OF NEW ZEALAND. 403 



parallela, leviter convexa, apice singulatim subacuminata, margine lateral! 

 inflexo angustissimo ad apicem usque percurventi. Prosternum breve, 

 coxis prominentibus vese tantengentibus. Mesosternum declive, angus- 

 tum. Pedes breviusculi, tibiis rectis apice brevissime calcaratis, tarsis 

 elongatis unguiculisque sirnplicibus. Corpus elongatum, parallelum, 

 parum convexum, alatum. 



709. C. varieguta, Redten. ; Voy. Nov., Zool. Subtus cupreo- 

 aenea, supra luride-fusca, aeneo-micans, elytris maculis viridibus punc- 

 tisque numerosis, albido setosis, subfasciatim dispositis, pedibus anten- 

 nisque luride testaceis. 



Long., 7 lin. 



Hylobia. 



Nov. gen. 



Body elongate, somewhat oviform, moderately arched. Mentum 

 transversal, widely emarginated in front. Labial palpi very small : the 

 maxillary very large and robust, the second joint large, considerably 

 produced inwardly ; third arcuated, shorter than second, more strongly 

 produced inwardly, so that its tooth projects a little beyond the base of 

 the last joint, which is very large, longer than the preceding two con- 

 jointly, cultriform. Antenna longer than thorax, inserted near the front 

 margin of the eyes, subfiliform, robust, their basal joint stout, cylindrical; 

 second rather shorter and less robust than first ; joints three to ten 

 decrease in length, the third being half as long again as the second ; 

 eleventh longer than tenth, oviform. Head deflexed, its rounded and 

 smaller lower portion sharply defined from the upper by a distinct 

 carina, and adapted to close the front aperture of the thorax ; labrum 

 transverse, subtruncate ; eyes large, transversal, coarsely facetted, the 

 space separating them above about equal to half their width. Prothorax 

 nearly as broad as long, subconical, rounded and depressed anteriorly, 

 its base of the same width as the elytra, closely applied to them, and 

 moderately widely lobed in the middle. Scutellum transverse, a little 

 narrowed behind. Elytra elongate, a little wider near the middle than 

 elsewhere, with divergent, rather sharply rounded apices. Legs robust, 

 the anterior shortest, the two front pairs of tibia nearly straight, the 

 spurs of the intermediate longer than those of the front pair ; the pos- 

 terior tibiae very short, compressed, slender at base, dilated apically, 

 their spurs stout, as long as the tibiae, and pectinate ; front tarsi short, 

 dilated, basal joint longest, next two almost obconical, decreasing in 

 length, entire, the fourth deeply excavated, so as to appear bilobed, but 

 having a membraneous plate below, fifth joint elongate, about as long 

 as third and fourth ; posterior tarsus very long, its basal joint being 

 longer than the tibia, the other three decrease in size, entire ; claws 

 simple. 



All the coxce subcontiguous ; prosternal process triangular, terminating 

 acutely behind the front coxae ; breast compressed, rather convex, and 

 grooved down the middle. 



The type is H. velox. 



