Ncir Zealand Coleoptcra. 99 



canaliculatae ; tarsorum articulo 3o ad apicem sat pro- 

 funde emarginato. Facies inter Chrysomelani et 

 Prasociirem quasi intermedia. 



This is an anomalous insect, but on the whole is pro- 

 bably most allied to the Phyllocharites of Chapuis. The 

 metasternum is not so abbreviate as in Cyrtonus, its 

 length being just intermediate between those of Ct/rtoims 

 and Gonioctena. The metasternum is brought up to the 

 level of the middle of the pro- and metasterna, and exposed 

 between them as a curved linear piece. The claws of the 

 tarsi are short, and armed at the base with an angular 

 dilatation. The maxillary palpi do not differ much 

 from those of Cijrtonus. The elytra are not soldered, 

 but I am unable to say whether wings are present or not. 



Allocharis mar<jinata, n. s. 



Oblongo-ovalis, sat elongata, convexa, nitida, fusco- 

 aenea, elytris rufo-marginatis, antennis palpis pedibusque 

 testaceis ; elytris subtiliter seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 

 fere impunctatis. Long. 5^, lat. 2|- mm. 



Antennae clear red, stout, rather longer than head and 

 thorax ; 2nd joint quite as broad as 3rd, and distinctly 

 shorter than it ; Gth a little shorter than the contiguous 

 joints, and rather longer than broad. Head much im- 

 mersed in thorax, its surface distinctly but irregularly 

 punctate ; eyes small, coarsely granulate. Thorax 

 rather strongly transverse, but little emarginate in front, 

 a little narrower than the elytra, the colour shining 

 brassy, becoming rufescent or fuscescent towards the 

 sides, the surface rather finely and distantly punctate ; 

 the lateral and basal margins are fine but distinct 

 throughout ; the front margin is even finer than the 

 others, and is obsolete in the middle. Scutellum not 

 large, rather broad, curvilinearly triangular, impunctate. 

 Elytra of an obscure brassy colour, with the sides broadly 

 and distinctly rufescent, and the base more obscurely so, 

 not at all striate, but bearing each nine series of fine 

 punctures, and with some other very fine and distant 

 punctures. Legs rather short and stout, reddish yellow. 



I received a single specimen of this rather obscure 

 looking but interesting insect from C. M. Wakefield, Esq. 

 It is labelled " Craigie burn, Powell." 



