1452 COLEOPTEKA 



whole surface, causing a marbled appearance. I rely on the large 

 size and narrow form to distinguish it from 0. xanthosticta. 



$ . Length, 7-J ; breadth, 3.^ lines. 



Napier, Forty-mile Bush. Discovered by Mr. H. Suter. 



VAE. Occiput piceous, clypeus reddish. One example. 



2518. Q. ftlSCa, n.s. Elongate, rather narrow, opaque, luscous ; 

 covered with yellowish hairs, those on the elytra rather short and 

 depressed; the antennas with reddish basal joints (two), the club 

 arid palpi piceous, legs pale-brown ; underside fuscous. 



Head coarsely punctured, clypeus obtusely curved in front. 

 Thorax transverse, moderately closely and finely, but quite dis- 

 tinctly, punctured. Elytra rather elongate and narrow, finely 

 punctured, more or less evidently striate, the striae with regular, 

 closely -placed, and rather distinct punctures. 



Antenna rather short, fourth joint longer than the third, fifth 

 short, club triarticulate. 



The form like 0. marmorata, the elytral sculpture distinctive. 



2 . Length, 6| ; breadth, 3J lines. 

 Napier, Forty-mile Bush. One individual, from Mr. H. Suter. 



2519. O. glabrata, n.s. Oblong, subparallel, nearly nude, 

 shining ; castaneous, the sides of the thorax, the legs, and the 

 antennae pale chestnut-red. 



Head rather finely and not closely punctured, blackish behind ; 

 the clypeus curved, with raised, reddish margins. Thorax trans- 

 verse, more narrowed in front than it is behind, its sides only very 

 slightly curved towards the base ; apex bisinuate, with prominent 

 angles ; base widely bisinuate, its angles obtuse ; the surface finely 

 and distantly punctured, and with a fine sinuous stria near the apex. 

 Scutellum large, nearly smooth. Elytra with rather shallow punc- 

 tures, some, finer than the others, form regular series, each elytron 

 with three more or less distinct costae, the sutural striae are well 

 marked, and the suture itself is scored with many transverse impres- 

 sions. Front tibia with two large prominent teeth, and an obtuse 

 one higher up, the apex oblique, the calcar at the inner angle ex- 

 tends as far as the extremity of the first tarsal joint. 



Underside testaceous, punctate, with very few elongate hairs. 



Antennce, short, fifth joint small, club triarticulate. 



This is a small, parallel-sided insect, with more resemblance ^as 

 to shape) to Eusoma than to the ordinary species of Odontria. 



$ . Length, 3J ; breadth, If lines. 



Karaka, Drury. One, found in my orchard. 



Group ELATERID-ffi. 



Oxylasma (Gen., p. 679). 



2520. O. Vittiger, n.s. Elongate, subparallel, shining, bright- 

 brown ; the base, and a broad lateral streak on each elytron, fusco- 



