Sjiecies of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 53 



marked hy the large semilunar patch on the elytra extending 

 from tlie shoulder to near the apex and meeting its fellow at 

 the suture. 



Sessinia pauperata. 



S. testacea, parce pubescens; antennis articulo tertio quam quarto 

 paulo breviore ; capite prothoraceque subtiUter et confertim piinc- 

 tatis; scutello majusculo, transverse; elytris brevibus, subpunctato- 

 etriatis, interstitiis alternis multo latioribus. Long. 4 lin. 



Ilab. Christchurch. 



This very distinct species may at once be known by its 

 short elytra. The genus Sessinia was published by me in 

 January 1863 (Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 45, note). Ananca, 

 Fairm. et Germ. (Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr. 4« s^r. iii. p. 267, 

 1863), must have been published some months later, as a 

 subsequent paper (p. 293) Avas read at the "seance" of the 

 10th June in the same year. Dryops lineata^ Fab. (Ent. 

 tSyst. i. pt. 2, p. 76), and Dryops strigipennis^ Wh. (Ereb. 

 and Terror, p. 12), belong to Sessinia. The genus is differ- 

 entiated from Nacerdes by its two-spurred tibiae. Selenopalpus 

 chalyhcBus and suhviridis are probably only varieties of aS'. cya- 

 neiiSj Fab. [Dryops). 



Mordella funerea. 



M. nigra, subtilissime squamiilosa, elytris in medio maculis duabus 

 fasciaque flexuosa postica, ad suturam interrupta, albo-pubescenti- 

 bus, sed in certa luce evanescentibus ; antennis, articulis quatuor 

 basalibus exceptis, serratis ; capitis fi'oute subtOissime punctata ; 

 tibiis fere ecalcaratis ; tarsis quatuor anterioribus breviusculis ; 

 aculeo paulo recurvo ; corpore infra nitide nigro. Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. Waikato. 



About the size and general appearance of the Australian 

 M. 10-maculata, Fab., but, inter alia, minutely scaly, except 

 the white spots and band, not pubescent, and the tibial spurs 

 nearly obsolete. 



Mordella detracta. 



M. nigra, pube, in certa luce grisea, subtiHter vestita ; elytris fascia 

 flexuosa ante medium maculisque duabus posticis albis ornatis ; 

 antennis minus serratis ; capite antice valde convexo ; tarsis qua- 

 tuor anterioribus valde elongatis ; aculeo recto, breviusculo ; cor- 

 pore infra griseo-sericante. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Waikato. 



About the size and general appearance of our M. fasciata, 

 but the elytra narrowing much more posteriorly and differently 

 marked. 



