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Art. XLIX.—Description of a new species of the genus Cicindela.
[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th August, 1876.]
The difficulty so frequently experienced in obtaining duplicates of many species of the indigenous Coleoptera, and the delay caused by referring them to British entomologists for identification, have induced me to offer for publication in the “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute” the following description of a new species of the genus Cicindela, which I found on the bank of a creek flowing through the Hikuwai forest, about ten miles inland from Tairua, during January last.
In order to ascertain whether any of our local entomologists were acquainted with the insect, I sent a brief description of it to Captain Hutton, Director of the Museum at Dunedin, who, in reply, informed me that he believed it to be a new species, of which he had discovered two specimens at Martin Bay, on the north-west coast of Otago.
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Cicindela Huttoni, n. sp.
Similar in form to C. tuberculata, but less robust.
Antennæ, basal, and four terminal joints, fuscous; remainder, tawny. Head and thorax only slightly lustrous. Elytral discs covered with minute tubercles irregularly disposed; impunctate; without trace of green foveoles; fuscous and lustreless. The lateral white stripe of each elytron is interrupted in front of the middle fascia; the humeral fascia distinct, slightly prolonged as a curved streak towards the suture; distinctly punctured throughout. The femoræ, tibiæ, and tarsi are almost destitute of the bristles so conspicuous in the other species; dull and concolourous. Under side of body non-setaceous, fuscous, and lustreless. Long. 4 ½ lines.
I have named this interesting species after Captain Hutton, who has so greatly contributed to our knowledge of the insect-fauna of these islands.