Coleoptera of Neio Zealand. 1*9 



maculis quatuor fulvis ; thorace spina lateral! et tubercuHs quinque 

 dorsalibus, intcrstitiis grosse punctatis ; sciitello albo ; antcnnis 

 pedibusque castaneo-rufis. Long. 6 Hn. 



New Zealand. Received from Dr. Baden of Altona. 



This species has some points, sucli as the distinctly clavate 

 femora and tuberculate thorax, in common with the genus 

 Ambeodontus ; but the form of the muzzle (very short, not 

 tapering, and with produced acute anterior angles), the antennge, 

 and the palpi are different and show a nearer affinity with 

 D idymocantha. 



The head is sliglitly exserted, coarsely punctured, with pro- 

 minent eyes and short palpi. The antennae are pubescent 

 throughout, with the fourth joint distinctly shorter than the 

 third, and much shorter than the fifth. The thorax is much 

 narrower than the elytra, with the lateral spine placed much 

 behind the middle, and five tubercles on the disk, three only 

 of which are much elevated ; the depressed parts are covered 

 with round punctures. The fulvous spots on the elytra are : — 

 one, rounded, basal; a second,elongated,behind the shoulder; a 

 third, irregular, meeting the corresponding one on the suture in 

 the middle ; and a fourth, small, discoidal, before the apex. 



Didymocantha diversicornis. 



Callidium diver dcwnis, White, Voy. Ereb. & Ten*, p. 20. 



The type (a damaged specimen) in the British Museum 

 resembles much D. picta^ and is congeneric with it. It has, 

 however, more numerous yellow spots on the elytra. 



(Emona Mr fa. 



Saperda hirta, Fab. Syst. Entom. p. 184. 



Saperda villosa, Fab. byst. Eleuth. ii. p. 320. 



(Emona htmiilis, Newm. Eutom. p. 8 (1840). 



Isodera viUosa, White, Voy, Ereb. & Terr. p. 21^ t. 4. f. 1 (1846). 



Auckland, appai-ently not uncommon. 



Leptachrous, nov. gen. 



Genus Phlyctmiodi affine, a quo diffcrt capite ante ociilos magis 

 elongate, quadrato, palpis graoilibus fiUformibus etc. Corpus 

 elongatum, gracile. Caput exsertum, antice paulo elongatum, 

 lateribus parallelis ; tubcra antennifera fortiter oblique elevata. 

 Palpi articulis terminalibus hand dilatatis. Antenna' subtiliter ci- 

 liata?, scapo gracili, clavato, quam articulo tertio vel quarto lon- 

 giore ; articuhis quintus precedente et scquente longior. Thorax 

 antice constrictus, supra inaequalis, hand distincte tuberculatus, 

 spina laterali validissima. Elytra costata, apice acute rotundata. 



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