146 COI.EOFTBKA. 



(IldUp ClClNDKI.IUAK. 



3504. Cicindela waiouraensis sp. iiov. Cicvidela Liniie, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt.. p. I . 



Oblong, only slightly convex, subglabrous; head and thorax nitid, 

 viridescent, tinged with })urplish-red ; I'lytra subopaque, more or less 

 violaceous-black, with niuuerous metallic-green spots, the larger ones 

 irregularly distributed near the base and apex but foiniing a series 

 near each side of the suture; the cieam-coloured bands are moderately 

 narrow, they form on each elytron a lateial curve from the shoulder to 

 the middle thigh where it extends a little inwardly; united to this, 

 but leaving a dark angular spot at the side, a prolongation to the hind 

 thigh extends from the middle obliquely backwards nearly to the suture; 

 the apical band does not reach the hind thigh, but extends obliquely 

 forwards; legs and antennae somewliat infuscate and violaceous; 

 labrum and base of mandibles of the same colour as the elyti'al bands. 



Head almost as broad as the thorax, obtusely elevated in. front as far 

 back as the middle of the eyes, distinctly but irregularly strigose. 

 Labrum transverse, with 4 setigerous |)uiRtures, the central tooth 

 bioadly angulate, but not projecting further than the one at each side 

 of it, ' the outer angles obtuse. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 abruptly constricted in front, from thence gently narrowed, with slightly 

 flattened and very distinctly margined sides; a broad deep furrow ex- 

 tends obliquely inwards from each anterior angle towards the middle, 

 the Ijase is abruptly depressed and contracted, the sculpture consists of 

 distinct but very irregular rugae. Scutellum tiiangular, densely scup- 

 tured. Elytra oblong, nearly thrice the length of the thorax, broader 

 than it is at the base, obliquely narrowed Ix'hiiid, distinctly margined, 

 their apices divergent, moderately acute but evidently reflexed ; the 

 surface irregularly studded with minute tubercles, the suture mode- 

 rateh' elevated throughout. 



Underside dark violaceous, with many white setae on the breast; 

 5th ventral segment I'ounded towards the middle, wliich is angularly 

 emarginate. 



This, though resembling C. fvberrnlnfa, is nevertheless manifestly- 

 different. It is considerably larger. The head is less depressed between 

 the eyes. The central tooth of the labrum is not acutely produced. 

 The tlioracic disc is more elevated, so that the front and Imsr appear more 

 abruptly constricted and depressed, and its sides are unmistakably 

 marginate. The elytral apices, instead of being horizontally and 

 sharply pi-olonged, aie divergent, and evidently bent u])Avards. 



cJ. Length, lomm. ; bi-eadth, 5 mm. 



Waioui'U, near Mount Ruapehu. A somewliat damaged specimen is 

 all I possess; it was presented to me in June, 1012, by Mr. A. C. 

 O'Connor, who informed me that Mr. G. V. Hudson had captured several 

 specimens. 



n 10)1] I CNEMACANTHinAK. 



3505. Mecodema puncticolle sp. no v. Mecodema Rhuichard, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 7. 



Olilong, only slightly convex, modei'ately iiitid ; black, antennae and 

 tarsi nigro-piceous, tips of palpi fulvescent. 



Ili'ad narrowei- than thorax, evidently i)unctate, more finely and 

 distantly on the vertex ; its sides and the forehead with deej) longi- 

 tudinal striae, and witli a, few feebly inqiiessed transverse ones between 



