OF NEW ZEALAND. 569 



sides -blackish-brown, as are two streaks on elytra, outer largest and 

 running from before the middle to near the end, the basal half very 

 obscure, the inner before the middle and very short; femora some- 

 what ferruginous ; tibia and tarsi rather hairy. 



Length, 6J lines. 



Port Nicholson. 



NOTE. The species also occurs at Tairua, but is far from being 

 common. 



995. D. (Callidium) diversicorne, White. Antenna with 



the third and fourth joints together as long as the fifth, the fourth 

 joint not half the length of the third (head and thorax crushed) ; femora 

 very much clavated ; elytra coarsely punctured at the base, more finely 

 about the middle, and quite smooth at the end, very deep brown, a 

 longish testaceous mark on the suture at the base, four longish, oval, 

 testaceous spots across the elytra, which, if continued, would form a 

 cross, a small spot close to the shoulder, a longish testaceous line on 

 the margin just before the middle, a large testaceous spot near the tip ; 

 club of femora deep brown, base yellowish, tibia black at the end, 

 yellow at the base. 



Length, 5 lines. 



New Zealand. 



996. D. picta, Bates ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1874. D. 

 modice convexa, breviter erecte pubescens, castaneo-fusca ; elytris nitidis, 

 apice conjunctim rotundatis, rugoso-punctatis, utrinque maculis quatuor 

 fulvis ; thorace spina laterali et tuberculis quinque dorsalibus, intersti- 

 tiis grosse punctatis ; scutello albo ; antennis pedibusque castaneo-rufis. 



Long., 6 lin. 



Received from Dr. Baden, of Altona. 



This species has some points, such as the distinctly clavate femora 

 and tuberculate thorax, in common with the genus A mbcodontus ; but 

 the form of the muzzle (very short, not tapering, and with produced 

 acute anterior angles), the antennae, and the palpi are different, and 

 show a nearer affinity with Didymocantha. 



The head is slightly exserted, coarsely punctured, with prominent 

 eyes and short palpi. The antenna are pubescent throughout, with the 

 fourth joint distinctly shorter than the third, and much shorter than the 

 fifth. The thorax is much narrower than the elytra, with the lateral 

 spine placed much behind the middle, and five tubercles on the disc, 

 three only of which are much elevated; the depressed parts are covered 

 with round punctures. The fulvous spots on the elytra are: one, 

 rounded, basal ; a second, elongated, behind the shoulder ; a third, 

 irregular, meeting the corresponding one on the suture in the middle ; 

 and a fourth, small, discoidal before the apex. 



997. D. segrota, Bates; Ent. Mon. Mag., Aug., 1876. Elongala, 

 gracilis, omnino pallide testacea, sparsim setosa, antennis undique 

 pilosis, articulis 3-7 sequentibus longitudine fere aequalibus; corpore 



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