708 coleopterA. 



Considerably broader than T. rugulosa, with stouter legs and antennae, 

 relatively shorter thorax, and more ample cordiforni elytra. 



Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, 1|- mm. 



Pokako, Main Trunk Railway ; 22nd February, 1916. A single speci- 

 men picked out of leaf-mould, collected by Mr. James Ford, and handed 

 over to me by Mr. A. E. Brookes, of Mount Albert. 



Phyllotreta Chevrolat. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 635. 



4323. Phyllotreta paspalae sp, nov. 



Compact, convex, subelongate-oval, nitid, glabrous ; nigro-aeneous, 

 posterior femora fuscous, darker than the others, tibiae fusco-testaceous, 

 basal half of antennae fulvescent. 



Head finely and closely punctate. Eyes large, oblong-oval, slightly 

 prominent. Thorax a third broader than long, base somewhat rounded, 

 with rectangular angles, its sides distinctly margined, slightly curvedly 

 narrowed and deflexed anteriorly, the apex widely but slightly sinuate 

 towards the rectangular angles ; its whole surface distinctly and moderately 

 closely punctate. Scutellum short, rounded behind. Elytra at the base 

 as broad as thorax, thrice its length ; distinctly striate-punctate, and with 

 some irregular sutural punctures near the base. Pygidium exposed, grooved 

 along the middle. 



Antennae half the length of the body, rather slender, distant at the 

 base, implanted on the plane surface near the front and inner side of 

 the eyes, second joint only slightly shorter than the elongate first or third, 

 the remaining joints elongate and subequal. 



Posterior femora strongly dilated, the tibiae subangulate on the outside 

 below the middle, underneath that point excavate for the reception of 

 the basal tarsal joint, which is longer than the next, third bilobed, fourth 

 slender, shorter than first, claws not obviously appendiculate ; front tibiae 

 simple, with smaller spurs. 



Underside distinctly punctate, its pubescence grey. 



Prosternal process broad, grooved along the middle, prolonged almost 

 to the middle coxae, which are as far apart as the anterior. Metasternum 

 moderate, its distinct curved frontal margin extending between the middle 

 coxae. Basal ventral segment nearly as long as the following four 

 together. 



This cannot be placed in any New Zealand genus, neither can it 

 remain in Phi/llotrela on account of the more widely separated anterior 

 coxae and externally clavate posterior tibiae. 



Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, li mm. 



Lake Oiiia, North Auckland. Described from four specimens found 

 by Mr. A. E. Brookes, of Mount Albert, who caught them on Paspalum 

 plants. 



By Autlioiity : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington. — ^1923. 



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