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indeed, it has very much in common with Tarphius ; nevertheless, 

 apart from every other discrepancy, its fW-articulated club, conspicuous 

 scutellum, and sub-approximated coxa?, remove it into a different divi- 

 sion of the family, and more into the vicinity of EiidopMceus. 



Taephiomimetes Lawsoni, n. sp. 



T. ohlonga, convexa, nigro-picea sed in elytris (prcEsertim nntlce) 

 dilutior, setidis hrevihus suh-erecfis fulvo-cinereis uhique ohsita, aliisque 

 demissis in interstitiis elytrorum alternis longituditialiier obsolete mul- 

 timaculata ; protliorace {elytris sensim angustiore') antice angustato 

 necnon ad later a oblique recto et obsolete serrato (angulis anticis porrectis 

 acutissimis), sed utringue ante basin excavato {angulis ipsissimis posticis 

 acutlusculis), asperato-granulato, in medio {prcesertim in disco) late 

 canaliculafo et utrinque obsolete inceqitali ; elytris (subter squamis) 

 grosse transversim siib-rugulosis et longitudinaliter subpunctato-tuber- 

 culatis ; antennis p)edibusque gracilibus, riffo-ferrugineis, clavd tarsisqiie 

 (elongatis) versus apicem nigrescentioribus. Long. corp. lin. t^ix 2. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam ; in Auckland collegit Dom. Latcson, 

 cujus in honorem nomen triviale dedi. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to its captor, from 

 whose researches in the Auckland disti'ict it seems probable (as I have 

 been informed by Dr. Sharp) that we shall ere long possess some defi- 

 nite information concerning many of the most interesting of the 

 Micro-Coleoptcra of K'ew Zealand. It may easily be known from the 

 T. viridipicta by its uniformly brownish hue (the head and prothorax, 

 however, having a darker tinge than the elytra) and almost z«?-nodose 

 surface, the elytra, nevertheless, being very obscurely dappled with 

 small and indistinct patches of paler scales (or decumbent sette) down 

 their alternate interstices. Its prothorax (which has a wide central 

 chaiTuel) is considerably narrowed in front (where the angles are very 

 acute and porrect), the anterior portion of the edges being straightened 

 (though oblique) ; but the basal region is scooped out suddenly in 

 front of either posterior angle. Its feet are very long and slender, 

 with the apical part of the term.inal joint darkened. 



Tarphiomimetes viridipicta, n. sp. 

 T. oblonga, convexa, picea sed in elytris Icete viridi-picta, setulis 

 brevibus crassls sub-erectis fulvo-cinereis, fulvescentibus et nigris dense 

 ornata ; protliorace {elytris jyatilulum angustiore) sub-quadrato sed ad 

 latera valde incrquali {scilicet in medio prof unde eroso, necnon versus basin 

 obsolete sijiuato et versus apicem obsolete serrato), angulis anticis por- 



