OF NEW ZEALAND. 1277 



Greymouth, Belfrage. I have two female examples from Picton, 

 which I have little doubt pertain to this species, but, as they were 

 not found in the same district, and present some differences, it is 

 advisable to consider the species as established on the male only. 

 These examples are 17mm. or 18mm. long, darker in colour, with the 

 thorax straight at the sides ; the prosternum and sides of the thorax 

 without true punctuation. 



2248. ^E. debiliS, n.s. (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1868, 

 p. 439.) Minor, angusta, ferruginea, griseo-vestita, an tennis pedi- 

 busque cum tarsis concoloribus ; prothorace angusto, subcylindrico, 

 lateribus leniter curvatis, parce obsoleteque sculpturato, crebrius 

 pubescente. 



Long., lOnim. 



Eather less elongate than M. mutica, with a less cylindric thorax, 

 which is more pubescent and has some feeble asperities on the 

 middle ; in the male sex the prosternum and the sides of the pro- 

 thorax are punctate, but less definitely than in the other species of 

 this group, and the punctuation is rendered still more indistinct by 

 the pubescence. Without a careful examination these parts appear 

 impunctate as in the female, but the species cannot be mistaken as 

 belonging to the first group, in consequence of the small size and 

 absence of plication on the thorax. 



Picton. Helms; one pair. 



Ophryops. 



2249. O. dispar, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, 

 p. 439.) Elongatus, angustulus, testaceus, capite antennarum basi, 

 thorace pedibusque ferrugineo-testaceis, antennis articulis tertio 

 quarto quintoque plus minusve fuscescentibus ; thorace dense sub- 

 tilissime punctate punctisque majoribus sparsis parum conspicuis, 

 subopaco utrinque longitudinaliter impresso, media area angusta 

 antice tenuissima polita; elytris, punctis majoribus impressis pro- 

 fundis. 



Long., 18mm. 



Fern. (?) eadem species : Prothorace nitido fortiter inaequaliter 

 punctato, hie inde subtuberculato. 



The thorax of the male is very broad, abruptly constricted be- 

 hind, covered with a dense porous-like punctation, here and there 

 with larger punctures ; on each side there is a peculiar polished 

 space, somewhat depressed, but terminating in front considerably 

 behind the front margin in a very feeble elevation placed somewhat 

 more towards the middle ; the medial smooth space extends from 

 front to base, being very slender in front, but dilated on each side 

 at the basal margin. The scutellum is impunctate ; the elytra are 

 equally covered with large punctures, the colour of the punctures 

 being chocolate-red, and along each wing-case there are two or 

 three feeble longitudinal pallid veins. 



Greymouth. Helms. 0. pallidus, Broun (Man., p. 576), is, I 

 have little doubt, this species. 



