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Head finelv and distantly pimctate. Thorax longer than broad, with 

 very distinct, moderately close, infuscate punctures, slightly uneven behind 

 but without definite inequalities; it is very sUghtly tinged with red, and 

 bears fine pale pubescence, which becomes closer at the sides. Elytra with 

 pale pubescence and many erect setae ; their punctures faintly rufescent, 

 distinct but not quite seriate, but finer and fewer towards the extremity ; 

 at the back of the dark basal space there is a pair of small rounded tubercles. 



Breast rufo -testaceous ; distinctly, regularly, but not closely punctured. 

 Abdomen fusco-testaceous, very finely and indistinctly punctate. 



Length, 3 lines ; breadth, | line. 



Waitakerei Range. March, 1909. 



Ofe.— When alive, my specimen appeared like ivory, its legs particularly. 

 The terminal joints of the palpi are acuminate. Its natural position is near 

 Psilotrogia. 



3149. Xylotoles gracilis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 592. 



Slender, elongate, moderately transversely convex, shghtly nitid ; varie- 

 gate, aeneo-fuscous, dark, base of femora and upper half of tibiae fusco- 

 testaceous ; the pubescence distinct, pallid, decumbent, and distributed 

 unevenly, producing a somewhat spotted appearance on the elytra ; an- 

 tennae finely pubescent, basal joint infuscate, joints 2-11 fusco-testaceous, 

 the apex of the 3rd and about half of the following ones fuscous. 



Head depressed between the antennae, with a well-marked median sulcus. 

 Thorax cyUndrical, its sides sUghtly rounded, quite a third longer than 

 broad ; densely and minutely sculptured, but without visible punctation, 

 with a' slender groove near and parallel with the basal as well as the apical 

 margin. Scutellum large. Elytra elongate, of about the same width as the 

 thorax, their sides slightly curved, with the apices separately strongly 

 rounded ; the sutural striae are distinct, and there are some scattered punc- 

 tures before the middle. 



Antennae^ filiform but stout ; the 10th joint extends beyond the extremity 

 of the elytra ; the 3rd joint is elongate, being nearly a third longer than 

 the 4th ; the following ones decrease in length. 



We have no similar member of the genus. From all the others of nearly 

 the same size this may be separated by the dusky colour, narrow contour, 

 and elongate thorax. 



Length, 1| Unes ; breadth, § line. 



Titahi Bay, Southland. Mr. A. Philpott. Unique. 



Group Galerucidae. 

 3150. Luperus cheesemani sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 631. 



Elongate, rather narrow, shining bronzed, glabrous; legs and antennae 

 fusco-testaceous, terminal joints of the latter and the femora darker. 



Head uneven, smooth behind. Eyes oblique, longitudinally oval. An- 

 tennae finely pubescent, reaching backwards to the hind thighs ; 2nd 

 joint rather shorter than 3rd, which is evidently shorter than the following 

 ones. Thorax subquadrate, rather broader than long, base and apex trun- 

 cate, lateral margins sUghtly rounded, anterior angles obtusely thickened 

 so that there seems to be a' slight sinuosity just behind each of them, the 

 posterior nearly rectangular ; its surface distinctly, somewhat irregularly, 

 and moderately closely pmictured, sometimes with a shallow longitudinal 

 impression behind the middle. Scutellum nearly smooth, slightly violaceous. 



