466 dr. f. b. white on the [May 7, 



Genus Piezostetho affine. 



Nomen a Maori " hapa " (contortus). 



Obs. In Piezostethus, to which the genus is allied, the males 

 have also unsymmetrical hind bodies — a fact, by the way, that I 

 do not see noticed in any of my books. 



6. Hapa contorta, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 1.) 



H. piceo-nigra, pilis brunneis vestita ; capitis apice, antennis, 

 pronoti margine postico, elytris, pedibus abdomineque plus minus 

 piceo-brunneis ; rostro, antennarum articulis duobus ultimis, 

 cuneo ad basin, trochanteribus, femoribus ad basin, tibiis ad 

 basin apicemque et tarsis plus minus dilutioribus ; abdomine 

 obscuriore variegato. Macropterorum clavi disco, corii margine 

 antico basin versus, et macula ad medium basale membrana; paullo 

 dilutioribus ; membrana fusco-luteo-brunnea, venis obscurioribus. 

 d 1 $ . Long. 3-3|, lat. H m. m. 

 Hab. in excelsioribus insulse, ad " Diana's Peak." 

 I have seen but a single macropterous specimen, and that rather 

 mutilated. 



7. Cardiastethus bicolor, sp. n. 



C. niger, capillis pallidissime brunneis vestitus ; antennis, rostri 

 apice, elytris pedibusque luteo -brunneis ; capite nitido rufo- 

 brunneo, clypeo dilutiore ; rostro (apice excepto), antennarum 

 urticulis 2 ultimis, elytrorum suturis, margine interiore lato 

 embolii, margine interiore discoque cunei plus minus fusco- 

 brunneis ; membrana luteo-fusca. Capite Icevi; clypeo sat 

 angusto ; pronoto (callo excepto) , scutello elytrisque subtiliter 

 punctatis. 



Long, circa 2| m. m. 



Hab. in intermediis insulee — " Plantation." 



Rather closely allied to C. testaceus ; but, besides differing in 

 colour, C. bicolor is a narrower and more slender insect. 



9. Myrmedobia fuliginea, sp. n. 



M. atra ; antennis piceis, articulo 1° dilutiore ad basin, articulo 

 2° ad basin medium apicemque albido, articulo ultimo ad apicem 

 rufo-piceo ; pedibus piceo-nigris, femoribus posticis ad apicem, 

 annulis 2 ad medium tibiarum anticarum inter mediarumque, et 

 dimidio basali tarsorum omnium albidis ; capite convexo ; antennis 

 subtiliter pubescentibus, articulis 2° 3°que subcequilongis ; pro- 

 noto maxime convexo, annulo male definito, sulco transverso, 

 radio ; elytris margine antico anguste rejlexo. 

 5 . Long. 1 m. m. 



Hab. locos editiores supra " West Lodge." 



10. CALOCORIS (MEGACOZLtrM) LUSTRATUS, Sp. 11. 



C. sordide stramineo-testaceus, maculis parvis fuscis rufisque remote 

 et obscure notatus, capillis tenuibus adpressis pallido-aureis 

 vestitus; pronoto obsoletissime punctulato ; oculis, maculis parvis 



