324 COLEOl'TKHA. 



Head about as long as the tliorax, defiexed in front : closely l)ut not 

 coarsely punctate, subgranulate towards the sides. Thorax about a fourth 

 broader than long, its sides margined and nearly straight, gently rounded 

 behind, the base with finer margins ; it is moderately finely and very 

 irregularly punctured, leaving some spots almost smooth, and in some lights 

 numeious indistinct granules can be seen, tliere is a well-marked impres- 

 sion along its frontal half. Scutellum broad. Elytra parallel-sided, with 

 rounded apices, of the same width as the thorax at the base, four times its 

 length ; they are finely substriate-punctate, the suture and altei'nate inter- 

 stices are very slightly elevated, almost costiform ])ehind the middle, and 

 more or less confluent towards the extremity, iiea)- whicli the jiuiplish spots' 

 appear more depressed. 



Underside infuscate, with greyish pubescence. 



Length, 10^ mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Longwood Range, Southland. Mr. Philpott spent three days on the 

 top of the range in January, 1913. During that time there was almost 

 constant rain, hail, or snow. He, nevertheless, secured nearly twenty 

 species of Coleoptera, half of which proved to be new. There was only one 

 of this species. 



Var. — P. viridipennis, measuring 10 mm. by 2.^ nmi. Head and thorax 

 rufo-fuscous, elytra dull green with numerous irregularly formed purplish 

 spots. Palpi testaceous, the terminal joint longer and narrower. 



Mr. A. C. O'Connor, of Wellington, gave me a specimen minus antennae 

 and almost all the legs, about the best specimen in his possession, in June, 

 1912, but its generic characters could not then be determined. 



No. 1734, placed provisionally in Chalcodrya, must now be transferred to 

 the genus Philpott ia. It has thicker legs and antennae, rather flatter eyes, 

 and somewhat different coloration and vestiture. 



Group Melandryidae. 



3753. Hylobia sexnotata sp. nov. Hylohia Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 403. 



Elongate, slightly narrowed towards both extremities, moderately convex 

 and shining ; thinly covered with slender ashy pubescence ; nigro-fuscous, 

 posterior tibial spurs testaceous ; elytra with 6 flavescent spots, the median 

 largest, obliquel}^ transverse, not reaching the side or suture, the other pair, 

 on each elytron, subrotundate and subapical, sometimes confluent. 



Head finely punctate. Thorax a third broader than long, curvedly 

 naiiowed anteriorly, base very broadly rounded oi' subrotundate in the 

 middle, widely sinuate towards the sides ; its surface with very fine linear 

 sculpture, and a shallow indistinct basal impression at each side of the 

 middle. Scutellum sub(juadrate. Elytra nearly five times the length of 

 the thorax, of the same width as it is at the base, with strongly rounded 

 apices ; their sculpture minute and coriaceous, with indistinct sutural striae 

 behind the middle. 



Antennae rather longer than the head and thorax, basal two joints 

 nearly equal, joints 3-5 rather slender, 6-11 gradually thickened. 



Tibiae simple externally ; spurs of the middle pair short, those of the 

 posterior pectinate and more than half the length of the basal tarsal joint : 

 penultimate joint of the anterior and intermediate tarsi with rather elongate 

 lobes ; claws thickened at base. 



