496 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
1440. Tetroreca discedens, n. sp.—Sharp, Trans. Entom. Soc., 
1882, p. 95. 
1441. Hybolasius brevicollis, n. sp.—Elongate, sub-oblong, 
almost depressed ; head and thorax rufo-piceous, elytra pale cas- 
taneous, legs nearly fulvous, basal joints of antennz red, the 
others gradually become paler. 
flead finely but densely granulated. Pyrothorax transverse, 
broadly impressed in front and behind, its lateral tubercles pro- 
minent but not acute, and placed behind the middle, its sculp- 
ture like that of the head, and, like it, sub-opaque ; it bears fine 
pallid hairs. £lytra broadly and obliquely depressed from the 
shoulders to the middle, a good deal and rather abruptly nar- 
- rowed apically ; the basal tubercles moderately large but simple, 
moderately coarsely punctated almost to the extremity, and 
clothed with decumbent pallid hairs. Axtenne slender, with 
erect cinereous hairs, 3rd and 4th articulations elongate. Legs 
rather slender, with white hairs. Allied to H. promissus. 
Length, 2; breadth, 34 (nearly) line. 
I found one on the Waitakerei Range, near Auckland. 
1442. Hybolasius picitarsis, n.sp.—Narrow, scarcely depressed ; 
antennee and legs infuscate-red, the apices of the tibiz and the 
tarsi piceous, body mostly of a pitchy hue, but with the base and 
apex of the thorax, as well as the shoulders and apices of the 
elytra rufescent, these latter with a straight blackish fascia just 
in rear of the hind thighs ; pubescent. 
fTead nearly smooth on the middle, so sculptured as to seem 
covered with transverse granular elevations, clothed with fine 
yellow hairs. Prothorax as long as broad, obtusely dilated me- 
dially at the sides, depressed in front and behind, finely wrinkled 
transversely, its clothing yellowish. £/ytra sub-parallel, basal 
tubercles simple and obsolete, their surface more or less pitted 
with irregular punctures to beyond the middle, their decumbent 
hairs become grayish posteriorly. Legs stout, their clothing 
rather short. Azdenne longer than body, bearing long griseous 
hairs, 3rd and 4th joints elongate. Resembles H. s¢mplex only. 
Length, 2; breadth (nearly) ¥% line. 
Mr. T. F. Cheeseman brought one example from Mount 
Arthur. 
1443. Hybolasius pusillus,n. sp.—Sub-depressed, oblong, varie- 
gate, principally pitchy-red, the elytra having the basal region 
and two curved anti-apical fasciee (not always distinct) blackish, 
the extremity of the tibze and all but the two basal joints of the 
antenne piceous, . 
FHlead granulated. Pvrothorax about as long as broad, de- 
pressed along its base, the sides obtusely dilated and then con- 
tracted behind ; its disc granulated, and clothed with pale brassy 
hairs. L£/ytra coarsely punctured to near the apices, their basal 
tubercles small and not crested, bearing fine gray and long erect 
