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Group Elatf:ridae. 



3066. Lomemus vittipennis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 290. 

 Elongate, narrow, moderately shining, pubescence distinct, flavescent ; 



lufo-testaceous, the head, all the breast except the flanks of the prosternum, 

 and a broad lateral space on each elytron extending from before the middle 

 to the apex piceo-fuscous ; antennae dull black, but with the basal 3 joints 

 .slightly rufescent. 



Head closely, distinctly, and somewhat rugosely punctate. Thorax of 

 equal length and breadth, considerably yet gradually narrowed anteriorly, 

 less closely but as distinctly punctured as the head. Elytra quite as broad 

 as thorax at the base, gradually narrowed posteriorly, apices separately 

 rounded ; they are punctate-striate, the sutural striae are deep towards 

 the extremity, the others are not ; the suture and interstices have numeroiis 

 fine punctures, and become quite rugose towards the sides and apices. 



Antennae elongate, extending backwards to the middle femora ; basal 

 joint stout. 2nd and 3rd combined rather shorter than the 1st and barely 

 half the length of the 4th. joints 4~1() strongly serrate, 11th elongate. 



Rather more attenuate behind than L. elegans, its nearest ally, with 

 rather longer antennae, the thorax more distinctly punctured ; the elytra 

 with deeper, broader, and quite definitely punctured striae, and with dark 

 vittae, which are abse)it in that species. 



Length, 3| lines ; breadth, quite | lines. 



Mount Pirongia. A single male in my own collection. 



Group Dascyllidae. 



3067. Cyphanus ocularius sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 308. 

 Suboblong, moderately shining, slightly convex ; pubescence yellowish, 



distinct on the head, the sides of the thorax, and on the shoulders, finer 

 and more depressed on the elytra ; body rufo-castaneous. legs and antennae 

 rather paler. 



Head l>road, moderately (•lose!\' and finely punctate, subgranulate to- 

 wards the prominent aiid rather large eyes. Lahrum exserted, emarginate 

 at apex. Antennae elongate yet stout, 2nd joint short. 3rd hardly more 

 than a third of the length of the 4th. Thorax only half as long as it is broad, 

 with obtuse angles, the front very slightly medially rounded, and a little, 

 yet widely, sinuate near the sides, these are explanate aiad slightly curved ; 

 the base is not lobate. but it is oblique or subsinuate towards the sides ; its 

 punctation rather finer and less disti)ict than that of the head ; near the 

 basal margin there are some fine granules. Eb/ira oblong, rather broader 

 than the thorax, closely and evidently punctured. Labial paJpi furcate. 



Male. — Basal segment of abdoiixn normal, the last with 2 median impres- 

 sions and 1 near each side. 



The abbreviation of the 3rd antennal joi)it, the large and prominent 

 eyes, and the presence of granulation near the sides of the head and base 

 of the thorax differentiate this species from ('. laliceps and C punetatjis. 



Length, 3|-4J. lines ; breadth. Ig- If lines. 



Waiorongamai and Mount Te Aroha. Two specimens in my own col- 

 lection. 



3068. Cyphanus maculifer sp. nov. 



.Suboblong, slightly convex, a little nitid ; pubescence moderately dense, 

 slender, greyish-yellow : head and thorax pale ferruginous, the former 

 behind the middle, the latter with a pair of large spots )iear the base, dark 



