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sexual character ; otherwise it would be a good structural distinction from 



Hyholasius. 



Poecilippe stictica, n. sp. 



P. nigro-fusca, nitida, antennis pedibusque castaneis ; tborace sparsim 

 ocbreo-pubescentC; impunctato, tuberculis discoidalibus tribus parvis ; elytris 

 apice obtuse rotundatis, grosse punctatis, punctis versus apicem sparsioribus ; 

 griseo maculatim pubescentibus, maculaque tomentosa ocliracea reniformi 

 utrinque ad trientem. longitudinis ornatis. Long. 4 lin. 



Auckland {3Ir. Laioson) ; one specimen. 



The close grey pubescence of the elytra is divided by the large punctures, 

 producing a spotty appearance j these large punctures are very dense near the 

 base, but become confined to lines posteriorily, leaving smooth spaces, and as 

 such extend to the apex. 



Lamia Jlavipes, White, Yoy. Ereb. & Terr., Ins. p. 21. 

 I have not seen this insect, which, from the description, resembles some- 

 what the Poscili2^2^e above described. 



Diastamerus tomentosus, Redtenb. Keise Novara, Col. p. 177, t.v. f.l. 

 The intermediate tibiae are without notch, the claws divaricate, and the 

 pro- and mesosterna broad and plane, with a declivity on their opposing 

 extremities. The genus is very distinct, and approaches the Ilehesecinoi in its 

 chief characters, with some resemblance to Ranova and Tetradia. I am 

 indebted for a specimen to Mr. Pascoe. 



Tympanopalpus dorsalis^ Redtenb. Reise No vara. Col. p. 180, t.v. f 3. 

 The cicatricized apex of the scape of the antennae and general form show 

 that this very remarkable genus belongs to the Monohamminoi, or some group 

 nearly allied thereto. 



Note. — Dorcadida hilocularis, mentioned by White as a New Zealand 

 insect, is from Tasmania, and was doubtless introduced by White into the 

 New Zealand fauna by error. 



Ilesioerophanes unicolor {Saperda unicolor, Fab. Mant. i. p. 147), cited as 

 from New Zealand in Harold and Gemminger's ' Catalogus,' t. ix. p. 2808, 

 does not belong to that country, being, as Fabricius states, from Amsterdani 

 Island. According to the type still preserved in the Banksian collection, the 

 species belongs to the genus Ceresium or Diatomocephala, and is distinguished 

 by its clothing of long hairs. 



