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punctured striae, the marginal not reaching the base, those 

 nearest the suture deepest ; head in front of eyes with two 

 impressed dots, above very finely punctured ; thorax with 

 the side-margin somewhat hollowed above, hind-margin 

 with two distant impressed points. 



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



Rygmodus Pedinoides. 



Bronzy black ; elytra with ten longitudinal striae, rather 

 deeply grooved, finely punctured and running up close to 

 the base ; clypeus straight in front ; thorax somewhat flat- 

 tened on the sides, with two distant impressed points be- 

 hind. 



In this species the legs are shorter than in R. modestus, 

 and the elytra are less attenuated behind. 



Hab. New Zealand (under stones). 



TlT^NA. 



Titajna, Erichson, Archiv. F. Nat. 1842, 178. 



TiT.ENA ErICHSONII. 



Head, thorax, legs and under-side of a deep black ; the 

 elytra purple ; antennaj, palpi and tarsi ferruginous ; head 

 and thorax ratter finely punctured, the latter with four im- 

 pressed points on the disk ; each elytron with eight rows 

 of punctured striaj which are greenish, the spaces between 

 are somewhat raised and divided into oblong tubercles by 

 short transverse grooves, which are green, but not punc- 

 tured like the striae. 



Hab. New Zealand, Capt. Parry. 



Tanychilus, Newman, Ent. Mag. V. 

 Tanychilus metallicus. 



Above of a deep, metallic, shining green, darkest on the 

 head and thorax ; under-side of body and legs deep black- 

 ish brown ; head with the eyes distant, above finely punc- 

 tured, a small, smooth space in the middle ; thorax very 

 smooth, with two or three impressions behind ; elytra with 

 eight longitudinal, closely punctured striaj, and one much 

 abbreviated close to the scutellum ; the five inner rather 

 deeply grooved, the three outer quite sui)erficial. 



Hab. New Zealand (Wellington), Capt. Parry. 



Family Diaperid,«. 

 Ch.erodes, White. 



Head small, wider than long ; antenna3 twelve-jointed, 

 first joint thickest, oblong, second joint very smallj almost 

 concealed, third joint rounded, fourth to ninth joints close 

 together, somewhat cup-shaped, gradually larger ; three 

 terminal joints wide, cup-shaped, nearly equal in size ; 

 thoraxt ransverse, very convex across, sides rounded, some- 

 what angulated at the side behind ; scutellum very small ; 

 elytra ovato-quadrate, sharp-pointed at the end, much 

 arched ; legs strong ; anterior tibije somewhat flattened, 

 deeply sinuated on the outside and ending in a longish 

 blunt lobe ; front tarsi with five hairy joints, the terminal 

 widest ; tarsi of middle legs with five somewhat elongated 

 joints, the basal the largest ; hind legs with four somewhat 

 cylindrical joints, the basal largest and thickest ; tibia3 of 

 middle and hind legs with two blunt spines at the end. 



Near Phaleria. 



Ch^rodes Trachyscelides. pi. ^,fi(j. 12. 



Pale yellowish, thickly punctured ; two large obscure 

 spots on thorax ; the greater part of disk of elytra with 

 small obscure spots, in some specimens confluent ; tibiae of 

 middle and hind legs at the end thickly covered with short, 

 somewhat rufous bristles. 



Length, 3j lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Wellington), Mus. Saunders. 



BOLITOPHAGOS ANTARCTICUS. PI. \,f. 12. 



Thorax on the sides with three strong projecting teeth, 

 the fore and hind angles also sharp, six pointed tubercles 

 on the disk in two longitudinal rows, the disk itself cover- 

 ed with closely placed warts ; elytra with three rows of 

 distant pointed tubercles on each, the side-margin at the 

 end with two or three teeth ; each elytron with eight rows 

 of punctured striae. The whole insect is of a rich brown 

 colour. 



Length, Sg- lines. 



Hab. New Zealand (Port Nicholson), Mus. Saunders, 

 Parry. 



Pristoderus scaber. 



Pristoderus scaber, Hope, Col. Man. III. 181, &. p. 81. 

 Dermestes scaber, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 57, 16. 

 Hab. N. Zealand. 



Family Mordellid^. 



MORDELLA ANTARCTICA. 



Deep black ; a small spot on the edge close to the base, 

 and a waved transverse band beyond the middle of each, 

 white, the shoulder with a raised ridge ; imder-side of ab- 

 domen v^'ith a few whitish spots ; head slightly hollowed 

 in the middle in front. 



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



Family Melandryid^. 

 Dry-ops lineata. 



Dryops lineata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. II. 75, 4. 



Lagria lineata. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 124, 3. 



Pale ochrey ; head with an obscure roundish spot on 

 the vertex ; thorax with three brown lines ; elytra smooth, 

 pale ochrey, with a wide brown vitta not reaching the tip ; 

 beneath pale ochrey. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



This species varies much in size ; in some specimens 

 there is only one bend down the middle of thorax, in 

 others there is a brownish dot on each side behind. 



Dry'op.s strigipennis. 



Very pale yellowish ; tips of the mandibles black, be- 

 tween the eyes brownish ; thorax with a blackish streak 

 down the middle ; elytra with two longitudinal ribs down 

 each, not reaching the tip. 



Hab. New Zealand, Mr. Colenso. 



