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basal joint stout, second also stout^ but only about half the 

 length of the first ; third slender and more elongate than the 

 succeeding ones ; joints 8 to 10 form the club. Thorax 

 large, as long as it is broad, its sides margined and slightly 

 rounded ; the surface finely, rather indistinctly, and distantly 

 punctured. Elytra scarcely wider than the thorax at the 

 base, their sides a little rounded, so that they are widest near 

 the middle; they are a good deal narrowed posteriorly, and 

 tliey are apparently without sculpture of any kind. 



This is a rather small, convex, oblong-oval species, which 

 should be placed near C. perpinguis and C. obesulus ; from 

 these it may be separated by its convex eyes, obsolete sculp- 

 ture, and narrower shape. 



Length f , breadth nearly f line. 



Mount Te Aroha. One, March 1894. 



Cis pygma^us, sp. n. 



Nude, shining, fuscous ; thorax pale yellowish grey, irre- 

 gularly mottled with brown ; the legs and antennae some- 

 what testaceous. 



Head simple, pale, finely and distantly punctured. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, the sides finely margined and slightly 

 rounded ; posterior angles rectangular ; it is remotely and 

 finely punctured. Elytra much longer than the thorax ; they 

 are rather more distinctly punctured than it is, but not at all 

 closely. Tarsi stout. 



This is the smallest species I am acquainted with. The 

 bald surface and fine sculpture will lead to its recognition. 

 It is just possible that the maculation of the thorax may not 

 prove to be a constant character. 



Length ^, breadth \ line. 



Mount Te Aroha. Found amongst leaves on the 

 ground. Mr. J. H. Lewis at the same time found a second 

 specimen, which I am unable to separate, the only noticeable 

 difference being the darker unspotted thorax. 



Cis lohipes, sp. n. 



Cylindric^ not narrow, moderately shining, clear red ; the 

 antennee, tarsi, and palpi yellow ; legs pale red ; the yellow 

 setffi on the elytra are erect and conspicuous ; they are not, 

 however, scale-like, as in C. recurvatus; those on the thorax 

 are slender and decumbent. 



liead simple, punctate. Antenme with joints 5 to 7 small 

 and transverse, the third and fourth longer than broad ; the 



