1272 COLEOPTERA 



tibiae and tarsi yellow ; undersurface fuscous-red, with very scanty 

 fine white pubescence. The individual before me is of uncertain 

 sex. 



The shorter and stouter femora distinguish this insect strongly 

 from D. sublineata ; probably it is allied to D. picta, Bates, a species 

 I have not seen. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



2239. D. quadriguttata,^i.s. (Shaiy; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 

 1886, p. 440.) Capite thoraceque rufis, antennis pedibusque testa- 

 ceis, elytris pallide testaceis, vitta iaterale guttulisque quatuor dis- 

 coidalibus nigris ; corpore subtus plus minusve infuscato. 



Long. Corp., ll-12mm. 



Head and thorax castaneous or rufescent, with many white 

 hairs, the latter with coarse punctuation along the middle, and 

 just behind the middle, with a slight tuberculation, which is pro- 

 longed backwards as a smooth, not raised space not quite reaching 

 the basal margin ; on each side of the disc, near the front, there is a 

 more distinct tubercle, the sides behind the middle with an acute 

 tooth. Scutellum clothed with pallid scales or hairs. Elytra with 

 rather coarse, definite punctuation, becoming a little finer at the 

 apex, and with a scanty pallid pubescence, in front of the middle 

 with two very minute black dots, and behind the middle with a pair of 

 slightly larger dots. The 'male has the antenua3 much longer than 

 the body, but in the female they extend only slightly beyond the 

 extremity of the elytra. 



This is very closely allied to D. sublineata, but is a rather larger 

 insect, with not quite so coarse punctuation on the wing-cases, 

 and with the dark lines reduced to small dots. D. snblmeata I have 

 not seen from the South Island. 



Picton, two males ; Greymouth, one female. Helms. 



2240. D. jucunda^ n.s. Variegate, head and thorax dark- 

 red, elytra and most part of the tibiee of a pale-straw colour, knees 

 infuscate, antennae and femora red, tarsi and palpi fnlvescent. 



Head broadly but slightly impressed between the antennae, punc- 

 tate. TJiorax about as long as broad, narrowed behind but not in 

 front ; disc moderately coarsely punctured, with some much larger 

 punctures on the sides ; a smooth central space, widest near the middle, 

 extends from near the base towards the apex, and there are two 

 smooth, obtuse tubercles before the middle ; on each side, near the 

 front, there is another similar elevation, and behind the middle a 

 prominent acute tooth ; the clothing, like that of the head, consists 

 chiefly of yellow hairs, which are most abundant near the sides. 

 Scutellum densely covered with scale-like hairs. Elytra gradually 

 attenuated posteriorly, moderately coarsely punctated, the punctures 

 reddish, but becoming paler and finer apically ; each elytron with a 

 pale vein-like mark extending from inside the shoulder to beyond 

 the middle, the common lateral vitta is infuscate but not at all 

 conspicuous, and there are two small blackish spots, one before and 



