OF NEW ZEALAND. &2l 



fossae; elytra black tinged with red, marginal channels viridescent, 

 rims red, underside glossy-black. 



Head with the common frontal depressions, narrowed behind the 

 eyes, these latter prominent. Prothorax cordate-quadrate, rounded 

 laterally, a good deal, and sinuously, narrowed behind, posterior 

 angles rectangular, not acute, apex widely incurved, base medially 

 emarginated ; its surface almost smooth, with a distinct dorsal 

 groove not attaining base nor apex ; large, deep, basal foveae, almost 

 duplicated near the hind angles. Scutellum scarcely striate. Elytra 

 oblong-oval, broader than thorax, slightly sinuated near the apices, 

 shoulders dentate ; each with seven finely-punctured discoidal striae ; 

 interstices convex, impunctate, marginal sculpture irregular behind. 

 Legs of moderate length ; posterior tibia terminating inwardly in a 

 stout calcar-like process, the basal joint of the tarsi laterally com- 

 pressed. Antenna reaching to just beyond the base of the thorax, 

 their three first articulations nude, third and fourth compressed. 



$ . Length, 1 1 lines ; breadth, 3! . 



. Hind angles of thorax not prominent ; elytra broader, less 

 convex, less narrowed but more obviously sinuated posteriorly, with 

 plane interstices, the fifth broadest, the striae narrow, the interme- 

 diate pairs confluent behind. Hind tibia without terminal process, 

 but spinose; the basal joint of the tarsus as well as the third and 

 fourth antennal joints compressed. 



A beautiful insect, whose only near ally is T. putus. Its dis- 

 covery and examination lead to the supposition that No. 1331 will 

 prove to be the female of T. putus. 



Found by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., in the Wangapeka 

 Valley, Nelson. 



1458. T. waihourensis, n.s. . Oblong, moderately convex ; 

 glossy ; antennae, palpi, and legs reddish-black, tips of the palpi 

 dilute ; above tinged with red and green, underside black. 



Head bi-irnpressed in front, slightly contracted Jjust behind the 

 eyes, these latter prominent. Prothorax transverse, quadrate, 

 rounded laterally, considerably and sinuously narrowed posteriorly, 

 hind angles rectangular, not projecting, apex moderately incurved, 

 base emarginated, its surface very finely striated across, discoidal 

 furrow distinct ; basal fossae large, simple, united by a shallow de- 

 pression. Scutellum black, striate at base. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 humeral angles prominent, rather abruptly narrowed apically ; each 

 with a short scutellar and seven dorsal, finely yet distinctly punc- 

 tated, striae ; interstices somewhat convex, the third with three, the 

 seventh with four, hispid punctiform impressions ; marginal sculpture 

 normal. 



Larger and broader than T. fultoni ; distinguished from No. 

 1332 by having protuberant shoulders, &c. 



$ . Length, i if lines; breadth, 3f. 



We are indebted to Mr. Sydney W. Fulton, of Outrarn, for the 

 discovery of this species at Waihoura, Bruce County, Otago. 



H59- T. monticola, n.s.- Shining, greenish above, black 



