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the 3rd apparently is aa short as the follownng ones, and all the tarsi are 

 5-jointed. .: _ , I 



Length, nearly | line ; breadth, f line. ' ! '" ! i 



Raurimu. January, 1909. I could only find a single individual. 



Group CiSSIDAE. 



3091. Cis zeelandicus Reitter. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 346. 



Subcylindric, hrunneus, opacus ; densely clothed with short, somewhat 

 golden hairs. Antennae (except the fuscous club) and leys rufous. Head 

 and thorax alutaceous, the former impressed in front which a median fovea, 

 the latter transverse, lightly punctulated, the sides and posterior angles' 

 rounded, the anterior obtuse. Elytra finely yet deeply punctured in close 

 series. 



Male. — Clypeus minutely bituberculate at apex, the tubercles moderately 

 approximated. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Reims. 



Ennearthron Mellie. Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Coleopt., torn, iv, p. 552. 

 Distinguishable from Cis by its 9-jointed antennae, 



3092. Ennearthron boettgeri Reitter. 



Convex, oblong-oval, smooth, shining, black, sometimes rufescent, legs 

 and antennae testaceous, club fuscous ; head and thorax alutaceous, densely 

 and obsoletely punctured. Thorax slightly transversal, margined laterally, 

 its sides rounded, anterior angles very obtuse, the posterior almost rounded. 

 Elytra thrice as long as thorax, densely and finely punctate. 



Male. — Clypeus reflexed, obtusely triangularly bidentate ; basal segment 

 of abdomen, in the middle, with an indistinct tomentose fovea. 



Length, 1-2-2 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



3093. Ennearthron obsoletum Reitter. 



Convex, oval, short, shining, smooth, castaneous, legs and antennae 

 testaceous, club fuscous ; head and thorax alutaceous, sparingly and 

 obsoletely punctate. Thorax subparallel transverse, margined near base, 

 front angles obtuse, posterior rounded. Elytra densely and obsoletely 

 punctured, not thrice as long as the thorax. 



Male. — Clypeus reflexed, with 2 obtusely triangular teeth ; basal seg- 

 juent of abdomen with a distinct tomentose median fovea. 



Length, 1-2 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



Group DiAPERIDAE. 



-3094. Menimus humeralis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 360. 



Convex, oviform, almost nude, glossy, piceo-rufous, legs fusco-testaceous, 

 iintennae more rufescent. 



Head apparently smooth, having only a few minute punctures, and 

 bearing a few slender indistinct setae. Thorax a third broader than long, 

 very gradually narrowed, but hardly perceptibly curved, towards the some- 

 what depressed and nearly rectangular front angles ; lateral margins rather 



