344 OOLEOPTERA. 



Legs stout, tibiae unarmed, covered with short fulvous liairs near the 

 extremity. 



Underside of the same colour as the upper surface, but ratlier more glossy, 

 the coxae reddish ; it is finely setose and irregularly punctate, the last 

 segment more thickly pubescent than the others. 



Length, (U mm. ; l)readth. 3,1 nmi. 



Kemarkal)les, near Queenstown, Otago. One example, found by Mr. 

 M. 0. Pasco on the 28tli December, 1912. ' 



Group Galerucidae. 



3779. Luperus nodicollis sp. no v. Lnperus Geoffroy, Lacord., Hist, des 



Ins. Coleopt., torn. 11, p. 186. Syn. Adoxia, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 631. 



Oblong, subdepressed, shining, glabrous ; the body and basal joint of 

 antennae violaceo-cyaneous, remaining joints dull piceous, legs piceo- 

 cyaneous. 



Head aeneous behind, longer and, including the eyes, rather narrower 

 than the thorax, finely rugose behind the eyes, the interocular channel well 

 marked. Thorax almost twice as broad as long, its sides very gently curved 

 near the fi'ont, with distinct lateral margins and channels, apex truncate, 

 with almost rectangular but not incrassate angles, base slightly rounded 

 towards the sides so that its angles are obtuse ; disc purple, very uneven, 

 with a pair of smooth central nodosities, its punctation distinct, rather dis- 

 tant and very irregular. Scutellum curvilinearly triangular, smooth. Elytra 

 oblong, subparallel, four times the length of thorax, evidently bioader than 

 it is at the base, broadly rounded at the extremity ; their suture narrow 

 and sharply marked, they are very irregularly, rather closely but not very 

 coarsely punctured, with short irregularly rugose intervals, the sculpture 

 becomes much coarser towards the apex but at the base it is finer and less 

 rugose, the shoulders are a little elevated and rounded. Pygidium sub- 

 triangular, distantly punctate. 



Antennae moderately stout, attaining the hind thighs, 2nd joint rather 

 longer than broad, 3rd longer, but shorter than the following ones. 



Legs moderately stout, with greyish pubescence ; tibiae nearly straight ; 

 tarsi narrow, penultimate joint short, expanded and bilobed, claws appendi- 

 culate at base. 



L. asperellus, 3020, may be readily separated by its metallic purplish-red 

 tints, very much coarser and closer punctation, of the thorax particularly. 

 Both belong to the same section of the genus. 



Length, 6| mm. ; breadth, 2f mm. 



Ben Lomond, Otago. The only specimen I have seen was captured on 

 the 1st December, 1912, by Mr. M.O. Pasco. 



3780. Luperus dilutipes sp. nov. 



.Subdepressed, moderately elongate, nitid ; nearly nude, having only a 

 few grey hairs on the head and short dark ones on the sides of the thorax ; 

 aeneous, somewhat viridescent, the legs, coxae, and basal joints of antennae 

 fusco-testaceous, remaining joints of these last darker. 



■ Head almost as broad as fi'ont of thorax, slightly cyaneous, with a few 

 punctures, occiput smooth, the interocular furrow well marked. Thorax a 

 little broader than long, distinctly margined, slightly narrowed behind the 

 middle, anterior angles a little thickened but not prominent, the base oblique 



