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structure of its nearest allies can be comprehended without the repetition 

 of unnecessary details. With one or two exceptions, all measurements 

 include the head as set out on cardboard ; but I cannot yet guarantee 

 that this applies to Eedtenbacher's Curimus zeelandicus or Reitter's Pe- 

 dilophoms hehtsi. Throughout this group very little variation occurs as 

 regards size amongst the individuals of any species : measurement, there- 

 fore, is another aid to identification. 



On perusal of the following list it will be seen that the Nosodendridae, 

 Bijrrhidae, and Limnichidae, all of which are here included in the general 

 family name Byrrhidae, comprise forty-two species, which are distributed 

 among seven genera. 



In Britain there are twelve species and nine genera. In North America 

 there are also nine genera and about forty species ; whilst Europe, with the 

 same number of genera, possesses about sixty species. 



Our list, doubtless, will be augmented in course of time ; yet even now 

 it equals that of such a huge territory as that portion of America which 

 extends southwards to the border of Mexico. Although New Zealand has 

 already yielded, so far as this particular group is concerned, a number 

 altogether out of proportion to its limited area, it must not be forgotten 

 that some other extensive groups of Coleoptera are either entirely absent 

 or only very poorly represented. 



LIST OF THE NEW ZEALAND BYBBHIDAE. 



Nosodendron ovatum Broun. 



,, zealandicum Sharp. 



Curimus squamiger Broun. 

 striatus Broun. 

 vestitus Broun. 

 ,, zeelandicus Redtenbocher. 

 Synorthus sternalis Broun. 

 ,, orbicularis Broun. 



„ nigricans Broun. 



,, insuetus Broun. 



,, nigralis Broun. 



,, mixtus Broun. 



,, mandibularis Broun. 3157 



laevigatus Broun. 3158. 

 ,, setarius Broun. 



., rotimdus Broun. 



., villosus Broun. 



pygmaeus Broun. 3159. 

 ,, anomalus Broun. 



,, giHiiulatus Broun. 



Pedilophorus foveigerus Broun. 3160. 

 ,, gemmeus Broun. . 



Pedilophorus laevipennis Broun. 

 probus Broun. 

 puncticeps Broun. 

 tibialis Broun. 

 creperus Broun. 

 pulcherrimus Broun. 

 picipes Broun. 

 laetus Broun. 

 lewisi Broun. 

 sculpturatus Broun. 



3161. 

 cognatus Broun. 3162. 

 coruscans Pnscnc. 

 ,, hclmsi Beitter. 



,, bryobius Broun. 3163. 



Liochoria button i Pascoe. 

 Cytilissus clavigor Broun. 

 Lininichus decorus Broun. 

 ,, simplex Broun. 



,, picinus Broun. 



nigripcs Broun. 



