[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 3rd September, 1902.]

Plate XXXI.

Odontria epomeas, n. s.

Opaca, pubescens, picea, thoracis marginibus humerisque elytrorum testaceosignatis, capite grosse subseriatim punctato. Long. 13 mm.; lat. 6.7 mm. ♀.

Suboblong, opaque, velvety, clothed above with short yellow hairs; head, thorax, and epipleuræ with long erect setæ; thorax pitchy-brown, with the sides and a central streak testaceous; elytra pitchy-brown, with numerous small irregular yellow marks, the shoulders each with a short testaceous vitta. Trophi and limbs reddish-yellow. Head in front shining pitchy-brown, behind yellow.

Clypeus coarsely and closely punctured, obtusely rounded, and with the margin regularly elevated. Head with coarse punctures arranged in irregular rows, with smooth interspaces. Thorax with front angles acute. Scutellum testaceous, punctate. Elytra with sculpture as in O. occipitalis. Abdomen with fine punctures and longitudinal scratch-like sculpture.

Antennæ with 5th joint simple, club short, 3-articulate.

Rakaia Gorges. Coll., Miss Jones.

This species is closely allied to Odontria occipitalis, Broun, from which it may be distinguished by the yellow central vitta of the thorax and the humeral streaks. The coloration of the head is different, and probably also the sculpture, the punctation in O. epomeas extending back as far as in any species with which I am acquainted.

Explanation of Plate XXXI.