284 INSECTS 



Onthophagus granulatus, Boh. Dung Beetle 

 In 1872 Mr C. M. Wakefield stated that specimens of this beetle 

 had been taken by Mr Fereday in Nelson provincial district and he 

 considered that they had been introduced with cattle from Australia. 

 Mr Hudson met with it at Wakapuaka in Nelson, in 1882. Mr W. W. 

 Smith reported it as common in Taranaki in 1919. He thought it 

 was probably common throughout New Zealand, but that there were 

 no collectors of introduced species. 



Onthophagus posticus, Erichson 



Mr W. W. Smith reports this Australian species as common in 

 Taranaki, where it usually occurs under the dry bark of species of 

 Eucalyptus. 



Proctophanes sculptus, Hope 



Taken by Hudson at Palmerston North in September, 1883, in 

 debris. 



Calathus sealandicus, Redtenbacher 



Hudson found this species under stones at Karori, Wellington, 

 in November, 1882; and later at Nelson and Palmerston North. 

 Writing in 1917 he says : " I doubt if this insect is imported as other 

 European Carabidae have not arrived here." Miller thinks the species 

 is indigenous. 



ADEPHAGA 



Family CARABIDAE 

 Rhytisternus puella, Chaudoir 



Taken by Mr Hudson at Karori, Wellington, in 1882, under 

 stones. 



Hypharpax australasiee, Dejean 



This Australian beetle was considered by Captain Hutton, on the 

 authority of Mr W. Bates, to be an introduced species. It was 

 recorded in 1874. 



Hypharpax australis, Dejean 



Common among grass, in vegetation, etc., in Taranaki, according 

 to Mr W. W. Smith (in 1919). An Australian species first recorded 

 in 1874. 



Agonochila binotata, White 



Mr Hudson reports this Australian species as occurring under bark, 

 in the Tinakori Range, Wellington, in September and October, 1887; 

 also as occurring at French Pass. Mr Philpott states that it was 

 common near Invercargill in 1892, and adds (1917): "It is not so 



