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separated, and the position of the front coxe, added to the pubescent surface, 
being the most important points of distinction. The other characters are appa- 
rently similar to those of Eucolaspis, except that I cannot detect any lobes or 
appendage on the claws: it is just possible, however, that I may be in error on 
this point, as the only example I have seen is in bad condition, and much 
mutilated. 
Pilacolaspis wakefieldi, n. sp.—Sordide testaceus, supra eenescens, tenuiter 
albido-pubescens, crebre punctatus, antennis pedibusque elongatis, crassiusculis. 
Long. 5 m.m. 
Antennz elongate; second joint subglobose; third elongate, a little shorter 
than the fourth; tenth twice as long as broad (terminal joint mutilated); the colour 
is uniform dusky yellow. Head rather closely punctate, with a fovea on the 
middle. Thorax strongly transverse, with the sides rounded, and more narrowed 
behind than in front; a little sinuate at the posterior angles, which are by this 
made rectangular; the surface is uniformly densely and moderately coarsely punc- 
tured. Elytra with diffuse moderately coarse punctuation, not so dense as that of 
the thorax and more effaced on the apical portion. Undersurface yellow, sparsely 
pubescent. Legs stout, yellow. 
Christchurch, C. M. Wakefield, Esq. 
Caccomotpus (nov. gen. Chrysomelinorum). 
Antenne graciles, apicem versus paulo latiores. Palpi maxillares articulo 
ultimo apice truncato. Coxee omnes distantes. Tibize extus ultra medium latiores 
basi et apice tenuioribus. 
This genus is closely allied to Aphilon, but it is comparatively of ordinary 
facies, resembling in form and appearance the hemispherical Phytophaga, such as 
Pheedon and Apteropeda. It differs from Aphilon by the almost filiform antenne, 
and truncate apex of maxillary palpi, by the less widely distant front coxee, and 
the fact that all the coxe are larger and less globose. 
The position of these two genera should be in the Chapuis group Chrysomélites, 
where they will be exceptional on account of the bilobed tarsi. One Eestern genus 
is already known to possess this peculiarity, but the New Zealand 
— Agasta 
genera do not appear to be in the least allied to it. 
Caccomolpus globosus, n. sp.—Rotundatus, convexus, eneo-niger, nitidus, 
antennis, pedibus, abdomine, capite subtus sternique lateribus flavis; elytris 
seriatim punctatis, interstitiis parce punctatis. Long. 3 m.m. (Plate xu, fig. 23), 
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