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Antennae 11 -articulate, basal joint subpyriform, 2nd short, 3rd evidently 

 longer than the contiguous ones, 5-8 short ; club large, its basal joints 

 strongly transverse, the terminal one about as long as the preceding two 

 combined, subtruncate at the extremity. 



Length, 2| lines ; breadth, \\ line. 



Sunday Island. 



The Bell family, on one occasion, dried a great quantity of sea-birds' 

 eggs, which became a moving mass of this species. It is nearly cosmo- 

 politan, and occurs in New Zealand amongst the bones and skins of dead 

 animals, &c. 



Group CALANDRIDiE. 



Sitophilus oryzae, Linn. 



Elongate, subovate, nearly plane above, subopaque ; colour variable, 

 piceous, fuscous or ferruginous, thorax darker than elytra, these latter with 

 4 reddish spots, 2 basal and 2 subapical ; scantily clothed with short, erect, 

 yellowish setae, those on the legs paler. 



Rostrum shorter than thorax, slightly arched, moderately stout, cylin- 

 drical, but somewhat dilated at the base, with longitudinal series of rather 

 coarse punctures which almost form grooves. Scrobes short, basal, not 

 visible above. Head rather short, conical, finely punctate behind, with 

 an interocular depression. Eyes flat,' strongly transverse. Scape stout, 

 inserted at the dilated basal portion of the rostrum, extending backwards 

 beyond the eyes. Funiculus much longer than the scape, 6-articulate, 

 2nd joint as long as the basal, 6th slightly larger than 5th ; club oval, solid, 

 but with a small, pubescent, apical appendage. Thorax a fifth longer than 

 broad, gently narrowed anteriorly, abruptly contracted at apex, posterior 

 angles rounded ; coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured at the sides, 

 the middle of the disc more finely and less closely. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra slightly longer than thorax, as wide at the base, gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly, apices broadly rounded or subtruncate ; the sutural region is 

 somewhat depressed, they are evidently punctate-striate, with narrow 

 interstices. Pygidium uncovered, vertical, with short, coarse setse. Legs 

 elongate ; tibia? with well-developed apical hooks, the inner extremity of 

 the anterior acutely spiniform. Tarsi moderately elongate, their 3rd joint 

 excavate above but not distinctly bilobed. 



Underside closely and coarsely punctured, the basal ventral segment 

 medially depressed. 



Female. — Rostrum finely seriate-punctate. 



Male. — Length (rostrum inclusive), 2 lines ; breadth, f line. 



Sunday Island. 



Found in rice and flour ; sometimes only too common at Auckland, 

 where I saw it during 1866. 



Group COCCINELLID^. 



Coccinella ii -punctata, Linn. 



Compact, convex, broadly oval, glabrous, shining ; head, thorax, and 

 legs black, elytra testaceous or rufescent, all these, except the legs, macu- 

 late ; antennae pale fuscous. 



Head narrower than thorax, closely punctate ; the front margin of the 

 forehead and 2 interocular spots pale yellow. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 deeply emarginate in front, so that the anterior angles appear obtusely 



