OF NEW ZEALAND. 1451 



Male. Antenna, fourth joint angulated at the base, in front ; 

 club composed of four equal leaflets. 



This, I think, is distinct from 0. xanthosticta. I have but one 

 specimen, which corresponds with White's description of that species. 

 It was received from Mr. G. V. Hudson, under the number 161. 



Length, 5|- ; breadth, If lines. 



North Island, various localities. Bare at present, and, for the 

 sake of agriculturalists, it is hoped that it may continue so. 



2516. O. OCCiputale, n.s. Suboblong, opaque, sparsely clothed 

 with short brassy nairs, but with longer ones along the sides ; head 

 shining, red in front, piceous behind ; thorax pitchy-brown, its sides 

 testaceous ; elytra variegate, reddish-brown and testaceous, the 

 paler colour forming very irregular longitudinal marks; legs tes- 

 taceous, the tarsi, antennae, and palpi somewhat rufescent. 



Head with some very coarse punctures, the hind part quite 

 smooth ; clypeus very obtusely curved in front. Thorax transverse, 

 its sides slightly, but very regularly, rounded; hind angles rounded, 

 the anterior distinct but not acute ; base strongly bisinuate ; its 

 punctuation fine and distant. Scutellum testaceous, nearly smooth. 

 Elytra widest near the hind thighs, with distinct sutural striae 

 behind, the other striae indistinct, with series of minute punctures ; 

 interstices broad, distantly and finely punctured. 



Breast testaceous, with fine, short hairs ; abdomen fuscous, 

 shining, with very few fine punctures and short pubescence ; legs 

 with long yellowish hairs. 



AntenncB short, fifth joint small, club triarticulate. 



The peculiar pale marks, and short hairs, on the elytra, and the 

 smooth occiput, will lead to its recognition. It is certainly dis- 

 tinct. 



? . Length, 5f ; breadth, 2f lines. 



Otira Gorge. One, found by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 



2517. O- marmorata, n.s. Elongate, comparatively narrow, 

 opaque, covered with slender, depressed, and some long erect, grey- 

 ish-yellow hairs ; clypeus and back of head testaceous, the vertex 

 fuscous or piceous ; body pale-brown or fusco-testaceous, the disc of 

 the thorax with irregular blackish spots, the elytra with numerous 

 elongate dark marks ; legs testaceous. 



Head coarsely punctured, the punctures shallow and rugose in 

 front, not at all close behind; clypeus obtuse in front. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, of the usual form, its fine punctuation indistinct. 

 Scutellum dark. Elytra unusually long and narrow, not much 

 dilated behind ; quite obsoletely striate, finely punctured, without 

 distinct serial punctures. 



Underside variegate testaceous, with short depressed hairs on 

 the abdomen, those on the breast long and very slender. 



Antenna short, fifth joint short, club triarticulate. 



As large as 0. striata, much narrower, not distinctly striate, the 

 dark spots on the elytra very irregular, and distributed over the 



