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the pygidium visible [at i the suture only ; their punctation distinct, mode- 

 rately close and irregular, rather less evident near the sides and extremity. 

 Legs simple, pubescent. 



The thoracic and elytral sculpture are in marked contrast, the colora- 

 tion is somewhat indefinite, and there are no intrahumeral impressions, the 

 shoulders not being at all raised. It should be located near L. obseums, 

 though quite distinct therefrom. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Cook. A single specimen, found by Mr. Cheeseman. 



Note. — Luperus nigripes, 1111 (Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 634), has been 

 altered to L. fuscifrons. the former name having been used before in Europe. 



Group Chrysomelidae. 



3153. Chalcolampra speculifera sp. nov. Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1882, 



P- 73. 



Oblongo-ovalis, sat convexa, testacea, elytris plagis magnis nitidissimis 

 fusco-aeneis, antennarum basi fuscescente, pedibus geniculis nigris. 



Long., 8 mm. ; lat., 4 mm. 



Antennae slender and elongate, reaching half-way to the extremity 

 of the wing-cases. Prothorax transverse, distinctly narrower than the 

 elytra, the sides nearly straight, very finely and evenly margined, the base 

 unmargined, the front rather broadly margined, the surface rather finely 

 and irregularly punctate. Scutellum shining and impunctate. Elytra 

 yellow, but each with 3 large and extremely highly polished spaces of a 

 dusky brassy colour ; one of these is situated near the scutellum, and is but 

 little separated from its fellow of the other side ; it is extended backwards 

 along the suture, but is here less well defined and conspicuous till it joins 

 the apical patch ; this latter is very brilhant, and sends off externally 

 towards the front a small prolongation, which nearly or quite unites with 

 the 3rd or lateral mirror ; this is placed near but does not touch the side, 

 and in front is prolonged as far as the shoulder ; there is also a minute 

 dark spot on the shoulder ; the yellow portion of the wing-cases is rather 

 coarsely and irregularly punctate ; the apices are a little produced, and very 

 distinctly truncate. The legs are yellow, with the knees broadly marked 

 \sdth black. 



This remarkable insect is one of the most interesting of Mr. Helms's 

 Greymouth captures, as it introduces us to a new feature in the New Zealand 

 Coleoptera, and one which I had hitherto supposed to be quite wanting — 

 viz., the existence of true Chrysomelidae of Chapin's division Cycliqves. 

 The genus Chalcolampra is well represented in Australia, and has some 

 species in Austro-Malasia. 



Obs. — This description was inadvertently omitted in our Usts, so that 

 I made a mistake in describing a specimen found by Commander J. J. 

 Walker, R.N., as Eualema walkeri. — T. B. 



3154. Caccomolpus ornatus sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1308. 



Compact, convex, broadly oval, glabrous, glossy, variegate. • ,i '■■■ h 

 Head infuscate red, with a few fine punctures on the forehead ; anten- 

 nary orbits sUghtly and obtusely elevated ; there are 2 interocular impres- 

 sions. Eyes strongly transverse, large and prominent. Antennae dark 

 rufo-testaceous, elongate, the terminal 5 joints with greyish pubescence ; 

 basal joint robust ; 3rd distinctly longer than 2nd ; joints 7-10 thicker 



