OF NEW ZEALAND. 1317 



Antenna black, basal joint but little swollen, third joint longer 

 than second, fourth much longer than third ; each of the joints 

 towards the extremity three or four times longer than broad. Head 

 black in front, the vertex brown. Thorax yellow, nearly twice as 

 long as broad, much narrower than the elytra ; its sides nearly 

 straight, simply margined, without denticle at anterior angle ; the 

 surface appears smooth, but is really rather closely punctate, though 

 the punctuation is quite obsolete. Scutellum black. Elytra very 

 pallid, but with the suture as well as the outer margin just visibly 

 marked with black ; they are finely but extremely densely punctate, 

 almost rugulose, the apex broadly rounded. The legs and under- 

 surface are black ; the hind-body sometimes fuscous towards ex- 

 tremity. 



Greymouth. Helms. One of the sexes appears to be rather 

 larger, with the antennae slightly more elongate. 



2316. L. aenescens, n-s. (Sharp ; Trans. Roy. Diib. Soc., 

 Nov., 1886.) Elongatus, depressus, aeneus, antennis pedibusque 

 fusco-testaceis ; prothorace fere impunctato, elytris crebre minus 

 subtiliter punctatis. 



Long., 4mm. 



Antenna very slender, elongate, joints 4-11 subequal to one 

 another, the former slightly the longer; basal joints not much 

 swollen. Thorax twice as broad as it is long, only very indistinctly 

 and sparingly punctate, the punctuation a little more distinct on the 

 basal portion, the sides slightly narrowed behind, the front angle a 

 little thickened and prominent Elytra parallel, closely and not 

 finely punctured, with a slight depression at the base within the 

 shoulder ; the apices broadly rounded ; the long narrow pygidium 

 projects horizontally beyond the elytra, and is impunctate. Legs 

 infuscate-yellow, the base of the femora clear - yellow. This is 

 excessively similar to the numerous European species of the L. rufipes 

 group, but has a much more elongate basal joint to the antennae. 



Bealey. Helms. 



2317. L. puncticolllS, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Roy. Dub. Soc., 

 Nov., 1886.) Minus gracilis, nigricans, supra cum antennis pedibus- 

 que testaceis ; prothorace elytrisque fortiter punctatis. 



Long., 4tom. 



Antenna rather short and stout, sordid-yellow. Thorax trans- 

 verse, the sides rounded, the anterior angles not prominent, the base 

 oblique on either side near the very obtuse posterior angles, the 

 surface shining, coarsely moderately and closely punctate. Elytra 

 coarsely and closely punctate ; apices rounded, leaving extremity of 

 body exposed. Legs yellow ; hind tibiae not curvate. 



This is very different from the other species. Otira ; Wake- 

 field. 



OBS. Dr. Sharp having expressed an opinion to the effect that 

 he had been unable to distinguish Adoxia from Luperus, the former 



