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92. A. monachicus, Motsch.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 

 xxxviii., ii., 1865. Statitra et color Lophoglossi tartarica. Say., sed 

 paulo major, striae sub-scutellari nulla ; oblongus, latus, sub-convexus, 

 glaber, nitidus, niger ; capite triangular!, inter antennas bisulcato, fronte- 

 postice sub-convexo, oculis mediocri prominulis ; thorace capite fere 

 duplo latiore, transverso, cordato, medio canaliculato, basi utrinque 

 bisulcato, lateribus arcuatis, marginatis, angulis posticis rectis, prominu- 

 lis, anticis obtusis ; elytris thorace paulo latioribus, subellipticis, basi 

 marginatis, valde profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, 3*^° medio 

 unipunctato, striis lateralibus crenato-punctulatis, 8™ punctis magnis non- 

 nullis instructis ; corpore subtus glabro. 



% Long., 7! 1. ; lat. elyt., 4 1. 

 New Zealand. 



Cerabilia. 



Castelnau ; Trans, Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. viii.,/. 202. 



Mentiim broad, transverse, emarginate, without a tooth in the emar- 

 gination ; wings of the mentum very broad, rounded laterally, pointed 

 at the apex. Labriwi almost square, rather transverse, entire ; mandi- 

 btilcE rather strong, arched, pointed. Palpi with their last articulation 

 oval, fusiform, pointed at the apex. Anteiince rather long, first articula- 

 tion strong and thick, the second conical and short, the third a little 

 longer, the others equal, the last oval. First joint of tarsi longest ; 

 anterior ^ with three first joints broad, triangular, and furnished below 

 with squamulfe and spiniform hairs. Head rather small, oval ; thorax 

 almost square, rather transverse ; elytra oval, rather depressed, no 

 abbreviated striae ; thighs rather strong ; tibia: rather slender, straight, 

 the posterior rather arched ; anterior becoming thick towards the apex, 

 strongly emarginated, and ended by a spine, with another at the top of 

 the excavation ; all the tibiae having a row of spines. 



93. C maori, Cast.,- Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. viii., /. 202. 

 Dark brown, thorax with a feeble transverse impression in front, a 

 moderately marked longitudinal sulcus, and two narrow impressions 

 backwards ; elytta feebly striated, with the margin impressed backwards; 

 legs, palpi and antennae of a reddish brown. 



Length, 4I'. 

 Dunedin. 



Feronia. 



Lat}'. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Colcop., Tom. i.,/. 323. 



Mentum large, a little concave, deeply emarginated ; with a broad 

 median tooth, notched, or simple, but in the latter case truncate or 

 obtuse at the extremity. Ligula widened and truncated in front, its 

 paraglossse slender. Last joint of the palpi sub-oval or sub-cylindrical, 

 sometimes a little depressed, always truncated at the end. Mandibles 

 moderate or short, rather robust, not furrowed above, dentate inwardly 

 near their base. Lahrum transversal, entire, or feebly emarginated. 



