Coleoptera from New Zealand. 203 



Odontria obscura, sp. n. 



Ovate, moderately broad ; opaque, fuscous, head reddish 

 brown and a little shining ; legs testaceous, the tarsi and 

 palpi rather darker ; pubescence elongate and slender, decuni- 

 *bent, greyish yellow, intermingled with coarser erect infiiscate 

 hairs, which, however, are nearly or quite absent on the 

 hinder portion of the elytra. 



Head rotundate, its punctuation coarse and rugose in 

 front, not so close behind ; clypeus strongly curved, not in the 

 least truncate or emarginate, with raised margins. Thorax 

 one half as long as it is broad, narrowed anteriorly, nearly 

 straight behind the middle ; moderately finely and not closely 

 punctured ; near the middle of the base the clothing is pallid, 

 dense, and slender. Scutellum nearly impunctate behind, 

 densely pilose in front. Elytra widest behind, only obso- 

 letely striate ; on each elytron there are four or five dark 

 streaks; the intervals are moderately finely punctured. 

 Pycjidiuvi with rather small shallow punctures, with erect 

 hairs, some of which are much finer than the others. Legs 

 of normal structure. 



Underside infuscate ; the sternum dull, punctate, and 

 bearing elongate slender pubescence ; abdomen a little 

 shining, unspotted, the sides and the apex of the fourth 

 segment testaceous ; fifth segment very short, broadly lobed 

 in the middle at the apex; its pubescence is short and sub- 

 depressed. 



cj. AntenncB with the basal joint as long as tlie following- 

 three ; second joint as broad as it is long, third scarcely 

 longer than fourth, fifth less tlian lialt' the size of the club ; 

 this is not very elongate, and is composed of three equal 

 leaflets. 



? . Antennce : fourth joint shorter than third, fifth very 

 short, not wider than the apex of the fourth. 



The description of 0. cinnamomea is not applicable to this 

 species ; it is, however, the nearest ally. 



Length 6;^, breadth 3| lines. 



Wellington. Discovered by Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



[To be continued.] 



