of Australian Coleoptera. cxix 



Art. XIII. — Descriptions of Three Coleopterous Insects from New Zealand. 

 By Edward Newman. 



Natural Order — Clerites. 



Genus — Clerus, Fabricius, haud Auct. hodier. 



CLERUS ? HILARIS. 



Nitidus, sparsim hispidus, capite, antennis, prothorace, scutello, pedibusqne nigris ; 

 elylris basi late miniatis, deinde purpureo-nigris utriusque maculd apicali 

 miniata ; metasterno abdomineque subtus rufis hujus apice nigro. (Corp. long. 

 •21 unc. Elytrorum lat. max. # 08 unc) 



Head, antennae, prothorax, scutellum and legs black, with a slight purple reflec- 

 tion ; head with two punctate foveas between the eyes ; prothorax somewhat obcordate, 

 impressed by a deep transverse groove before and behind : the basal portion of the 

 elytra, nearly amounting to half their length, is a brilliant coral red ; the apical por- 

 tion, somewhat exceeding half, is a beautiful metallic black, with occasional purple 

 reflections, and enclosing at the apex a coral-red spot, which is not divided on the 

 suture when the elytra are perfectly closed, but then has an elongate reniform figure, 

 the notch facing the anus : the metasternum is red, the metacoxae and trochanters 

 being black : the abdomen is red, with a black apex. 



Hab. — New Zealand. In the collection of Mr. S. Stevens. 



Natural Order — Cerambycites. 



Family — Callidiid^. 



Genus — Clttus, Fabricius. 



Clytus spinicornis. 



Caput nigrum, antennis basi nigro-piceis apice testaceis, articulis 3tio Atoque apice 

 l-spinosis : prothorax Iceti fulvus : elytra nigra, utriusque lunula" fascid macu- 

 laque apicali cinereis : pedes nigri. (Corp. long. "45 unc. Elytrorum lat. 

 max. '11 unc) 



Head small, black, with a slight and very short gray velvety pile on the epicra- 

 nium ; antennae pitchy at the base, testaceous at the apex, the third and fourth joints 

 having a strong apical black spine : prothorax longer than broad, convex laterally, 

 and of a bright fulvous-orange colour ; this colour occupies the whole of the dorsal 

 and lateral surfaces, leaving a narrow presternum black, yet partially clothed with a 

 very short gray pile : elytra black, with three gray marks on each ; the first of these 

 is a lunule placed obliquely, its concavity facing the humeral angle, and its anterior 

 limb touching the suture ; the second is the half of a common fascia, its widest dia- 

 meter touching the suture, its narrowest diameter approaching but not reaching the 

 costa ; the third occupies the apical area ; the elytra are truncated at the apex : me- 

 sosternum gray : abdomen black beneath, with a central gray fascia : legs black ; 



