OF NEW ZEALAND. 89! 



Prothorax transverse, rounded towards the front, hind angles a 

 little prolonged backwards ; the disc with minute granular sculpture, 

 but the sides appearing punctate. Elytra with a distinct sutural 

 stria on each, impunctate, transversely lineated, the edge of each 

 impression minutely denticulated. Legs moderate, posterior tibial 

 spurs elongate and slender; middle tarsi simple, the anterior 

 moderately dilated. 



Allied to Choleva lugubris (Sharp), but with totally differnt_ 

 sculpture. 



OBS. Nos. 276, 277, and 278 belong to Choleva. 



$ . Length, if lines ; breadth, -f. 



My specimen came from Dunedin, near which town it was 

 captured by Mr. Thomas Chalmer. 



Group-SC APHIDID^E . 



Bseocera (p. 665). 



1586. B. fulvicolle, n.s. Convex, broad, oviform, nude, 

 shining; head, thorax, and legs fulvous, apices paler, pygidium 

 rufescent, antennae more or less testaceous but becoming darker 

 towards the extremity. 



Head smooth, narrowed in front ; eyes somewhat flattened. 

 Antenna bearing elongate coarse hairs, apical joints finely pubes- 

 cent ; the two basal joints stout, 2-6 elongate and slender, seventh 

 stouter than the preceding ones, eighth slender, joints 9-11 broad. 

 Prothorax impunctate, its median lobe concealing the scutellum. 

 Elytra smooth, the sutural striae distinct behind but becoming 

 obsolete in front. Tibia furnished with fine hairs, their apical 

 spurs minute ; basal articulation of posterior tarsi not elongated. 



The colour at once distinguishes this species. 



Length, J line ; breadth, f. 



Found by Mr. P. Sandager on Tiritiri Island. 



1587. B. armata, ii>.s. Oviform, convex, glabrous, shining, 

 rufo-testaceous ; tarsi, palpi, and two basal joints of antennae yellow, 

 the other joints fuscous. 



Head narrowed anteriorly; eyes not prominent. Antenna 

 elongate, hirsute, joints 3-6 slender, third shorter than fourth, 

 eighth more slender than the contiguous ones but stouter than 

 sixth. Prothorax impunctate, its basal lobe not much produced. 

 Scutellum invisible. Elytra with fine sutural striae reaching from 

 base to apex, apices very obtusely rounded, nearly truncated towards 

 the suture, yellowish behind. Legs slender ; tibia with fine hairs, 

 the intermediate with short greyish ones, terminal spurs (especially 

 of the middle pair) long and robust ; posterior tarsi slender and 

 elongate, basal joint nearly as long as the following two. 



Eemarkable on account of the armature of the tibiae, the spurs 

 being longer and stouter than in any other New Zealand species : B. 

 apicella makes the nearest approach to it in this respect. It is 

 broader than B. rufa, but mere measurements do not convey an 

 exact idea of actual form. 



