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fuscous humeral spot, and another, but smaller, on each elytron, about equi- 

 distant from the base and suture, behind the middle much larger irregularly 

 formed spots almost form two fasciae, the posterior just on top of the 

 declivity. 



Head large, almost as broad as thorax, closely and obviously granulate. 

 Eyes large, slightly convex, subrotundate. Antennae nearly as long as head 

 and thorax, basal joint darkest, stouter and longer than the next, 3rd slender 

 as long as the 2nd but evidently shorter than the thick 4th, which is rather 

 longer than the following ones. Thorax about twice as broad as long, 

 longer in the middle than at the sides, base finely margined and slii'-htly 

 bisinuate ; anterior angles rectangular, the posterior obtuse ; its granular 

 sculpture a little finer than that of the head. Elytra thrice the length of 

 thorax, rather broader, gently narrowed towards the base, with a slight 

 median oblique impression near each side of the suture ; their punctation 

 distinct but not close. 



This must be placed in the section composed of species with the sub- 

 ocular line indistinct. It differs fi'om C. oscillans, 580, and C. aequalis, 581, 

 in coloration and marks, and by the head as well as the thorax being dis- 

 tinctly granulate. 



Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, nearly \h mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One example, captured on the 8th March, 

 1913, by Mr. L. Burrows, of Methven, whose name has been attached to it. 



Group Melyridae. 



3750. Dasytes philpotti sp. nov. Dasytes Paykull, Man. N.Z Coleopt 

 p. 328. 



Elongate, narrow, subparallel, slightly nitid ; nigrescent, faintly tini^ed 

 with purple, more distinctly near the sides, legs and antennae piceous, claws 

 castaneous ; pubescence greyish-yellow, slender and elongate on the head 

 and thorax, shorter and rather thicker on the elytra, and, near their sides 

 suberect or curled. 



Head, including the large eyes, almost as broad as the middle of thorax 

 narrowed behind ; minutely and densely sculptured, with onlv a few fine 

 punctures, broadly bi-impressed in front. Thorax a little convex, slightly 

 broader than long, its moderately dilated basal half finely margined, with 

 rounded posterior angles ; disc sculptured like the head, and with a vawue 

 median fovea near the base. Scutellum somewhat quadrate. Elytra four 

 times the length of the thorax, rather broader than it is at the base, sub- 

 parallel, with broad singly rounded apices ; with close finely rugose trans- 

 versal sculpture but without definite punctation, the impression near each 

 shoulder very slight. 



Antennae rather longer than the head and thorax, finely pubescent, 2nd 

 joint scarcely longer than broad, joints 3-5 distinctly serrate, 6th rather 

 shorter than following ones. 



Legs elongate ; posterior tarsi as long as the tibiae, basal joint of the 

 anterior shorter than the next, with a thick spiniform process at the extremity 

 underneath. 



More parallel, less opaque, and much less obviously violaceous than 

 D. helmsi, 2035, with different vestiture and elytral apices. 



3- Length, 5 mm. ; breadth, quite 1.^ mm. 



Ben Lomond, Otago. My specimen was captured early in December 

 1912, by Mr. A. Philpott, of Invercargill, after whom it is named. 



