404 COLEOPTERA 



710. H. velOX, n.s. Moderately shining, arched, elongate, rather 

 narrow, pubescent, variegate. 



Head reddish, thorax and elytra castaneous, varying in hue from red 

 to brown, the latter colour occupying large, irregular, longitudinal spaces 

 on the thorax, predominating on the basal portion of the elytra, where 

 it forms irregular marks, and forming two more or less obvious fasciae 

 behind, the posterior regular, the other flexuous ; legs reddish, antennae 

 and palpi testaceous-red ; the under surface darker in colour than the 

 upper, and more finely pubescent ; the clothing consists of yellow hairs, 

 which are rather unevenly distributed. 



The head is distinctly punctulated, its pubescence erect, and pro- 

 ceeding from the eyes as well as the rest of its surface ; the prothorax 

 and elytra are finely and rugosely sculptured, the former is indistinctly 

 depressed at each side of the middle, and the latter are grooved at each 

 side of the suture. 



Length, 2 \ ; breadth, quite f line. 



I found this species at Tairua ; it is exceedingly active. 



711. H. undulata, n.s. Moderately shining, testaceous, two 

 elongate marks on the prothorax fuscous ; the elytra are variegated with 

 dark brown, the apex being of that colour, as also a curved fascia near 

 the apex, a strongly flexuose one just behind the middle, extending 

 forwards along the margin, where it forms a large spot, another marginal 

 spot placed near the base, and on each elytron, near the base, two 

 irregularly formed, almost confluent marks ; antennae fuscous, with the 

 basal joints paler, legs infuscate but not concolorous, tarsi reddish-testa- 

 ceous, palpi yellow. 



The form of the insect is rather more lanceolate than in H. velox, 

 yet not dilated near the middle ; the prothorax is decidedly longer, the 

 sculpture of both species is similar, but the pubescence of the present 

 one is more evenly distributed. 



The antennce are robust, the two basal joints are of equal length, the 

 second the more slender, third shorter than second, joints four to six 

 rather small, obconical, seven to ten decrease in length, but each becomes 

 broader than its predecessor, eleventh large, ovate. 



The maxillary /a^/ are robust, the second and third joints are less 

 produced inwardly than in the typical species, and the last is obliquely 

 cut away towards the apex. Legs normal. 



Length, i j ; breadth, \ line. 



I sent all but two of my specimens to Dr. Sharp ; they were found 

 at Tairua. 



712. H. nilbeculosa, n.s. Variegate, sublanceolate, pubescent, 

 shining. 



Head reddish ; prothorax more or less testaceous, but with the 

 greater part of its disc usually covered with brown ; elytra testaceous, 

 with several, sometimes confluent, spots near the base dark brown, a 

 large irregularly formed median space of the same colour separated 

 from another behind by three almost confluent spots of the ground- 



