OF NEW ZEALAND. 1273 



one behind the middle, of equal size ; the pubescence greyish. Tibia 

 a little arcuate. Underside, infuscate. 



Male. Antenna considerably longer than the body, the seventh 

 joint reaching the extremity of the elytra, fourth shorter than the 

 contiguous one, eleventh curvate. 



Differs from D. quadriguttata in coloration, by the presence of 

 the antero-lateral thoracic tubercles, &c. 



Length, 6 ; breadth, If lines. 



Boatman's. One male, from Mr. A. T. Cavell. 



2241. D. binotata, n.s. Variegate, head and thorax dark-red, 

 antennae and femora paler ; elytra fusco-testaceous, darker near the 

 base than behind, their sides with the common fuscous vifcta, and 

 with one minute hardly larger than one of the punctures dark 

 spot just before the middle of each elytron ; tibiae flavescent, but 

 becoming reddish towards the extremity ; underside rufo-castaneous, 

 and, excepting the rugose prosternum, finely sculptured, and rather 

 evenly clothed with long, slender groy hairs. 



Closely allied to D. quadriguttata and D. jucnnda, distinguished 

 from both by there being only two dark elytral spots. From the 

 latter it differs by the smaller antero-lateral tubercles, the more 

 reduced impunctate area on the middle of the thorax, and by the 

 fact that the post-median tubercle on each side is directed forwards 

 rather than backwards. The hairs on the head, thorax, and scutellum 

 are quite yellow, those on the wing-cases being paler. The elytra 

 are not attenuated posteriorly, and the punctuation near the apices 

 is coarser than in D. jucunda; the vein-like marks are absent ; the 

 punctures are scarcely at all rufescent, and are rather closer to one 

 another. The fourth joint of the antennae is one-third shorter than 

 the contiguous ones, and the tenth just clears the extremity of the 

 body. 



2 . Length, 5f ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Castle Hill Station, Canterbury. I am indebted to Mr. J. D. 

 Enys for a female specimen. 



2242. D. vittata, n.s. Coloration similar to that of D. binotata, 

 except as follows : Apical half of tibiae less rufescent, knees fuscous ; 

 clothing paler, quite grey on elytra. 



Thorax rather elongate, quite 1 line long by 1 broad, some- 

 what oviform, more narrowed behind than in front ; antero-lateral 

 tubercles flattened and indistinct, the post-median rather small but 

 acute ; the disc with two smooth round elevations before the middle, 

 the space immediately behind them also smooth, or nearly so, the 

 longitudinal linear space on the middle very slightly raised, and 

 almost free from punctuation from base to apex ; the dorsal punc- 

 tures moderately close and coarse, the lateral much coarser. Elytra 

 moderately narrowed posteriorly, their punctuation normal, not very 

 obviously reddened ; each with a pale vein-like streak extending 

 from inside the shoulder to beyond the middle, and two elongate 

 dark marks or vittae, the anterior situated before the middle and 



