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Length, nearly i line ; breadth, nearly J. 



I found my two specimens in the woods near Whangarei Harbour. 



162. G. densicome, n.s. Antenna short, robust, rather shining; 

 the three basal joints elongate, the third nearly as long as the second, 

 joints four to ten a good deal thickened, the eleventh as long as the ninth 

 and tenth; the first three joints yellowish, the others reddish. Head 

 broad and shining, blackish-red, not perceptibly marked. Prothorax 

 also shining, less dark in colour, with nearly straight sides, transversely 

 impressed in front of the scutellum, distinctly punctulated, and bearing 

 a few fine cinereous hairs ; it is but little broader than the head. Elytra 

 not much wider than the thorax, closely and minutely punctured, 

 clothed with fine yellowish hairs ; their anterior and larger portion is 

 castaneous, the remainder 'blackish, and duller than the head and 

 thorax. Abdomen pale or reddish chestnut, the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments blackish, not duller than the elytra, closely punctulated, with 

 greyish pubescence. The legs are of a pale chestnut colour. 



The broad head and thorax give the insect a parallel outline ; it has 

 a slight purplish hue. 



Length, ij ; breadth, quite J line. 

 I found one near Whangarei Heads. 



163. G. versicolor, n.s. This species in sculpture, colour, &c., 

 closely resembles G. densicome; it is, however, a good deal .paler, the 

 legs being quite yellow. The antenna are considerably longer and 

 more slender. The head is glossy, much narrower than the thorax, with 

 a purplish hue. The prothorax is smaller, obviously rounded laterally, 

 with the same basal and discoidal sculpture. The body is not parallel- 

 sided. 



Length, i J ; breadth, nearly \. 



Described from one example found at Parua. 



164. G. atriceps, n.s. Antenna black, save the first, second, 

 and eleventh joints which are yellowish ; they are rather long, not much 

 incrassated towards the extremity, otherwise normal. Head moderate, 

 smaller than the prothorax, shining black, impunctate ; penultimate 

 joint of the maxillary/^/ blackish, the mandibles and the rest of the 

 palpi yellowish. Prothorax rather depressed, broader than long, very 

 slightly curved at the sides, apparently free from sculpture, and clothed 

 near the sides only ; it is castaneous, but darker on the disc than else- 

 where. Elytra pale, or dark, castaneous, the suture, apices, and half 

 of their sides black, clothed with greyish hairs ; their punctation 

 assumes the form of longitudinal linear impressions. Abdomen rather 

 elongate, narrower than the elytra, shining, sparsely punctate and 

 pubescent, and of a pale, or reddish, chestnut colour, the fifth segment 

 only blackish. Legs yellow. 



The elytral sculpture serves as a good distinguishing character. 

 Length, if; breadth, J line. 



The specimens before me were found in the vicinity of Whangarei 

 Harbour. 



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