350 COLEOPTERA. 
Group CICINDELIDAE. 
3783. Cicindela halli sp. nov. Cvzcindela Linné, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1. 
{Subdepressed, oblong, subopaque; head and thorax viridescent, the 
forehead bright metallic green. 
Head broadly depressed between the prominent eyes, finely longitudinally 
strigose alongside these, elsewhere densely but more finely sculptured than 
in C. tuberculata. Thorax a fourth broader than long, base and apex 
slightly sinuate towards the sides so that both appear a little prominent in 
the middle, its sides finely yet definitely margined and moderately rounded ; 
it 1s obliquely impressed in front, transversely and more deeply at the 
base, the median stria becomes obsolete before the middle, and the dise, 
though densely, is even more finely sculptured than the head. Elytra very 
gradually narrowed towards the base but evidently broader there than 
the thorax, almost four times its length; they are without tubercles, the 
general ground-colour is purplish-brown variegated with numerous shallow 
cyaneous punctiform spots, the larger spots are greenish-blue but more or 
less rufescent or brassy in the centre, they are less numerous but much 
more irregularly distributed than the others; the humeral lunule extends 
but little inwardly and is distinctly separated from the whitish, often pale 
testaceous, lateral band which, behind the middle, is prolonged inwardly 
and then bent backwards near the suture, the lateral space between the 
broad apical and median portions is much narrowed, occasionally inter- 
rupted ; all the pale band, on each elytron, is distinctly punctate, and its 
apical portion has several obvious, round, viridescent or fuscous spots. 
The slender white setae are more concentrated on the basal 3 joints 
of the anterior tarsi of the male, and on the forehead, than on the rest of 
the head, the basal joints of the antennae, the thorax and legs, and a few 
can be seen on the elytra; there are many on the sternum and along the 
sides and extremity of the abdomen. 
Labrum usually pale fuscous, a little sinuate towards the rounded angles, 
and with a distinct median tooth in front. 
Male.—Klytra with a slight notch at the inner extremity and short 
sutural spines. 
Fem.—-Apices of elytra obtuse, with a distinct gap between them there, 
the sutural spines do no project further than the front of the gap. 
Abundantly distinct from 3504, and all the older species from 1 to 10, 
as well as 1451 and 1757. Three species described by Dr. W. Horn, of 
Berlin (Deutsche Ent. Zeits., January, 1892 and 1900), C. incognita, C. nova- 
seelandica, and C. circumpictoides, also differ in appearance and sexual 
details, so far as I can judge by the German descriptions, which were kindly 
translated for me by Professor Chilton. It is probable that one or two of 
these species were not found in New Zealand. 
Group CNEMACANTHIDAE, 
3784. Mecodema laterale sp. nov. Mecodema Blanchard, Man. N.Z. 
Coleopt., p. 7 
Elongate, only moderately convex; black, palpi, tarsi, and antennae 
piceous ; head and thorax shining, elytra less so. 
Head narrower than thorax, with prominent eyes, deeply longitudinally 
sulcate in front, irregularly and somewhat transversely near the sides, almost 
smooth on the middle, distinetly rugosely punctate behind, with a setigerous 
