CoUoptera qfXew ZcalamJ. 237 



Metaglymrtia aberrans^ Putz. Stett. Zcit. 18G8, p. 320. 



Metacjhjm ma cUvinoides. 



Maoria cUvinoides, Casteln. 1. c. p. 164. 

 " Wellington." 



Metaglymma dyscMrioides. 



Maoria dyschirimdes, Castelu. /. c. p. 1(>4, 



"Crooked River." 



Oregus cereus. 



Proinecodenis areics, White, Voy. Ereb. & Terr., lus. p. 5, t. i. f. 8. 

 Oregus arem, Putz. Stett. Zeit. 1868; p. \j'27. 



Port Nicholson {White), 



Oregus mcequalis. 

 Mccodcma in^qualis, Casteln. l. c. p. 162. 

 " Dunedin." 



Brullea antarctt'ca, Casteln. l. c. p. 166. 

 "Auckland." 



Ohs. Percosoma carenoides {Broscus), White, Voy. Ereb. 

 & Terr. p. 4 (Tasmania), and Proniecoderus Lottini^ Brullti, 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. p. 450 (Swan Uiver), have been erroneously 

 given as New-Zealand insects. 



Subfamily Licininm, 



Remhus zeelandicus^ Redtenb. Reise Novara, Coleop. p. 10, 



t. i. f. 5. 

 "Auckland." 



A large .species (9| lines), of which I have seen no specimens 

 from New Zealand. The description and figure agree pretty 

 well with a Chinese species ; and there may be an error in the 

 locality. 



DicrocMle subopaca, n. sp. 



D. oblongo-ovata, subdcpressa, ni{?ra, palpis et tarsis rufo-piceis ; 

 clytris ahitaceis, subopacis ; capitc parvo ; thoraco quadrato, 

 postice modice angustato. Long. 4|-5 lin. 



Shorter in form than the common Australian D. Gorgi, and 

 the elytra more ovate ; distinguished also by the alutaceous 

 and subopaque surface of the elytra. The head is relatively 

 small, as in D. Goryi. The thorax is quadrate, moderately 

 narrowed behind, with explanatcd and rcflexcd margins ; the 

 hind angles obtuse and rounded at the tip, tlic middle of the 



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