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fortit<?r punctato, rufo, maciila ra!i;»na discoidali niji;ncanto ; cly- 

 tris testacois, sutura mar^iiioiiue oxterno ui;^ri.s, striatis, striig 

 puQctatis ; corpore subtus fusco-rutesoento, protlioracis lateribas 

 testacois ; pcdibus pallide testaceis. Long, o m. m. 



Allied pretty closely to Lomemus j)ilicornisj but readily 

 distinguished by the less pilose antenuaj and the colour, and 

 ])rosenting some slight structural differences : the antennae are 

 ditil'rently formed ; but I have not sufficient specimens to en- 

 able me to deciile whether this is more than a sexual character. 



I have received two very damaged specimwis from Captain 

 Broun as No. 32, but without any information as to habits. 



19. Lomemus suffusus, n. sp. 



L. angiistulus, fere parallelus, sat nitidus, evidcntor sod brcviter 

 pubcscens, iiiger, aiitennis fuscis, pedibus fusco-testaccis ; elytris 

 sordide testaceis, sutura ruargineque externo xn^^c nigricantibus ; 

 autennis iutus subserratis, articulis secuudo et tertio conjunctim 

 quarto vix aequalibus ; capite fortiter punctato ; protborace elon- 

 gate, minus fortiter et crebre punctato, nitido, augulis posteriori- 

 bu3 nuUo mode divergentibus, angiistius testaceis ; elytris eviden- 

 ter striatis, striis punctatis. Long. o| m. m. 



This species, though closely allied to L. pilicornis and L. 

 pictus, can be readily distinguished by the considerably less 

 developed punctuation of the thorax ; this part is also longer 

 in propoition. 



Ca]>tain Broun has sent a single specimen from Tairua as 

 No. 31. 



20. Lomemus ^avijyes, n. sp. 



L. angustulus, subparallelus, sat nitidus, nigcr, evidenter fusco- 

 pubescens. pedibus testaceis ; antennis tenuibus, fere filiformibus, 

 articulis secundo et tertio minus aV)breviatis, conjunctim quarto 

 aequalibus ; prothorace elongate, crebre subtiliter pimctato ; ely- 

 tris subtiliter striatis, striis evidenter punctatis, interstitiis cre- 

 brius rugulosis. Long. 7 m. m. 



This species may be readily distinguished from L. obscit- 

 ripes by its considerably more elongate form and its more 

 finely punctured thorax and paler pubescence ; it has ex- 

 tremely the appearance of our small European Limonii, par- 

 vuhis and 7)iiuutus. 



I have seen but a single individual, which was sent from 

 Auckland by ^Ir. Lawson. 



21. Lomemus similifj n. sp. 



L. angustulus, sat nitidus, evidenter pubescens, nij:er, pedibus fusco- 

 rufis ; antennis elongatis, crassiusculis, intus serratis, articulis 



