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Trichosternus rectangulus^ Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1865, iii. p. 74. 



Christchurcli. Sent both bj Mr, Fereday and Mr. Wake- 

 field. 



Trichosternus capito^ White, I. c. p. 4. 



Closely allied to T. rectanguJus ; but I have seen no spe- 

 cimens from Christchurch exactly resembling White's types 

 in the British Museum. 



Trichosternus Guerinii, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1865, iii. p. 75. 

 Platysma australasi(e, Gu^c Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 121. 

 Northern Island ? 



Trichosternus jplaniusculus^ W^hite, /. c. p. 3, t. 1. f. 7. 

 Northern Island. 



Ilolcaspis angustula, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1865, iii. p. 99. 



Omasetis elongatus, Blanch. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iv. p. 28, t. 2. f, 4 

 (specific name preoccupied). 



Christchurch. One examjile sent by Mr. Fereday. Found 

 also at Akaroa. 



Ilolcaspis sylvatica^ Chaud. /. c. p. 100. 

 Omaseus sylvaticus, Blanch. I. c. p. 29, t. 2. f. o. 



Akaroa. I have three examples from Mr. Henry Edwards, 

 but do not know their exact locality. 



Holcaspis subcenea. 



Platysma stibcenea, Gu^rin, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 122. 

 Feronia (Pterosttchus) vagepunctuta, White, I. c. p. 4. 



Port Nicholson ; also Christchurch. 



I obtained an example from M. Doue's collection named 

 Platysma submnea^ which is evidently authentic, agreeing with 

 the author's description and the types of vagepunctata of 

 White. 



Holcaspis oedicnemay n. sp. 



H. suhcenere proxime affinis, sed maris femoribus posticis subtus 

 medio valde dilatatis et dentatis. Buboeneo-nigra, uitida ; thorace 

 magno, quadrato, postice perparum angustato, ante basin vix 

 sinuato, angulis posticis pauIo productis ; elytris brevibus pro- 

 funde striatis, striis punctatis et passim (praecipue postice) Bubin- 

 terruptis. Long. 8 lin. J • 



Much resembling //. suhcenea ; but the elytra are much 



