THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 



No. 48. DECEMBER 1911. 



LXXVr. — Notes on the Coleopterous Family Pselaphidas of 

 the Group Euplectini of New Zealand, v:ith Descripfions of 

 Two new Genera and Twelve Species. By Major T. Broun, 

 F.E.S. 



This group of the Pselapliidas, according to tlie catalogue 

 issued in February last by Herr Junk, of Berlin^ consisted 

 then of 128 genera, 13 of which occur in New Zealand. To 

 these I now add two more, Alloplectus and Kenocoslus, which 

 latter is a very curious insect. Two of these genera were 

 described by Dr. Sharp, one by Mr. Leach, eight by M. Raf- 

 fray, and the others by myself. 



In that catalogue sixty-eight New-Zealand species are 

 recorded ; four of these are Dr. Sharp's, seven are Herr 

 Reittei's, and fifty-seven are mine ; so that the twelve 

 described in this paper make a total of eighty. Besides 

 these, the descriptions of twelve more new species of mine 

 await publication by the New Zealand Institute, and M. Raf- 

 fray sent to me for inspection seven specie?, formerly part of 

 Herr Reitter's collection, which, with a single exception, 

 differ more or less from any in my cabinet, and will there- 

 fore form a further addition to our list of the Euplectini. 



Considering the number of recorded genera and species, 

 and the fact that a species measuring 2 mm. in length by 

 ^ in breadth is a comparatively large one, it must be evident 

 that the manipulation and study of such minute insects of 



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