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elevated, the clypeus much narrowed to the front, and the front edge, in the niiddk^ 

 a little reflexed, and obscurely emarginat* : the form of this part does not differ in 

 the sexes. 



Several very mutilated individuals of this species were sent from 

 Otago by Pi-of. Huttou ; I should fancy they were picked up dead. 



Obs. — There are two very distinct forms placed in collections as 

 Fericoptus, and though at first sight they appear very similar, I think 

 they will probably ultimately form distinct genera. In the larger 

 insect, which is generally called in collections P. truncatus, the 

 anterior part of the head is flattened, and placed on a different plane 

 to the hinder part, so that the front part forms a sort of disc, which 

 is evidently the same in kind (though less in development) as that of 

 Temnorhipichus. In the species I have here described as P. stupidus, 

 the head departs but little from the Pentodoii form. So far as I can 

 judge from White's description of Cheiroplafys ptmctatus, I consider 

 it will prove allied to P. stupidus. 



CiLIBE HuTTOJfl, n. sp. 

 Picea, antennis pedihusque rufis vel piceo-rufis ; protliorace nifldo, ere- 

 brlus minus fortiter (disco parcius et suhtiliter) punctato, lateribiis t'otundatis, 

 basin versus angustatis, ad angulos posteriores aciitos haud explanatis ; elytris 

 subopacis, crebriiis irreguJariter punctatis, longihidinaliter subsulcatis. 



Long. 10 — 12 mm., lat. 5 — 6 mm. 



The antennse are short, and are reddish in colour, with the 3rd 

 and one or two following joints generally more obscure, the 9th and 

 10th joints are decidedly shoi'ter than broad ; the thorax is strongly 

 transverse, with the sides rounded and the base a little sinuate ou 

 each side, so that the hind angles are decidedly acute. 



The male at first sight seems to exactly resemble the female, but 

 a careful examination shews some constant, though inconspicuous, 

 characters to distinguish it ; the front tibiae along their inner and hinder 

 edge bear a dense very short pubescence ; the intermediate tibiae are 

 clothed in a similar but more conspicuous manner, and are not at all 

 incurved at their extremity. 



The species can only be confounded with the variable C. elongata, 

 but it is undoubtedly distinct. Mr. F. Bates, to whom we are indebted 

 for the most of our knowledge of the species of this difficult genus, 

 agrees with me on this point, and as he has been kind enough to point 

 out the characters by which it differs primo visii, I quote here his 

 remarks in a letter to me. He says : " on first looking at the Cilibe, I 

 "judged it to be clongata (the iovm. phosplingoidcs, White) ; on com- 



