OOPTBEUS PLICATICOLLIS.
Oopterus plicaticollis, Homhr. and Jacq., Voy.au Pole
Sud, t. 2 ,/. 15.
Hab. Auckland Islands.
OoPTEEtJS EOTDNDICOLLIS.
Thorax rounded, without any groove, near the posterior
inar^n depressed and closely punctured ; elytra with superficial
striæ formed by rows of closely placed points ;
whole insect of a pitchy brown; the palpi and legs of a
lighter colour.
Length, 2J lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Bay of Islands), Dr. Sinclair, Chas.
Darwin, Esq.
M olopsida, White.
Head large ; last joint of palpi sharp-pointed; antennæ
with the joints somewhat moniliform and bristly ; thorax
without margin, much wider behind than in front, sides
considerably rounded, behind quite straight, the posterior
angles nearly rectangular ; elytra ovate, truncated in front,
considerably convex.
M olopsida po l ita .
Deep, shining black; elytra with longitudinal rows
of shallow striæ rather closely punctured, the margin with
two deep grooves connected in many places by short,
transverse grooves ; antennæ and palpi feiTuginous ; legs
deep rufous.
Hab. New Zealand (Waikouaiti), Mr. Earl.
Family S t a ph y l in idæ .
S t a ph y l in d s ocdlatds.
Staphylinus oculatus, Fah. E nt. Syst. II. 521,10. Boisd.
Voy. Astral. II. 54, t. 9 ,/. 1 Erickson, Staph. 352.
Entirely of a deep, smooth, shining black ; head on
each side with a large fulvous spot, forming a baud on the
under side of head.
Hab. New Zealand.
S t a ph y l in d s (G yeoh ypn ds ?) qd adri-im p e e s sd s .
Black; elytra somewhat brown; head very large, square,
with two deep points between the eyes ; antennæ with first
joint very long, clubbed at the end, third joint very
narrow at the base ; thorax somewhat narrow'ed behind,
rounded in front, with two deepish points; elytra and
abdomen above finely punctured ; wings shaded with
brown.
Length, 6 lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
S t a ph y l in d s (Cafids) pu n c t ic e p s .
Head on the sides behind the eyes and on the back part
coarsely punctured, two large dots between the eyes ;
head and thorax with some scattered, longish hairs ; thorax
with two longitudinal lines of impressed dots ; elytra
minutely punctured and covered with short hairs ; head
and thorax black ; elytra, abdomen and legs brownish.
Length, 4 lines.
Hab. îLevv Zealand,—Colenso, Esq.
Family D y t ic idæ .
C y b is t e e h o o k e b i .
Front of head with tw'o impressed dots; thorax behind
with a band of short, closely placed striæ, and a few
dots along the front and close to the margin ; outer margin
of elytra with many impressed dots and three distant
rows of dots on the back of the elytra, the dots far from
each other, especially on the two outside rows ; clypeus
and front of head yellow; lateral margin of thorax and elytra
yellow, the yellow reaching the outer edge, otlier
parts of a very deep olive-brown ; some ferruginous-
brown on two fore legs ; antennæ ferruginous and brown
mixed.
Length, 12 lines, gi-eatest width, 6J lines.
Hab. Hutt River, Port Nicholson.
C olym betes notatus.
Dytiscus notatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. I. 195, 38.
Brown ; thorax yellowish, with four black points and
sometimes au abbreviated black band; sutural stria of
elytra yellow, margin of elytra yellowish.
A specimen of Colymbetes from New Zealand in the
collection of Mr. Saunders exactly agrees with a British
example of the above-named species in the Museum collection.
C olym betes ed f im a n d s .
Head narrow, between the eyes black, with a transverse
reddish line ; clypeus reddish ; thorax reddish, with a lozenge
shaped black spot in the middle ; elytra yellowish,
thickly spotted with brown, margin without spots, suture
brownish, with a narrow yellow line on each side ; underside
deep blackish brown ; two first pairs of legs light
rufous.
Length, 5J lines, breadth, 3 lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
This species comes near C. pacificus, Boisd. Voy. Astrol.
50. Aube. Spec. Gen. Hydroc. VI. 268.
Family B ü p r e s t id æ .
B u p r e s t is (T ra ch y id e s ) e r em it a .
Head, thorax and elytra very closely punctured and
slightly downy ; green, sometimes with a coppery hue ;
thorax in front with the sides slightly compressed.
