OK NEW ZEALAND. 529 



Heteropsis. 



IVoll. ; Gene7-a of i/ie Cossonidw, p. 452. 



Corpus parvum, angustum, parallelum, subdepressiusculo-cylindri- 

 cum, nitidum, calvum, piceo-castaneum ; rostro brevi et (pr^sertim in 

 ^ ) latissimo, postice paulo angustiore, a capite (supra et subtus) linea 

 diviso ; prothorace elongate, ovato-triangulari, pone apicem leviter con- 

 stricto ; elytris (prothorace etiam subangustioribus) parallelis ; meta- 

 sterno elongato ; abdominis segm*°- i'"°- in ^ obsolete longitudinaliter 

 concavo. Antenna pone apicem rostri inserts; scapo brevi, robusto, 

 subito et valde clavato ; funiculi (5-articulati) art°- 2^^" baud sequentibus 

 longiore ; capitulo breviter ovali. Pedes breves, crassiusculi, ad basin 

 (etiam antici) late separati (posteriores subsequaliter distantes) ; tarsis 

 breviusculis, art°- i"^"- baud elongato, 3*'o- angusto, simplici. Scittelluni 

 distinctum. 



Inter Pentarthrides insigne oculis obsoletis, asgerrime observandis, 

 tamen scutello conspicuo ; et prseterea exstat corpore parvo angusto 

 parallelo, rostro brevi latissimo postice sensim angustiore necnon a 

 capite lineii distincta diviso, scapoque brevi et abrupte clavato. 



Hab. Nov. Zealandiam. 



940. H. lawSOni, Woll. ,- Gen. Cosson., p. 606. H. angiistits, 

 parallelus, depressiusculo-cylindricus, nitidus, piceo-castaneus ; rostro a 

 capite (fere impunctato) linea distincte diviso, brevi et (prsesertim in ^ ) 

 latissimo, postice paulo angustiore, depressiusculo, subarcuato, dense et 

 minute punctulato ; prothoraee elongato, ovato-triangulari, antice leviter 

 constricto, paululum profundius punctulato ; elytris parallelis, leviter 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis minutissime et parce uniseriatim punctulatis ; 

 antennis pedibusque paulo clarioribus. Sul>tus paulo grossius sed vix 

 profunde punctatus. 



Long. Corp., lin. i-i^. 



Habitat Novam Zealandiam; ab Auckland misit Dom. Lawson cujus 

 in honorem nomen specificum dedi. 



Phloeophagosoma. 



Woll. ; Genera of the Cossonides, p. 464. 



(Scapo plus minus elongato, interdum brevi, nunquam brevissimo). 

 Funiculus 7 -art. 



Corpus vel fusiformi-, vol longe subovato-cylindricum, nitidiusculum, 

 calvum, aut nigrum aut (rarius, ut in typo) jjiceum ; /vstro plus minus 

 elongato, graciusculo, parallelo, rarius vel in medio (subg. Ainorp/iorliyn- 

 chus^ mihi) vel ad basin paulo ampliato, oculis subdemissis, ssepius in 

 fronte baud latissime separatis ; protlwracc plerum(]ue elongato, ovato- 

 triangulari, antice leviter constricto ; vietastcrno longiusculo, postice in 

 medio argute canaliculato ; abdominis segm*'^- 3*'"- 4'°- et ult""^- punctis 

 magnis (in linea. transversa positis) postice marginatis. Antenme longius- 

 cula3, subgraciles, circa medium rostri insertte ; funiculi art"- 2'^"- vel 



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