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fulvous bristles scattered over its dise. The round pink scales so conspi- 
cuous on P. binodes are almost entirely absent. Antenne and tarsi ferru- 
ginous. Length, 5 lines. 
The only exponent of this species in my collection I obtained from the 
foliage of Fagus cunninghami, in October, 1875, at Tairua. 
Hybolasius concolor. 
This species has rather a more elongate outline than H. crista. Head 
and thorax, with sparingly distributed pubescence. Thorax, striate. Elytra, 
coarsely punctured; suture, distinct; pencillated crests of dark bright 
orange colour. The pubescence occurs in small patches of longish hairs 
irregularly disposed. The femore are more distinctly clavate, and the tarsi 
more dilated than in H. crista. Colour, pitchy red. Length, 8 lines. 
One specimen taken at Tairua. 
Coccinella whitiangii. 
Form, ovate and convex; colour, fulvous. Thorax, minutely punctured. 
Two large fuscous patches extend from the base to beyond the middle, the 
space between being greatest near the base. Disposed over its entire disc 
are small patches of a lighter colour. The lateral and anterior margins 
have a distinct rim. Elytra, punctured throughout; on either side of the 
suture there is a well-defined row of fuscous impressions; suture, distinct; 
the lateral rim of each moderatelyreflexed. Length, 21 lines. 
One specimen I found at Whitiangi (Mercury Bay), in 1873. 
Arr. XLIX.— Descriptiom of a new species of the genus Cicindela. 
By Captain Broun. 
[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th August, 1876.) 
Tue difficulty so frequently experienced in obtaining duplicates of many 
species of the indigenous Coleoptera, and the delay caused by referring them 
to British entomologists for identification, have induced me to offer for 
publication in the ** Transactions of the New Zealand Institute " the fol- 
lowing description of a new species of the genus Cicindela, which I found on 
the bank of a creek flowing through the Hikuwai forest, about ten miles 
inland from Tairua, during January last. 
In order to ascertain whether any of our local entomologists were 
acquainted with the insect, I sent a brief description of it to Captain Hutton, 
Director of the Museum at Dunedin, who, in reply, informed me that he 
believed it to be a new species, of which he had discovered two specimens at 
Martin Bay, on the north-west coast of Otago. 
