OF NEW ZEALAND. 587 



this new form, rather than encumber entomological literature with a new 

 one. The species for which the above characters have been compiled, 

 had been previously described. (Smith, I.e., p. 299.) 



1024. E. sericea, Smith / I.e., p. 299. Body dull, reddish-brown, 

 the antennae and legs somewhat paler. The head is sparingly clothed 

 with short yellow hairs. The thorax bears an impressed dorsal line, 

 rather broad and shallow, and well-defined on each side by a longitu- 

 dinal band of golden-yellow hairs ; there is a similar pubescent line near 

 each side, the lateral margins being partially covered with such hairs. 

 The elytra are finely and closely sculptured ; they are variegated with 

 curved lines and spots of pale yellow hairs, the spots are lateral, the lines 

 basal and sutural; one pubescent line on each elytron assumes the form 

 of lunate, central band, which meets its fellow at the suture. In one of 

 my two specimens, the thorax is transverse, the other most likely is the 

 male. 



Length, 2^-3 lines. 



I found three specimens at Tairua. Mr. Smith's measurement is 

 L.5" 



Demonax. 



NOTE. I have not seen the description of this genus. 



1025. D. Spinicomis, Newman; Clytus spinicornis, Zoologist, 

 viii., Appendix cxix., 1850. Caput nigrum, antennis basi nigro-piceis 

 apice testaceis, articulis 3 tio 4 t0( i ue apice i-spinosis, prothorax lacte 

 fulvus ; elytra nigra, utrinque lunula fascia maculaque apicali cinereis ; 

 pedes nigri. 



Corp. long., -45 unc. Elytrorum, lat. max., -n unc. 



Head small, black, with a slight and very short grey velvety pile on 

 the epicranium ; antenna pitchy at the base, testaceous at the apex, the 

 third and fourth joints having a strong apical black spine ; prothorax 

 longer than broad, convex laterally, and of a bright fulvous orange 

 colour ; this colour occupies the whole of the dorsal and lateral surface, 

 leaving a narrow prosternum black, yet partially clothed with a very 

 short grey pile. Elytra black, with three grey marks on each ; the first 

 of these is a lunule placed obliquely, its concavity facing the humeral 

 angle, and its anterior limb touching the suture ; the second is the half 

 of a common fascia, its widest diameter touching the suture, its nar- 

 rowest diameter approaching but not reaching the costa ; the third 

 occupies the apical area ; the elytra are truncated at the apex. Meso- 

 sternum grey. Abdomen black beneath, with a central grey fascia. Legs 

 black, metafemora simple, but very long, extending considerably beyond 

 the abdomen, the apex of which is not covered by the elytra. 



New Zealand. In Mr. Steven's collection. 



Not an uncommon type of Clytus ; the Rev. F. W. Hope has 

 described a very similar species from India, under the name of C. 

 bidnctus. 



