140 i'oi,K()['|i:i;a. 



Iiiveioaruill. Dosciilu'd from a sini:k' si)L'(-'iim'ii captured by .Mr. A. 

 IMiiI|Mitt (liiriiiL; winter — .\ii<^iist, I i) I I . 



( Jldll]. ("KIi.\Mi;V( IDAi:. 



3465. Didymocantha hudsoni sp. nov. Didyiiiocaiiiha Ncwinaii, Miui. N.Z. 



Colcopt., p. 568. 



Siibdcpressed, elongate, inuderately shiuiny; head and thorax some- 

 what f ulvescent ; elytra pale testaceous, each with a pair of ivory-like 

 streaks extendin<j: frf)ni the I)ase almost to the extremity; basal joint 

 of antennae distiiu'tly piinetate and rnfous; i-eTnainin<^ joints, palpi, 

 and lei^s j)ale yelhiw. 



Head distinctly and irre^-ularly punetate, with some short inter- 

 antennal grooves, the central linear impiession is slender, the angulation 

 liefore each eye is dark, and the mandil)les are pitchy-red. Thorax 

 lather broader than long, witli a small, (piite obtuse, tubercle at each 

 side behind the middle, in front of this the side is gradually and slightly 

 unevenly narrt)wcd, its apex is feeljly t'lnarginate and densely ciliate; 

 tlie disc is without tubercles, the punctures are i)iceous, moderately 

 coarse, but ver\ irregularly distiibuted, with perfectly smooth intervals; 

 the hiteral sculpture of tlie l)a-al half is a little tinei-, l)ut closer, than 

 that of thr disc. l<]lytra broader than the Ihoi'ax, four times its length, 

 with individually rounded apices; tliey Ixar oidy a few sliort, slender, 

 sul)eiect liairs above, but the sides towards tlie ext}-emity are thickly 

 fringed with elongate ])ubiscence; each elytron has a pair of smooth, 

 slightly i-aised costae along thi' middle, tl'e suture also is a little 

 elivati'd beliind, alongside it from the base to tlie middle there is a less 

 definite costa ; the ])unctiires on the longitudinal intervals are dark 

 fuscous and rather irregular, lint l)ecome shallow behind; the intei'stices, 

 from the middle liackwards, are rendered slightly uneven by short, irre- 

 gular, but. rather indistinct rugae. 



AntcTinae evidently )>ubescent. their basal half with numerous longer 

 haii-s, the Oth joint attains the ajiex, the 4th is hardly ])erceptibly shorter 

 than the adjoining ones. 



In general ap]iearanee like 22~)'2. luit with thi' shape and scnljiture 

 of the thorax essentially different. In that species most of its surface 

 is closely and finely ])unetured, but in /J. Inuli^oni the spaces between 

 till dark and rather coarse punctures are smooth and ]>olislied. 



liCngth. I.liiiiii.; breadth, -H mm. 



Pipiriki. One exam])le frctiii Mi', (t. V. Hudson, in whose honour 

 it has l)ceii named. 



(Iroiip Lamiiu.^k. 



3466. Hybolasius ciliatus sp. nov. Hyholasius Bates, Man. N.Z. C leopt., 



p. 609. 



Oblong, fusco-rufoiis, thickly covered with decumbent, elongate, 

 testaceous and fulvesceiit hairs, those of the latter colour ])iedominating 

 on the hindei- ])ai-t of the wing-cases; antiMinae and legs pale castaneous. 



Head with a c<'ntral sulcus, its denst' pubescence rather pale and 

 concealing the line sculpture. Thorax a thiid broader than long, nuire 

 constl'ict^'d at the base than in front;. tin lateral tubercles, behind the 

 middle, are vi'ry obtuse, as are also the median, somewhat transvei'sal, 

 dorsal ojies ; its sculjituii' is fine, and appears to be punctate-granulose. 

 Elytra oblong, very little iiaridwt'd posteriorly, with l)roadly rounded 

 apices, and obtusely prominent shoulders, their length about four times 



