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Family Cebrionid.e. 

 Atopida, White. 



Head with the jaws produced, on the outside gradually 

 rounded ; antennae very long, filiform, first joint somewhat 

 thickened and flattened, the second joint small and 

 rounded ; the other joints nearly of one size, very slightly 

 thickened at the end ; eyes rather large and prominent ; 

 head nearly as wide as thorax ; thorax in front somewhat 

 wider than behind, but not so wide as the elytra, wider 

 than long, anterior angles sharpish, posterior rounded ; 

 scutellum short, pointed at the end ; elytra much elon- 

 gated, sides parallel, shoulders and tips of elytra rounded ; 

 legs moderate ; edge of tibis sharp. 



This genus approaches closely to Atopa. 



Atopida castanea. 



Deep chestnut brown ; finely punctured with short hairs 

 proceeding from the punctures ; antennae and legs testa- 

 ceous. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (on Kaudi). 



Family Clerid^. 



OpILUS VIOLACEUS. 



Opilus violaceus, Khig, Abh. Berl. 1840, 391. 



Notoxus violaceus, Fair. Enf. Syst. I. 210, 2. 



Pubescent, blackish, violaceous, shining ; elytra smooth, 

 with three yellow spots, one at the base, two approximat- 

 ing near the middle ; legs feiTuginous ; femora black, fer- 

 ruginous at the base. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Opilus pantomelas. 



Notoxus pantomelas Boisd. Voy. Astr. t. G,f. 14. 



Deep black, with a greenish hue on some parts ; in 

 some specimens there is a small yellowish spot about 

 the middle of each elytron. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Mr. Earl. 



Family Ptinid,*:. 

 Anobium tricostellum. 



Antennae very long, with the last eight joints filiform ; 

 brownish, testaceous, covered above with a waved, short 

 golden silky pubescence ; each of the elytra with three 

 slightly raised, longitudinal costao ; thorax narrowest on 

 the sides, somewhat rounded behind and slightly hol- 

 lowed down the middle. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. New Zealand, Mus. Saunders. 



Ptinus suturalis. 

 Pitchy brown ; closely punctured with shorti.sh hairs ; 

 the suture with a pinkish hue ; legs pale yellow. 

 Length, 2| lines. 

 Hab. New Zealand (on flowers of Leptospermum). 



lar longish patches 



Ptinds murinus. 

 Ptinus murinus, Pariy, MSS. 

 Very deep brown, with many irregi 

 of yellowish hairs. 

 Length, 2j lines. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry. 



Ptinus pilosus. 

 Elytra nearly parallel ; light ash colour, with short, yel- 

 lowish hairs ; thorax behind as wide as elytra. 

 Length, Ij line. 

 Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson). 



Family Nitidulid.^. 



NiTIDULA ANTARCTICA. 



Very dark brown, with the elytra on each side of the 

 scutellum with a somewhat lighter spot; legs with the 

 femora yellowish. 



Length, 1^ line. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Capt. Parry. 



NiTIDULA LATERALIS. 



Of a pitchy brown, closely punctured ; sides of thorax 

 widely, and sides of elytra narrowly, margined with yellow- 

 ish ; base of elytra near the scutellum yellowish. 



Hab. New Zealand (Kaudi Wood). 



NiTIDULA ABBREVIATA. 



Nitidula abbreviata, Fabr. Syst. El. I. 348, 5. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



Family Histerid^e. 

 Saprinus pseudo-cyaneus. 



Head black ; thorax purplish ; elyti-a and abdomen 

 deep green ; thorax near the margin closely punctured, 

 the points thickest in front, behind free from points, pos- 

 terior edge with a few punctures ; elytra near the shoulder 

 with two or three oblique, impressed striae and several dis- 

 tinct punctures at the base, behind with a lunar mark 

 of minute punctures suture, except at the base, with an 

 impressed line on each side. 



Length, 2j lines. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Hister cinnamomeus. 



Smooth, deep, rich, purplish brown ; head in front con- 

 siderably hollowed out ; elytra near the sides with three 

 slightly curved, deeply impressed lines, and three shallow 

 impressed lines at the end of each elytron between these 

 and the suture. 



Length, If line. 



Hab. New Zealand, Capt. Parry. 



