5g | COLEOPTERA. 



Group ClCINDELIDAE. 



Cicindela Linne. Man. N.Z. .Coleopt., p. 1. 



4153. Cicindela hamiltoni sp. nov. 



Oblong, subdepresscd, subopaque ; head and thorax viridescent and 

 slightly nitid : elytra with numerous shallow greenish punctures, the 

 intervals fusco-rufous and bearing many minute darker granules ; lateral 

 bands pale cream-coloured, quite uninterrupted from base to apex, between 

 the base and the middle slightly expanded, behind the middle with a short 

 angular dilatation, which, however, cannot be termed a fascia. Legs, palpi, 

 and basal joints of antennae shining, coppery red or dark green, terminal 

 articulations of these last dull nigro-fuscous. The head and thorax bear 

 some white setae similar to those on the legs. 



Head, including the prominent eyes, longer and slightly broader than 

 thorax, broadly depressed between the eyes, longitudinally strigose along- 

 side these, elsewhere densely, finely, and irregularly rugose or subgranular. 

 Labrum pallid, transverse, subtruncate in front, with a simple triangular 

 median tooth in the male, the outer angles obtuse. Thorax a fourth broader 

 than long, its sides moderately rounded, somewhat abruptly contracted 

 behind, more depressed across the base than near the apex, with a fine 

 -tiia along the centre, its sculpture is dense, fine, irregularly rugose or sub- 

 granular ; the duplicate lateral margins are for the most part distinct, 

 but the upper or inner become obsolete towards the base. Scutellum large, 

 triangular, minutely and closely sculptured. Elytra oblong, slightly wider 

 behind than at the base, a third broader and nearly five times longer than 

 thorax, curvedly narrowed apically, with acute, slightly projecting sutural 

 spines, lateral bands with many concolorous punctures. 



Fern. — Labrum fulvescent, with an indistinct short tooth at each side 

 of the fuscous central one, the apex therefore appears bisinuate at each 

 side ; apical sutural spines of elytra variable, either quite indefinite or 

 forming acute but not prolonged angles. 



This species is differentiated by the quite uninterrupted lateral bands, 

 and the absence of the usual elytra! fasciae. It should be placed near 

 C. austromontana (10). To the unaided eye it appears fuscous, but when 

 brushed with benzine and examined under a good lens presents the appear- 

 and' described above. 



<$. Length, 9 mm. : breadth, 3J mm. 



Mouat's Lookout, Awatere River Basin. Discovered, at a height of 

 about 5,700ft., by Mr. H. Hamilton, of the Dominion Museum, after whom 

 it is named. One of each sex. 



4154. Cicindela ezonata sp. nov. 



Oblong, slightly convex, somewhat nitid, almost glabrous ; head and 

 thorax fuscous, with some vaguely rufescent spots : elytra fusco-niger, 

 fainth rufescent near the sides, without any trace of the common pale 

 lateral borders ; the fasciae fulvescent, the median one, on each elytron, 

 bicurvate but not quite attaining the suture, the subapical irregular and 

 rather short, the humeral lunule rather narrow and semicircular. Basal 

 joints of palpi yellowish, the terminal bright green. Legs with some fine 

 white setae, more or less viridescent, as are the basal four joints of antennae, 

 remaining articulations testaceous or infuscate. 



