OF NEW ZEALAND. 1117 



1980. P. dives, n.s. Shining, head and thorax greenish-yellow, 

 basal margin of the latter quite green, the dorsal vitta red; elytra 

 crimson-red, sometimes slightly flavescent, their suture of a metallic 

 golden colour ; apices oblique near the suture ; underside blackish, 

 tibiae rufo-fuscous. 



Male. Front tibia broad, nearly straight externally, curvate 

 inwardly, with a subapical obtuse tooth on the outside ; basal joint 

 of tarsus short and broad ; coxal spines rather small ; antenna with 

 rather short club, sixth joint a little produced, all these blackish. 



Female. Front tibiae with an obtuse tooth on the outside. 



J, $ . Length, 4J ; breadth, 2 lines. 



Bluff Harbour, Southland. My three specimens were given to 

 me by Mr. A. T. Urquhart. 



1981. P. aurata, n.s. Body pale golden-green, head and 

 thorax paler than elytra, thoracic stripe indistinct, yellowish ; 

 elytra with a bluish tinge behind, and along each side of the 

 fulvescent suture, apices rather narrow, not oblique ; underside 

 castaneous ; legs testaceous. 



Male. Tibiae nearly straight, and with a single tooth on the out- 

 side, strongly obtusely angulate below behind the middle, so as to 

 appear widely emarginate beyond that point ; basal joint of tarsi 

 (anterior) stout but elongate. Antenna pale-yellow, sixth joint small, 

 club moderate, its three leaflets black. 



. Length, 4 ; breadth, 2 lines. 



Parua. A single male. 



1982. P. purpurata, n.s. Shining, head and thorax bright- 

 green, the stripe on the latter red ; elytra rounded behind, green, 

 but with most of their surface reddish-purple, second interstices quite 

 green, suture metallic-red ; legs and antennae testaceous, club black. 



Male. Front tibia curvate externally, unidentate near the ex- 

 tremity, on the inside dilated beyond the middle ; basal joint of the 

 tarsus stout and of moderate length. 



Independently of coloration, this differs from P. /estiva by the 

 rather shorter club, shorter first joint of the front feet, more closely 

 punctured head with less distinct interocular suture, and by the in- 

 wardly-bent posterior tibiae. Antenna with small, simple sixth joint. 



<?, $. Length, 4i ; breadth, 1 1 lines. 



Parua. One of each sex. 



1983. P. cserillea, n.s. Oval, shining, pale-blue ; the scutel- 

 lum and lateral margins of thorax greenish-yellow ; suture of elytra 

 pale-green, their sides yellowish ; the legs and margins of clypeus, 

 and the antennae, testaceous, club black ; underside fuscous. 



Although a female specimen, the front tibia are straight, with 

 only one, very obtuse, external tooth, the apical protuberance but 

 little curved. 



Length, 4 ; breadth, 2 lines. 



Waitakerei Kange. 



