[tij Major T. 1)101111 on new 



uliito, witli a brown dorsal stii|)c : fore wings with the costa 

 broaillv stilViised with ochroous brown, the basal j)ortii)n of 

 the siifVusioM very dark ; a pvoiniiieiit, ahnost square, bhickish- 

 brown spit tills the end of the cell ; lines tliin, \)i\\c, ante- 

 and postniedial, the latter with an outward eurve in the 

 middle; an outward mar<;inal line, much thickened and dark 

 brown towards the apex ; cilia dark fjreyish ochreous : hind 

 wings nearly white; a brown spot at the end of the cell; a 

 discal line with an outward bend in its middle, and an outer 

 marginal line as in the fore wings; cilia white. Underside 

 white; fore wings with a brown dot in the middle of tho 

 cell, the spfit at the end and some of the other markings 

 showing through the wing; hind wings with only a small 

 brown maik at the apex ; body and legs white without 

 markings. 



Expanse of wings -^^ inch. 



Padang, W. Sumatra ; one example. 



IV. — Descriptions of Sia: neiv Species of Col eopt era from 

 New Zealand. By Major T. Bhoijn, F.E.S. 



Group Pogonidae. 

 Oopterus jjygnieaius, sp. n. 



Subovate, slightly convex, nitid, piceo-fuscous, sometimes 

 more rufescent ; legs and antennae fusco- testaceous or 

 reddish. 



Head narrower than thorax, interocular furrows well 

 marked. Etjes large, moderately prominent. Thorax 

 cordiform, about one-third broader than long, distinctly 

 rounded and marginatcd laterally, much narrowed but not 

 sinuated behind the middle, posterior angles rectangular; 

 its surface with fine indistinct transverse rugae, discoidal 

 groove entire and rather feebly impressed, basal foveae 

 moderately large. Elytra ovate-oblong, large, marginal 

 chauuels well developed, posterior carinae distinct; they are 

 more or less finely punctate-striatc, sometimes irregularly 

 or indistinctly, but, excepting the sutnral striae, they are 

 without sculpture near the apices; the third interstices have 

 three small punctures and fine setaj. 



Underside shining, pitchy or reddish ; fourth ventral seg- 

 ment with four setigcrous punctures at the extremity, the 



