74 COLEOPTEHA. 



tjuUpiirallei, bruudor iluiii thorax, Hat above, apices rounded and leaving 

 the tcvniinal segment uncovered ; they are moderately coarsely hut not 

 seriately punctured, the punctures on the pale parts are rufescent, the 

 shoulders moderately elevated ; at the base, between the dark scutellar 

 area and the shoulder, there is a large testaceous spot which unites with a 

 more elongate lateral one bdiind the shoulder, on tlie middle an irregularly 

 formed one which does not reach the side and is longest at the suture, the 

 'Md is near the apex and is somewhat ohli(|ue ; they liear numerous sub- 

 erect yellowish setae. 



Underside infuscate. with grey pubescence. Metdsdrtnnn mediallv 

 grooved and finely punctate. 



Antennae with the 4th joint shorter than th«! contiguous ones, tiie lOth 

 joint attains the extremity of the elytra ; they bear distinct vellowish hairs, 

 w hich become liner beyond the oth j(Mnt : the terminal 2 are densely covered 

 with fine pale pul)escence. 



Intermediate between D. picta and I), lohnshi. but not agreeing exactly 

 with either. 



Length, 6^ lines ; l)readth, Iji lines. 



Invercargill. Mr. A. Fhilpott. 



(iroup L.WIIIDAK. 



Adriopea gen. nov. 



Body elongate, narrow, moderately convex, finely pubescent, and. legs 

 and antennae inclusive, bearing numerous erect slender setae. 



Head vertical in front, concave between the raised anteimary orbits, 

 the forehead incurved. Antennae stout, filiform, the terminal 2 joints 

 reaching backwards beyond the body : l)asal joint elongate, subovate ; 

 2nd short. 3rd rather longer than 4th. joints 5-li nearly eipial. Eyes 

 reniform, with coarse facets. Thorax elongate-oval, with a small post- 

 median tubercle at each side. Sciitellum large, curvilinearly triangular. 

 Elytra rather wider than thorax at the base, gi-aduaily naiTOwed })osteriorly. 

 apices simple. 



Leys elongate ; ientora moderately dilated : tibiae not emarginated. the 

 posterior widely incurved. 



Coxae, anterior and intermediate, globose and prominent, each with a 

 narrow external fissure, the posterior thick and extending to the epipleurae. 

 all equally distant from front to rear and moderately separated transversely. 

 Metasternum not longer than the basal ventral segment at the sides ; this 

 segment triangular, and with raised margins between the coxae ; 2-4 de- 

 (■rease in length ; 5th rather longer, simple ; the supplementarv short and 

 medially concave. 



After comparing the type of this genus with many others, 1 see no other 

 course than that of generic distinction. TIk; antennal tubercles are more 

 prominent than in Foecillipr. but the other characters are entirely diflerent. 

 The form, barring the lateral thoracic tuljcrch^s. is more like that of I'silo- 

 injijiu. but there the resemblance ends. 



3148. Adriopea pallidata sp. nov. 



Testaceous, head ca.staneous, the tibiae with a dark band above the 

 tniddle ; the elytra with a median transverse basal area dark fuscous, and 

 a cordiform space of j)aler brown, but interrupted by small jiah" spots, near 

 the extremity ; the tips of joints 3-li) of the antennae slightly infuscate. 

 The body is slightly nitid. 



