264 COLEOPTERA 



Three male individuals labelled "Taranaki," and bearing the number 

 1977, were sent me by Mr. Edwards, and are the only specimens I have 

 seen. In one of them the thoracic stripe is very indistinct, but the 

 intra-marginal elytral stripe is pretty distinct, though it is nearly absent 

 in the other two. The male characters are quite similar in the three 

 specimens. 



464. P. munda, Sharp; Ent. Man. Mag., September, 1876. 

 Supra kete viridis, fere unicolor, elytrorum lateribus apicem versus plus 

 minusve flavescentibus. 



Long, corp., 9-10 mm. 



Mas. Antennarum clava elongata ; tibiis tarsisque anterioribus fere 

 ut in M. festiva, sed adhuc magis elongatis. 



This form is very close to M. festiva, but is rather more elongate, 

 and is of a beautiful almost unicolorous green on the upper surface, and 

 the club of the antennae in the male is distinctly longer, and the tibiae 

 and tarsi are a little longer. 



I received this species from Mr. Edwards, but only two males and a 

 female ; and I have also an individual from another source in my 

 collection. 



Heteronyx. 



Guerin-Mcnev. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. \\\., p. 231. 



Mentum quadrate, obliquely truncated, its ligular part very short, 

 feebly hollowed. External lobe of the jaws robust, armed with five or 

 six teeth. Last joint of the palpi sub-cylindrical or fusiform. Labrum 

 short, thickened, slightly arched, and widely emarginated. Clypeus 

 separated from the forehead by a not very obvious furrow, strongly 

 transversal, half-circular, more or less margined, and sometimes sinuated. 

 Antenna eight or nine jointed, the last three joints forming a short 

 stout club. Prothorax transversal, rounded laterally, bisinuated at the 

 base. Elytra oblong, partially covering the pygidium. Anterior tibia 

 short, wide, strongly tridentate, the upper tooth very small, the four 

 posterior bicarinated and spinose ; tarsi long and slender, their claws 

 sometimes very distinctly, sometimes scarcely, bifid at the end, or 

 simple. Pygidium curvilinearly triangular, tranversal. 



465. H. pumilTlS, Sharp; Entom. Mon. Mag., January, 1877, 

 /. 192. Angustulus, sub-cylindricus, rufo-testaceus, subopacus, parce 

 subtiliter punctatus, elytris stria suturali minus distincta. 



Long., 4|- mm. ; lat., 2 mm. 



Labrum quite visible from above, very transverse ; sides of the 

 clypeus explanate or turned upwards, the labrum filling the space between 

 them ; anterior part of head with rather rough tubercular sculpture, 

 hinder part more sparingly and indistinctly punctured ; antennae small, 

 eight-jointed. Thorax broad and short, nearly as broad as the elytra, 

 the hind angles entirely rounded; the surface sparingly and obso- 

 letely punctured, the sides with long cilia. Scutellum large, indistinctly 

 punctured ; elytra elongate and narrow, finely and not closely punctured, 



