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15. Panspceus guttatus, n. sp. 



7*. raiimtus, angustulus, nigricans, prothoracis angulis posterioribus 

 niaciili8(iue (|uatuor in clytris, antennis podibusciue tcstaceis, an- 

 toniiis extrorsuni fuscis ; prothoracc miuus elongato, obsolete 

 punctato, nitido sed evidenter puboscciite ; elytris striatis, striia 

 internis sat profiindis, extornis obsolctis ; macula testacea hume- 

 rali elongata, altera antcapicali magna. Long. 2 ra. m. 



This very minute insect is one of the smallest of the Ela- 

 terida?, it being rather longer and narrower than the European 

 Cryptohypnus minutissimus. 



^cnt from Tairua by Captain Broun, who says that it is 

 evidently very rare, and that he has only found tlirec indi- 

 viduals. 



Group 5. — The two specimens of this minute insect are in 

 bad condition, and I cannot ascertain thoroughly all their 

 characters ; but they show one peculiarity which in itself is 

 sutlicicnt to mark them off as a distinct genus, viz. that along 

 the underside of the thorax, close to and parallel with its 

 border, is a longitudinal furrow, such as is seen in many 

 Eucnemides ; besides this I can say that the forehead is 

 rounded in front and limited by a raised line, the clypeus is 

 extremely reduced and concealed, the femoral portion of the 

 coxal plate pretty well developed, the trochanteral portion 

 short and only a little longer tlian the femoral portion. The 

 tarsi are small, simple, and slender. The relationship ap- 

 pears to be with Bttarmon. 



16. Aglophus modesfus, n. sp. 



A. angustulu8,sat nitidus, evidenter pubescens,fulvo-castaneus, pcdi- 

 bu8 tcstaceis ; antennis elongatis, tenuibus, articulis socundo et 

 tertio conjunctim quarto fere ajquali ; protborace brevi, parcius 

 punctato, angulis posterioribus baud divergentibus, subuncatis ; 

 eh'tris regulariter striatis, striis evideuter punctatis, intcrstitiis 

 obsolete punctatis. Long. 0-7 m. m. 



The male is more slender than the female. The species 

 has much the appearance of our European Adrasti and 

 Doloini. 



I liave seen but few specimens of this species ; they have 

 been sent me by Captain Broun from Tairua, with No. 13 

 attached, and the information that it is an autumnal species 

 and inactive. 



Group 6. — This species presents a combination of structu- 



