318 COl.EOPTERA. 



Length, 12 It iiini. ; breadth, 7 9 mm. 



Rotorua. Several specimens were forwarded during February, 1913, by 

 the Government Biologist, Mr. A. H. Cockayne, who informed me that this 

 species is very abundant, and has destroyed many thousands of young 

 larch -trees. 



Group Dascyllidae. 



3744. Veronatus tarsalis sp. nov. VeronalKs 8h;t,rp, Mftu. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 311. 



Elongate, subparallel, moderately nitid, variegate ; chestnut-red, legs, 

 antennae, and palpi paler, elytra with indefinite infuscate marks, thorax for 

 the most part dark fuscous ; pubescence scanty, distinct and flavescent on 

 the head, thorax, shouldei's, and apices of elytra, the setae in the elytral 

 punctures minute and slender. 



Head large, nearly as broad as front of thorax, slightly rounded behind 

 the moderately prominent eyes, broadly feebly bi-impressed in front, finely 

 but not closely punctate, rather distinctly in front. Thorax almost twice 

 as broad as long, its sides and base finely margined, the former gently, the 

 latter more distinctly rounded in the middle, but sinuate towards the obtuse 

 angles, the apex subtruncate but a little emarginate near the rounded 

 angles ; its surface less distinctly punctured than the front of the head, 

 with an elongate median impression, sometimes with a pair of shallow foveae 

 behind. Scutellum subcordate or triangular, finely punctate and pubes- 

 cent. Elytra five times the length of thorax, about a third broader, but 

 with rounded shoulders ; their punctation distinct but not close, finer on 

 the shoulders and near the apices, each indefinitely tricostate. 



Tibiae with distinct terminal spurs, finely spinulose ; tarsi rather narrow. 



Antennae pubescent, attaining the middle of elytra, 3rd joint about a 

 third shorter than 4th. 



Underside paler than the dorsum, finely punctured, thickly pubescent, 

 3rd ventral segment with a shallow median impression. 



F. punctipennis, 3419, a larger and manifestly broader insect, with less 

 prominent eyes, stouter legs, and thicker tarsi, is the nearest ally. 



Length, 7|- mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Var. — Fusco-castaneous, sides and front of thorax and base of elytra 

 paler, elytral suture rufescent. 



Mount Hutt. Three examples forwarded by Mr. T. Hall on the 28th 

 December, 1912. 



3745. Veronatus fulgidulus sp. nov. 



Glossy, castaneous, mandibles and front of head rufescent, thorax dark 

 fuscous but, like the base of elytra, with the front and sides somewhat 

 testaceous, legs and antennae light fusco-rufous ; head and apices of elytra 

 rather thickly clothed with slendei- yellowish pubescence, elsewhere nearly 

 nude. 



Head evenly convex, rather strongly rounded, forehead nearly vertical 

 in front ; finely but not closely punctured, more finely on the middle, 

 densely behind the eyes, with a pair of angular interocular foveae. Thorax 

 finely margined throughout, its length half the breadth, sides very little 

 rounded and just perceptibly narrowed behind, base and apex sinuate to- 

 wards the sides, the former more mediallv rounded than the latter, anterior 



