OF NEW ZEALAND. 689 



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Two males and a female were sent by F. H. Meinertzhagen, Esq., of 

 Waimarama, Napier. 



1206. X. furCUS, n.s. Colour brownish-black, the front of the 

 thorax and the shoulders reddened, legs and antennae dark rufo-fuscous. 



Head densely and finely sculptured, black ; mandibles shining, dark 

 red, inwardly bidentate at the extremity, frothorax indistinctly longer 

 than broad, obtusely elevated, transversely convex, behind the middle 

 finely sculptured and studded with minute granules. Elytra finely 

 punctate-striate ; interstices minutely sculptured, bearing 'many very 

 minute tubercle-like elevations, almost disposed in rows. The body is 

 rather dull, and seems nearly destitute of clothing, there being only a few 

 distinct yellow hairs on the thorax and shoulders, but if closely examined 

 it will be perceived that the elytra are covered with very small greyish 

 hairs. 



The thorax is not sculptured in the same way as in X. pullum. 



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One broken specimen has been received from Mr. P. Stewart, of 

 Wellington. 



1207. X. VerSUta, n.s. Body dark reddish-brown, clothed with 

 fine yellow hairs ; legs infuscate-red, tarsi yellowish ; antennae somewhat 

 castaneous ; first joint red, the small joints and apex of the larger one 

 more or less testaceous, palpi yellow. 



Head finely and densely sculptured, dark red; mandibles shining. 

 Prothorax about as long as broad, reddish, bearing many minute granular 

 elevations. Elytra finely punctate-striate, with distinct scutellar striae, as 

 X.furcus, the interstices with numerous very minute elevations. 



This species may be distinguished almost at a glance by its yellow 

 pubescence and red elytral striae. 



The female rather smaller than the male, whose antennae are broken 

 off. 



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One pair from Wellington, collected by Mr. P. Stewart. 



1208. X. plagiata, n.s. Body infuscate-red, legs testaceous-red, 

 tarsi yellow, antennae dark testaceous; fine pallid hairs form a large 

 spot behind each shoulder, another in line with the posterior femur, and 

 a broad streak on each side of the elytron. Head blackish. Prothorax 

 slightly longer than broad, apparently punctate, not granulate. Scutellum 

 rather glossy. Elytra rather short, finely punctate-striate : scutellar striae 

 distinct, interstices minutely sculptured, their granules hardly perceptible. 



Antennce elongate, as long as the elytra, their large joints much less 

 dilated than in the three preceding species, in which the antennae are 

 shorter than the elytra. 



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1 found one individual near Whangarei Harbour. 



1209. X. ambigUlim, n.s. Colour dark obscure-red, legs glossy 

 red, tarsi yellow, antennae more or less castaneous ; the small joints, as 



