120 Capt. T. Broun 07i new 



disk are disposed transversely; on the alternate elytral 

 interstices there are some darker oblong spots. 



Rostrum elongate and slender, arched, slightly expanded 

 and infuscate in front. Mandibles prominent. Thorax 

 transverse, ronnded laterally, constricted at the base and 

 apex, its punctuation moderately fine and close. Scutellwu 

 large, albescent. Elytra large, broader than the thorax at 

 the base, with rounded shoulders, widest near the middle ; 

 there are three finely punctured discoidal strise on each, 

 beyond these the sculpture consists of series of punctures. 



Femora moderately inflated near the middle, but not 

 dentate. Tibiae incurved and quite unarmed^ but deeply 

 excavate at the extremity. Tarsi pilose underneath; the 

 middle of the third joint, however, is apparently nude. 



Prosternum truncate and densely ciliate in front. Front 

 coxa prominent and contiguous, situated at the extreme 

 base of the prosternum ; the intermediate moderately sepa- 

 rated by the mesosternal process ; the posterior widely 

 distant, their cavities extending to the epipleurse. Abdomen 

 slightly convex, basal segment one third longer than the 

 second and medially emarginate behind, third and fourth 

 conjointly longer than the second. 



The antenna are more elongate and slender than in the 

 typical species, no. 789 ; the scape is clavate at the extre- 

 mity; the basal joint of the funiculus is nearly twice tlie 

 length of the second, joints 4-6 are transverse ; club oval, 

 triarticulate. The elytral strise are narrower and the punc- 

 tures are finer and more distant from one another, and the 

 shoulders are less narrowed. The eyes are rotundate, rather 

 large, moderately convex, and quite free from the thoracic 

 margin. The insect is larger, brighter, and more glossy than 

 P. testacea, which, moreover, is unspotted. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 2g, breadth 1| lines. 



Port Lyttleton. 



Three examples from Mr. J. J. Walker. 



Oreocharis ferruginea, sp. n. 



Elongate, subopaque, brick-red, dorsum covered with 

 fulvescent squamae ; on the elytral disk numerous erect pallid 

 setae occur, but on the sides and on the legs the setae are 

 greyish and more slender; the side of each elytron is nearly 

 nude and red, so as to form a marked contrast to the upper 

 surface. 



Rostrum stout, subparallel, punctate, neai-ly nude, with an 

 indistinct central carina. Mandibles somewhat prominent. 



