24 NEW /KAIjAND HVKKHIDAR. 



Cytilissus claviger Broun. Ann. Ma^. Nat. Hist.. September, 1893. 



Fnsco-piccous. slightly nitid, tibiae and basal joint of antennae dark 

 red, remaining joints and the tarsi testaceous ; with numerous erect, elongate, 

 slender, greyish-yellow hairs. 



Head tinely and distantly punctured ; the forehead subtruncate between 

 the antennae, with tine margins near these latter and the eyes. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, its sides lin<'ly margined, straight, but gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly : apex subtruncate, with deflexed acute angles ; its 

 surface very tinely. rather distantly and indistinctly punctate. Elytra 

 with sculpture similar to that of the tliorax. their suture very tine and close, 

 the apex broadly rounded. 



Tibiae moderately arched externally, with tine setae, the anterior 

 slightly grooved along the outer face. 



Underside piceous, punctate, with elongate pale liairs. 



Length, 1 1 lines ; breadth, (juite | line. 



Mount Pirongia. Only a single specimen could l)e secured during several 

 visits. 



Limnichus Latreille. Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Coleopt., torn, ii, p. 486. 



Body ol)long-oval. moderately convex. Oryans of the mouth, and the 

 eyes, concealed during the retraction of the head. Antennae 10-articulate. 

 The species very small. 



Limnichus decorus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 247. {Fig. 8.) 



Oval, moderately convex, glossy ; black, shghtly olivaceous, legs and 

 antennae rufo-piceous ; rather thickly clothed with bright-yellowish and 

 grey, decumbent, moderately slender setae, the grey ones scattered over 

 the elytra. 



Head about as long as the thorax, only half its width, a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, not distinctly punctate, rather densely pubescent. Thorax 

 twice as broad as it is long, its sides straight but gradually narrowed 

 anteriorly ; apex subtruncate, anterior angles acute and slightly prominent ; 

 base slightly sinuate towards the sides, but in the middle incurved in front 

 of the scuteiluni ; its punctation very fine and close, rather indistinct. 

 Scutellwii proportionally rather large, elongate-triangular, minutely sculp- 

 tured. Elytra curvedly narrowed, but not abruptly declivous, posteriorly ; 

 with hne coriaceous sculpture, and near the base with a few fine distant 

 punctures or minute granules, their suture well marked. 



Tibiae rather slender, nearly straight. Tarsi simple, terminal joint of 

 the posterior equals the basal 4 combined in length. Eyes lateral, rather 

 flat. Antennae about as long as the head and thorax, rather laxly articu- 

 lated, intermediate joints narrowed apically. 8th and 9th slightly broader, 

 10th rather larger and subrotundate ; club triarticulate. 



Length. I line ; bi'eadth, ^ line. 



Tairua. Two specimens in my own collection. 



Limnichus simplex Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 247. 



Oblong-oval, moderately shining, black, covered with depressed grey 

 setae. 



Thorax indistinclly sculptured, its clothing slightly liavescent ; formed 

 as in L. decorus. Seutelluitt large. Elytra linely siulptured, appearing 

 minutely granulate when examined under the microscope. 



