1148 COLEOPTERA 



Although very different in colour from D. wakefieldi, it is in 

 form, and probably in structure, closely allied thereto. 

 Greymouth. Helms. 



2036. D. oreocharis, n.s. Elongate, narrow, slightly dilated 

 posteriorly ; clothed with minute grey setae ; head and thorax blue, 

 subopaque ; elytra also bluish but tinged with green, and moderately 

 shining; legs blackish, sometimes greenish; antennae, tarsi, labrum, 

 and palpi quite black. 



Head elongate, half the width of the hind-body, narrowed behind 

 the eyes, its anterior portion not elongate, with excessively dense 

 and fine sculpture. Antennce scarcely serrate, as long as head and 

 thorax ; second joint very short, third longer than fourth. Pro- 

 thorax quite as long as broad, much contracted in front, so that the 

 sides appear as if angularly dilated near the middle, basal and lateral 

 margins fine but less distinct in front, hind angles rounded, its 

 sculpture similar to that of the head. Scutellum subquadrate. 

 Elytra rather finely and closely punctured, and somewhat rugulose. 

 Legs long and slender, posterior tarsi equal to the tibiae in length ; 

 claws castaneous, appendiculate. 



About equal, as regards size, to D. wakefieldi and D. helmsi, but, 

 judging from their descriptions, narrower and otherwise different. 



Length, 3-3|- lines ; breadth, -|-1 line. 



Taken on Mount Arthur by Messrs. Cheeseman and Adams. 



Group OLE RID.5S . 

 Parmius. 



2037. P. rilgOSUS, n.s. Elongate, narrow, subdepressed ; 

 sparingly clothed with greyish-yellow hairs; shining, head and 

 thorax violaceous, head redder than thorax ; elytra castaneous, 

 tinged with purple ; palpi and antennae testaceous ; legs chestnut- 

 red. 



Head as broad as hind-body, fulvescent in front, with two inter- 

 ocular, somewhat convergent, impressions, and with some fine punc- 

 tures near the eyes. Antennae short, their ninth joint not much 

 narrower than the tenth. Thorax cylindric, dilated medially, 

 slightly depressed transversely near the front and base ; there are 

 two distant foveaa behind the middle, and a few scattered obsolete 

 punctures. Elytra narrow, widest behind, humeral angles distinct, 

 they are very indistinctly striate, and, especially behind, feebly 

 rugose, their apices broadly rounded. 



Comes near P. longipes ; more elongate, differently sculptured 

 and coloured. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, f line. 



Taieri, Otago. One example, from Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