Length, lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
This small Buprestis, the only representative of the family
that I have seen from New Zealand, resembles much
in form the Australian genus Diphucrania. The head,
however, is not notched in front.
Family E l a t e e id æ .
E l a t e e a c u t ip en n is . pi. 1 ,/. 9.
Elater acutipennis. Parry, MSS.
Head with a triangular impression between the eyes,
and slightly punctured ; thorax with the sides above hollowed
out, with greyish hairs, the posterior angles large
and sharp, the hind edge lobed in the middle, just before
the scutellum ; elytra gradually tapering to the end, with
four longitudinal, wide vittæ, sparingly covered with grayish
hairs ; whole insect of a rich, deep brown ; the extreme
tip of elytra ferruginous ; underside of body and legs
sparingly covered with greyish hairs.
Length, 9 to 11 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
E l a t e e (L im o n id s ) Z ealandious.
Head, thorax and elytra brownish black, finely punctured
; the elytra with nine rows of punctured striæ on
each, the marginal row deepest.
Length, 8|- to 10|- lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
E l a t e e a p peo x im a n s .
Head having the clypeus with tw'o deep impressions ;
thorax finely punctured ; each of the sides with a widish
row of grey hairs placed in a slight depression ; elytra
sulcato-striated, gradually tapering to the end; thorax dull
brown ; elytra ferruginous brown.
Length, 7f lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
E l a t e e l in e ic o l l is .
Elater lineicollis. Parry, MSS.
Reddish oclirey, with a brown line down the middle of
thorax ; head somewhat depressed between the eyes,
brown, yellowish in front, with ochrey hairs ; antennæ
browm ; thorax dotted, with an impressed line down the
middle and a few short ochrey hairs ; elytra rather deeply
punctato-striate ; side of antennal thoracic groove and the
margin of metathorax black.
Length, 5 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson).
E la t er c in c t ig e e . PI. 1,/. 11.
Deep reddish brown ; the side margins of thorax and
elytra with a widish yellow band ; head punctured, with
two shallow' impressions in front ; thorax elongated, rich
broivn, shining, closely punctured, a widish yellow band on
each side free from dots ; elytra elongated, attenuated
gradually to the end, ferruginous brown, punctato-striated,
a widish yellow' line near the margin of each ; underside
rufous brow'n.
Length, 6 to 7 lines.
Hab. New' Zealand (Port Nicholson).
E la t e e l a t e e is t e ig a t u s .
Deep black ; the side of elytra with a long red vitta.
highly polished and minutely punctulate ; elytra with obscure
punctured striæ and a few short hairs, the apex oi'
elytra bluntish.
Length, 3J lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry.
E l a t e e (D e a s t e e id s ) n ig e l l u s .
Thorax and elytra closely punctured ; thorax with a
depression on each side in middle behind ; elytra distinctly
longitudinally striated.
længth, 2|- to 2 | lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry.
E la t er olivascens.
Head, thorax, elytra and abdomen of an olive green,
with scattered gray hairs ; antennæ and legs yellowish ;
elytra with longitudinal striæ.
Length, 4 lines.
Hab. New Zealand.
E la t er st ran gdlatds .
Thorax long, about the middle on the side strangulated ;
the whole insect of a dull brown, thickly clothed with
short yellowish-brown hairs.
Length, 8 lines.
Hab. New' Zealand, Capt. Parry.
E l a t e r mego ps.
Eyes very large ; thorax naiTower than the elytra, with
the sides nearly parallel, finely punctured, and sparingly
covered with short hairs ; elytra very long, punctato-striated,
dullish brown ; suture of elytra with purplish gloss.
Length, 7 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Bay of Islands).
E l a t e e (C t e n ic e e u s ) pd n c t ith o e a x .
Head impressed in the middle and sprinkled with hairs ;
antennæ with second and third joints very small, joints
fourth to tenth on the inside at the end w'ith a longish lobe,
the terminal one longest, w'ith a slight tooth near the end ;
thorax very smooth, W'ith scattered ppiuts, two deep, longitudinal
impressions before the middle, and two lunated
impressions behind, and a short imjiressed line on the posterior
margin ; elytra depressed at the end and somewhat
blunt, with nine striæ on each, in some places deeper than
others, near the suture, at the tip, and near the side margin
.L
ength, 8 lines.
Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Paixy.
E l a t e r (Ct en ic e e u s ) læ v ith o ea x . Pl. \ , f . 10.
Very similar to the last ; the thorax has not the deep
punctures.
Length, 8 | lines.
Hab. New Zealand.