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Section 3. 

 Body obviously setigei'ous. 



3163. Pedilophorus bryobius sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, only moderately convex, shining, viridi-violaceous, legs 

 and antennae fusco-rufous ; bearing numerous outstanding, elongate, ful- 

 vescent setae. 



Head closely punctured near the eyes, more coarsely and distantly on the 

 vertex ; forehead strongly rounded, the groove between it and the punctate 

 labium deep and smooth. Thorax almost twice as long as broad ; bisinuate 

 at the base, so that its angles appear rather prominent and directed back- 

 wards, the sides margined and much narrowed towards the straight anterior 

 angles ; apex medially truncate, sinuated and margined behind the pro- 

 minent eyes ; its surface moderately coarsely but distantly punctate. Scu- 

 lellutn triangular, distinct. Elytra rather distantly, moderately coarsely, and 

 subseriate-punctate, but quite estriate, the sculpture less distinct behind. 



Tibiae nearly straight, indistinctly impressed, with fine elongate greyish 

 setae. Tarsi with well-developed membranous appendages. Antennae with 

 thick, pyriform, dark-red basal joints, 3rd joint longer than 4th, 7-10 

 gradually dilated but hardly transversal; 11th elongate, nearly the length 

 of the preceding 2 combined : these terminal 5 joints are more densely 

 pubescent than the others, and evidently form the elongate club. 



Underside nitid, nigrescent, clothed like the legs, the breast coarsely, 

 the abdomen finely punctate. The posterior coxal laminae very much 

 narrowed towards the sides. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, nearly 1^ lines. 



Mount Quoin, Wellington. I am indebted to Mr. A. O'Connor for a pair 

 found by him amongst moss on trees, at an elevation of about 3,800 ft. 



Liochoria Pascoe. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1875. 

 Antennae sub-elongatae, articulis sex ultimis, ultimo excepto, per folia tis, 

 clavam angustatam formantibus. Labrum magnum, distinctum. Palpi 

 maxillares aiticulo ultimo ovali. Tibiae anticae extus excavatae. 



Liochoria huttoni Pascoe. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1875. 



L. elliptica convexa, nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque piceis ; capita 

 prothoraceque confertim subtiliter, elytris subtilissime, punctatis ; scutello 

 aequilateraliter triangular! ; corpore infra femoribusque subtiliter punctatis, 

 sparse hirsutis ; tibiis extus integris, intus ciliatis. 



Long.. 3f lin. 



Otago. Captain Hutton. 



Cytilissus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1893. 



Body subrotundate, convex. Labrum moderately carinate at the base. 

 Thorax and elytra truncate at the base. Scutellum absent. Torsi with 

 well-developed membranous appendages. Eyes large, prominent, dis- 

 tinctly faceted. Maxillary palpi with rather broad terminal joints. 



Antennae free, rather short ; basal joint cylindric, thick ; 2nd quite 

 half the length of the 1st, narrowed apically ; 3rd slender, nearly as long as 

 the following 2 combined : club large, compact, indistinctly articulated, 

 but apparently composed of 2 nearly equal joints. The antennae, there- 

 fore, seem to be only 7-articulate, a character which at once separates it 

 from all its congeners. 



The only exponent of this genus, in lacies, resembles a hairy Synorthus. 



