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short apical joints. Hind coxa3 rather widely separated ; second joint 

 of tarsus inserted very near the apex of tibia. The insect seems 

 to be very distinct from any allied form, and may be placed 

 near Opilus. 



Parmius longipes, n. sp. 



I'er-anr/iistus,fiisco-cBnens, violaneo-tinctus, nltidus, parchis setosus, 



anfennls j)edibusque testaceis, femorihus posferioribus medio infuscatis. 



Lonrj. vix 4 mm. ; lat. 1\ mm. 



Antenna} short and rather slender, but with a rather broad short club, the 10th 

 joint being strongly transverse, and the 11th rather stouter than the 10th, and hardly 

 80 long as broad. Head about as broad as the elytra, with a large triangular impres- 

 sion behind the labrum. Thorax sub-cylindric, but a little dilated in the middle, 

 about as long as bi'oad ; it, as well as the head, is without punctures. Elytra very 

 narrow, but with the shoulders well marked ; they are marked by broad obsolete 

 groores, without punctui'es. Legs very long. 



Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun. 



I have made a new generic name for these two species: they 

 have the eyes entire, very prominent, finely granulated, the antennae 

 with short club, the terminal joint of the labial palpi very large, that 

 of the maxillary palpi small. Tarsi moderately long and broad, very 

 distinctly 5-jointed, the 2nd joint inserted very near the apex of the 

 tibia ; hind coxse rather widely distant. The two species differ from 

 Paupris ap)tera by their finely granulated eyes, by the presence of 

 wings, and the more normal form of the elytra. 



Pabmius debilis, n. sp. 



Angiistulus, nitidtis, parcissime puheseens, testaceiis, elytris sutura 



late, 'prothorace capiteque vnge, fitsco-signatis ; eh/tris suturam versus 



indisci'cte punctatis ; ahdomine et pectoris laleriJ)usfuscis. 



Long. 5 mm. ; lat. \\ mm. 



Antennte short and rather slender, 3rd joint a little longer than -Ith, 9 — 11 

 slender but broader than the preceding joints, 9 and 10 each about as long as broad, 

 11th rather longer tlian 10th, a little longer than broad. Head, including the very 

 prominent eyes, rather broader than the thorax, of a yellowish or tawny colour, 

 obsoletcly punctured. Thorax about as long as broad, considerably narrower than 

 the elytra, constricted in front and behind, with some indistinct dark marks along 

 the middle, its sculpture indistinct, consisting of indistinct depressions. Elytra 

 narrow and parallel, with the shoulders well marked and rectangular ; they are 

 shining and of a yellow colour, with a broad irregular dark mark extending down 

 the suture ; they bear a very few fine upright hairs, and have indistinct large 

 punctures near the suture. Legs entirely yellow. 



A single individual, which was found I believe at Christchurch, 

 has been given me by IMr. AVaketield. 



(To he continued J .^ 



