OF NEW ZEALAND. gOl 



pubescent, curved and grooved along the outer edge (anterior), 

 spined at apex, and minutely denticulate near the extremity ; tarsi, 

 in repose, applied to outer edge of tibiae, third joint furnished with a 

 large membraneous appendage. Underside more or less punctate, 

 clothed with yellowish-grey hairs ; sternum pitchy, abdomen reddish, 

 its basal segment smooth where the tibiae rest, the second with a 

 smooth spot behind the base of the femur. 



Like M. setarius ; but in that species the hairs are coarse and 

 erect, and when carefully denuded of sappy matter it will be seen 

 that the head and thorax are finely but distinctly punctured, the 

 latter more closely than the former, whilst the elytra have more 

 distant shallow punctures. 



Length, i J lines ; breadth, -|. 



Mr. T. Chalmer found two examples near Dunedin. 



1609. M. mixtUS, n.s. Oviform, convex, shining, bearing ex- 

 cessively minute (hardly perceptible) grey hairs; black, legs piceo- 

 rufous, tarsi and antennae somewhat castaneous. 



Head with distant punctures, more approximated near the sides. 

 Antenna gradually incrassated, two basal joints stout, second sub- 

 conical, third slender and elongate, seventh rather larger than sixth, 

 8-10 transverse, eleventh largest, rounded at the extremity. Pro- 

 thorax much broader than long, with rectangular angles, marked with 

 fine shallow punctures. Scutellum invisible. Elytra without dis- 

 tinct sculpture. Legs pubescent, tibiae arched externally, the anterior 

 impressed along their outer edge, third tarsal joint appendiculate. 

 Underside rather glossy, pitchy-black, more or less punctate, the 

 punctures on the breast coarser and further apart than those on the 

 abdomen, the hairs more densely distributed on the ventral seg- 

 ments. 



M. orbicularis and M. insuetus are very homogeneous. The 

 present species is, however, smaller, the thorax is more distinctly 

 punctured than that of M. insuetus, and the form is narrower than 

 M. orbicularis. These three species, as well as M. setarius and M. 

 villosus, agree structurally, all being without a distinct scutellum, 

 and having the front tibiae grooved along the outer edge, not im- 

 pressed on the inner face as in M. coruscans. 



Length, ij lines ; breadth, i. 



Two were taken on Mount Maungatua, Otago, by Mr. S. W. 

 Fulton. 



Group-TELEPHQUID. . 



Aclytia (p. 326). 



1610. A. Issvigata, n.s. Shining, black, legs a little infuscate, 

 sparingly clothed with elongate, slender cinereous hairs, coarser ones 

 on the legs and antennae ; elongate, parallel. 



Head not very perceptibly sculptured, the punctures exceedingly 

 minute and remote. Antenna stout, almost reaching the hind 

 thighs, sub-serrate, third joint slightly longer than second, but 

 shorter than the following one ; joints 4-10 about equal, eleventh 

 elongate. Prothorax transverse, wholly marginated ; the lateral 



