264 coi,i:opTi;i{A. 



obtusf sliouldiTs, slij^htly cxpaudiMl posttTJorly, apices broadly louiiilc'd ; 

 the sutural and humeral impressions modci ate, their punetation distinct, 

 but not coarse, even to the extremity, an 1 moderately close. Pyo;idium 

 a little exposed, almost glabrous, bluish. 



Legs moderately elongate; tibiae nearly straight, the almost white 

 setae on the two hind pairs much thicker than those on the antei-ior, the 

 ]>osterior finely seri'ate along the outside, more coai-sely near the ex- 

 tremity ; tarsi not broad, their claws appendiculate. 



Antennae filiform, not extending as far as the hind tliighs; 2nd 

 joint almost as long as the next, joints 4-11 about eipially elongate. 



The first part of its desci-iption will enable it to be separated from 

 every other New Zealand species. The fine scri-ation of the posterior 

 til)ia<' is <i1i>ervablc in the series fi'om 2305 to 2-'509, and may hereaftci- 

 prove useful in dividing the members of the genus into sections. In 

 ge!iei'al foi-in and st'ulptui'e it comes neai- A. aenei/s, 1114. fi'om Lindis 

 Pass, Otago. 



Tyength, 4.\ mm. ; In-eadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Mount Hutt. One only, captured bv .Mi'. T. Hall on tlie 14lh 

 February, 1912. i 'nfoitunately. the 1)ad weathei- ])revented imu'e tlian 

 one oi- two individuals of aTiy of tliesc flo\ver-fr<'i|nenting species being 

 found. 



Cronp ( "oocixKr.i.TD.\K. 



3675. Scymnus prolongatus sp. now Sci/miius Kugelniiinn. Alan. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 645. 



Semi-opaciue, bioadly oval, convex; puljescence subdecumbent, dis- 

 tinct, yellowish-grey, finer on the elytral disc; olivaceo-niger, the legs 

 and basal three joints of the antennae light chestnut-red, lemaining 

 joints and the tarsi more or less infuscate, tlioiaeic apex pallid. 



Head punctate. Thorax nearly twice as In-oad as long, the basi' 

 rounderl in the middle but oblique towards the rectangular angles, its 

 sides finely margined and cnrvedly narrowed near the obtuse anteriiu- 

 angles, the apex widely emarginate; its surface shining, moderately 

 finely l)ut not closely ]iuncture(l, i-atln'r move closely neai- tlie side's. 

 Scutellum triangular, ]iunctate. Elyti'a dull, with moderately coarse 

 and close but shallow punctures, and finely rugose inteistices, each with 

 2 or 3 obsolete basal striae, and with the suture slightly thickened along- 

 side the scutellum ; they are of the same width as the tliorax at the base, 

 a little l)i-oader 1)ehind the shoulders, distinctly inaruined, c uisideiably. 

 almost obliquely, narrowed and depressed near the extremity, and with 

 distinctly though obtusely ju'olonged apices. 



Tvegs stout, finely pubescent ; claws sinqile. 



Antennae nearly as long as the head and tlior;i\, 2nd joint rather 

 sliorter than the thicker 1st (U- the more slender ."'id ; joints 4-S nearlv 

 equal, all rather longer tlian lirond ; Otli and lOtli distinctly cidar<;-ed, 

 slightly longer than bioad, straitdit exterj';ill\' but gradually dilated 

 inwardly towai'ds tlie cxt remit v, th(^ termin.d not as broad as the ]ien- 

 ultimate. 



This species is i-emarkablc mi aci^ount of the dull, slightly asperate 

 or coriaceous sculptui'*- of the elvtra, a'Ml tlieir conspicuouslv ])rolongi'd 

 apices. 



Length, 3i mm. ; l)readth, 2\ nun. 



Curiositv Gullv. near Methven. One found amonufst dead leaves on 

 the irround bv ^\y'. T. Hall. 0th .Aimnst. 1012. 



