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Group Lncanids. 

 Mitophyllus cyUndricns^ sp. ii. 



Suhpuralhl^ moderately transversely convex, a little 

 shiiiiii;;-; red, the tarsi and anteinitc paler; sparingly clothed 

 with decumbent yellow hairs. 



Head short, closely j>unctured, the forehead almost (piite 

 truncate, and with a more or less distinct margin. Mandibles 

 short, much curved apically. Eyes prominent, rotundate, 

 finely but distinctly facctt<d. Anti'unfP short, their ba-al 

 ji)int with pale slender seta^ ; club short, finely pubescent, its 

 third joint shorter and thicker than the second. Thorax one 

 third broader than long, slightly narrowed towards the front, 

 its sides minutely crenate and hardly at all curved; base 

 feebly sinuate, with obtuse angles, the anterior subacute; the 

 surface is moderately closely and coarsely jjuuctured. Scu- 

 tdlum punctate. Elytra parallel-sided, as wide as the thorax 

 at the base, the shoulders slightly rounded ; their sculpture is 

 somewhat ill-defined, consisting of shallow strise and punc- 

 tures ; thQ spaces between the punctures are more or less 

 raised transversely, so that the surface appears a little rugose. 

 Leys pilose; front tibia3 curvate and finely denticulate or 

 crenate externally, with an apical spine, and a straight one 

 between it and the middle; the intermediate arched and 

 asj)erate, but without any distinct central spine ; the posterior 

 nearly straight. 



The unsj)otted surface, subcylindrical outline, and small 

 size will prevent its being mistaken for any of its allies. 



? . Length 3|, breadth 1^ line. 



Wellington. Mr. J. H. Lewis found two specimens under 

 the bark of a Rimu ; one of these he sent to me. 



Mitophyllus anyusticeps, sp. n. 



Subovate, slightly convex, opaque ; smoky black, tarsi 

 ))iceous, antennai and palpi ))itchy red ; sparingly and irregu- 

 larly clothed with elongate, depressed, pale testaceous scales. 



IJead very elongate and narrow, coarsely ])unctured, quite 

 closely behind the eyes. Mandibles rather short and flat, 

 bifid at apex. Eyes subdepressed, free, remote from the 

 thorax. Antennce short, the basal joint long and curvate, 

 with a few elongate, erect, pale setae; seventh slightly pro- 

 duced inwardly ; club finely pubescent, its terminal joint 

 thickest. Tkoraj; nearly twice as broad as it is long, base 

 bisinuate and wider than the front, its sides only moderately 

 rounded, the angles obtuse; it is more finely punctured than 



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