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cinereous hairs. The /egs are clothed with long white hairs ; the 
antenne with grayish ones. 
H1. cristatellus has tufted tubercles; HY. farvus may be said 
to have none at all, and its antenne are unspotted, which is not 
the case in the present species; No. 1320 is larger and differs 
otherwise; in HH. fasciatus the basal region is nearly nude and 
shining, and on that part the punctures though moderately close 
are not coarse. 
Length, 14% ; breadth, 36 line. 
I found five individuals at Northcote (Waitemata). 
CHRYSOMELID. 
1444. Scaphodius compactus, Sharp.—(Ent. Mon. Mag. Aug., 
1881, p. 50.) 
EROTYLIDA. 
1445. Cryptodacne vagepunctata, n. sp.—Shining, infuscate-red, 
legs testaceous, antenne rufescent ; sub-oblong, convex, slightly 
narrowed and depressed medially, sparingly pilose. 
Ffead punctured in front, the middle of the vertex and the 
occiput quite smooth. Azzenne normal, bearing fine yellow 
hairs, their terminal joint obliquely cut away at the extremity. 
Prothorax nearly quadrate, incurved behind each eye, sides mar- 
ginated and almost straight, narrowed a little towards the base ; 
its punctation fine and rather distant, the broad dorsal space 
perfectly smooth, with a few fine yellow hairs.  Scutellum 
transverse, smooth. F/ytra gradually narrowed posteriorly, not 
at all contracted near the middle, impressed with rows of fine 
distant punctures having yellow hairs proceeding from them. 
Legs stout; t2b¢@ very slightly arched. 
Smaller, the thorax more finely and distantly, the elytra 
more distinctly sculptured than C. syuthetica and C. dents, and the 
whole insect much more obviously hairy than either. 
Length. 134 ; breadth, nearly 34 line. 
Described from one example obtained at Woodhill, near 
Helensville (Auckland). 
COCCINELLID. 
1446. Scymnus sedatus,n.sp.—Sub-oviform, moderately convex, 
nude, shining ; variegate, ground-colour smoky brown, with 
irregularly formed testaceous marks, legs, antenne, and palpi 
yellow. 
Head moderately finely punctated, dilute in front. Prothorax 
transversal, sides and base finely marginated, obtusely rounded 
and narrowed towards the front, the base broadly but slightly 
lobed at the middle, sinuated towards the sides, hind angles not 
acute ; its punctation rather finer than that of the head, with a 
fine linear impression just in front of the base, its sides and 
anterior angles more or less testaceous. Scutelliim triangular. 
