On New-Zealand Goleojjtera. 



57 



Turkestan, being an extremely common resident in the lower 

 altitudes, up to about 4000 feet above the sea. 



58. Ilystrix hirsutirostris. 



Common throughout Turkestan ; it does not frequent very 

 high-situated localities, nor does it occur in the low plains. 



[To be continued.] 



VI. — Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New- 

 Zealand Coleoptera. — Part III. By Francis P. Pascoe, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



Trogositidje. 

 Leperina Brounii. 



Lagrild^. 

 Lagrioda Brounii. 



CEDEiLERtD-S:. 



Thelypliassa, n. g. 

 diaphana. 



CUECULIONIDJE. 



Trachypbloeus porculus. 

 Brexius ascitus. 

 Phrynixus astutus. 

 Empaeotes, n. g. 



crispatus. 



censorius, 



Aldonus celator. 

 Oreda brevis. 

 Hypotasea, n. g. 

 rubida. 



Eugnomus elegans. 



picipenuis. 



fer\'idu3. 



Sibinia tycbioides. 

 Psepholax simplex. 

 Acalles intutus. 



erroneus. 



bystriculus. 



Tycbanos, u. g. 



gibbus. 



ferrugatus. 



verrucosus. 



Sympedius, n. g. 



testudo. 



vexatus. 



Crisius, n. g. 



binotatus. 



Pactola demissa. 



Lamiid^. 



Xylotoles Traversii. 

 Stenellipsis pumila. 



Leperina Brounii. 



L. castanea, capite prothoraceque fuscis, tenuiter pimctatis, hoc minus 

 transverso, basi angustiore ; scutello valdo transvorso ; elytris 

 plus minusve flavo- vel albido-squamosis, Hneato-costatis, costis 

 interruptis, punctis profunde impressis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Tairua. 



Allied to L. sobrina, Wh. {Gymnocheila), but with a less 

 transverse prothorax, more contracted at the base, and the 

 elytra with the costaj more interrupted, owing to the stronger 



