Coleoptera from New Zealand. 391 



S. pttnoides, Bates, is of the same form, but it has a minute 

 denticle on each side of the thorax. The only other near ally 

 is 8. sptm'collu- ; it is distinguishable by the acute projecting 

 thoracic spines. 



Length l|-2, breadth |-| lines. 



Oliaupo, Waikato. One male and two females found near 

 j\Ir. Kusab's saw-mill, January 1893. 



Group EumolpidaB. 

 Eucolaspis vittiger, sp. n. 



Cow yea?, broadly oval, testaceous ; the suture and a broad 

 vitta near the side of each elytron dark fuscous, on the thorax 

 there are two oblique vittge of a paler brown. 



Head rather finely punctate. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 moderately narrowed anteriorly, the sides finely margined 

 and but little curved ; a large median space in front of the 

 base has very few punctures, the sides sometimes are quite 

 impunctate ; the punctuation elsewhere is not coarse, nor is 

 it close ; sometimes the punctures are quite distant from one 

 another. Scutellum longer than broad, smooth. Elytra 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly ; the sutural strias are distinct 

 behind, but hardly extend forwards beyond the middle ; the 

 punctures are moderately coarse, near the base they are irre- 

 gularly distributed, behind they generally become quite 

 serial, so that the apical portion is substriate; along the 

 suture the punctures are smaller and closer. Tihice nearly 

 straight, gradually thickened towards the extremity ; the 

 hind face of the posterior has finely carinate edges, so that 

 the space between these appears flattened or grooved. 



Length 2-2^^, breadth \\ lines. 



Hunua Hange. 



This is one of many insects that injure our fruit-trees, and 

 most likely is little more than a variety of E. ochracea. 



Eucolaspis picticomis^ sp. n. 



Bolust^ suboblong, convex, shining, violaceous; labrura 

 and knees pale castaneous ; tibiae and tarsi fuscous ; antennae 

 nearly black, the tips of joints 1 to 10 testaceous. 



Head distinctly but irregularly punctured. Antennce 

 elongate, rather slender, second joint longer than broad, 6 to 

 10 slightly expanded towards the extremity. Thorax trans- 

 verse, widest near the base, gradually narrowed anteriorly, 

 the sides rather broadly margined, very slightly rounded 

 behind ; its surface rather coarsely and irregularly punctured, 



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