudinally shagreened at base, dorsum nearly smooth, median 

 groove and curved frontal impression distinct. Elytra obovate, con- 

 siderably narrowed behind ; punctate-striate, the sutural striffi nearly 

 impunctate and recurved at apex, the fourth hardly extends beyond 

 the hind thighs, those beyond still more abbreviated and less deeply 

 impressed ; interstices almost fiat, third tripunctate. 



Another ally of B. clialceipes ; smaller, the hind-body obovate 

 and much more narrowed apically ; the eyes prominent ; the thorax 

 rather smaller, less sinuated behind, its lateral rims following the 

 curvature quite to the base instead of forming short straight sides 

 just before it ; the abbreviated scutellar striaa only reach the base, 

 and those nearest the sides become obsolete. 



J . Length, if lines ; breadth, f. 



A single indi^ddual from the same source as the preceding one 

 {B. tekapoensc). 



Cillenum (p- 59)- 



1568. C. chalmeri, n-s. Convex, elliptically-oblong, shining; 

 head and abdomen dark bronzed-brown ; the limbs and the remainder 

 of the body testaceous. 



Read almost smooth, frontal furrows and ocular setigerous 

 punctures moderately large ; eyes moderately prominent ; mandibles 

 not greatly curved ; the colour is dark on the vertex, becoming much 

 paler in front. Penultimate joint of maxillary _2JaZ2;j hispid. Antenna 

 stout, having sub-moniliform joints. Prothorax cordate-ovate, convex, 

 gradually narrowed towards the rectangular, but not projecting, 

 posterior angles ; with a feebly impressed dorsal groove, curved 

 frontal and transverse basal impressions, the latter obsoletely striated, 

 the hind foveas small. Elytra sub-ovate, broadest behind the curved 



