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colour, which prevails at the apex ; legs reddish-testaceous, but, like the 

 body, varying in hue. 



Antenna castaneous, robust, their two basal joints short. The head 

 is finely punctured, the prothorax has the usual basal depressions and 

 the elytra sutural striae ; the body is finely and rugosely sculptured and 

 clothed with fine yellowish hairs. 



The legs do not differ from those of the typical species, except that 

 the fourth joint of the front tarsus is smaller. 



Length, nearly 2 lines. 



I have three examples before me, one of which was found at Tairua, 

 the others near Whangarei Harbour. 



713. H. pullum, n.s. Body elongate, sub-lanceolate, clothed 

 with yellowish hairs, dark blackish-brown in colour, finely and rugosely 

 sculptured ; the legs paler, the front tarsi, antennae, and palpi reddish. 



The prothorax is rather short, without basal depressions, and the 

 elytra bear sutural striae. 



Legs robust, the third joint of the anterior tarsi is somewhat emar- 

 ginated, and the fourth rather small. The antenna are stout, and their 

 joints exhibit but little disparity, each becoming broader and shorter 

 towards the extremity. Eyes large, nearly approximated above. 



Length, 2 \-2 \ ; breadth, f-f line. 



I found two specimens at Tairua. 



714- H. nigricome, n.s. Pale castaneous, legs testaceous, the 

 antennae, save the three basal joints, blackish. 



The insect is similar in form to H. undulata and H. pullum, with 

 the same kind of sculpture and clothing, which is more sparing on the 

 thorax than the elytra ; the eyes are rather small and rounded, and 

 widely separated above. 'The prothorax is bi-impressed at the base, and 

 each elytron has a distinct sutural stria. The fourth joint of the front 

 tarsus is moderately large, and the legs are rather long. The lower part 

 of the body is reddish. 



Length, ij-i J ; breadth, quite J line. 



I found two specimens at Tairua. 



715. H. calida, n.s. This species differs from the preceding in 

 general outline, being broader and rather more convex, so that the form 

 is more oval ; its colour and markings are subject to considerable 

 variation, some being of a reddish chestnut colour, with the greater 

 portion of the thorax blackish, and with a broad irregularly formed 

 fascia behind the middle of the elytra as well as other dark marks, 

 which, however, do not correspond even on the elytra of the same 

 individual ; the legs are testaceous, as are also the antennae, but the 

 latter are infuscate towards the extremity. 



The surface of the body presents the usual appearance, having the 

 prevalent rugulose sculpture and yellowish pubescence, the scutellum, 

 however, is short and rounded behind ; the legs are robust, the basal 

 joint of the hind tarsus is nearly twice the length of the tibia, which, 

 indeed, is scarcely as long as its pectinate spurs. 



