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clari, found at Tairua, of a green colour above, but with silvery pubescence 
underneath. The smallest insect of the kind I know, occurs amongst 
vegetable rubbish in the Domain ; but, though small, it is a pretty beetle. 
The members of the Rylotolea abound in most parts of the Province, 
may be found on almost all the native shrubs, but seem partial to such as 
are covered with climbers. 
This group comprises a great many species, very various as to size and 
colour, but few exceed seven lines in length, and although they are rarely 
remarkable for beauty, they exhibit as fine average examples as any other 
family of indigenous Coleoptera. Rylotoles griseus may be accepted as a 
rather inferior specimen ; bnt it is perhaps the one most generally known. 
I have only seen one or two specimens from the South Island, but must not, 
therefore, infer that it is deficient in species there; on the contrary, I am 
inclined to think that this group is well represented throughout the whole 
of these islands. I have sent home about three hundred to be identified. 
Europa. 
Although I have found the members composing this section exceedingly | 
numerous, I am unable to give much information respecting them, owing 
to the reprehensible practice which obtains, with me as well as others, of 
devoting special attention to the finer or more remarkable families, to the 
almost entire neglect of such as have no claims to beauty. 
They are most abundant on Ti-tree blossoms, but may be found on most 
of our native shrubs. All the species are small, and generally rather 
sombre, varying in colour from black to red and brown. I have sent about 
a thousand to England to be named; but none have been returned to me 
as yet. I suspect the number of genera and species will prove to be small, 
when compared with the number of individuals. They are difficult to set 
out, a fact which may have something to do with the neglect we have dis- 
played towards them. 
PsEUDOTRIMERA, 
This is the last class to be noticed. Coccinella tasmanii is the most 
common representative species, 2ud may be readily identified by its colour, 
which is a bright black, ornamented with sixteen yellow spots. Another 
species, besides four yellow or rather orange marks on the elytra, has @ 
broad orange band around the margins. The other species are insignifi- 
cant as to size, but have more claim to beauty. One single specimen, which 
I found at Whitianga, is of a yellow colour with dark spots, somewhat re- 
sembling the British Coccinella 22-punctata. I am unable to state whether 
Chilomenes hamata, C. maculata, and Epilachna reticulata occur in this Pro- 
vinee, as I have no descriptions of them. The beetle which must be con- 
sidered the type of the class is one which I discovered at Tairua. It is 
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