244 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 



all the four species drawn up with reference to the above dif- 

 ferences. 



1. C lectularivs. — Ferrugineo-ochraceus : thorace profunda emar- 

 ginato, lateribus refiexis : abdomine suborbiculato, apice acuto : 

 antennis articulo tertio quarto longiore. 



Long. 2^ lin. Hah. In domibus. 



2. C. columbarius. — Ferrugineo-ochraceus : thorace profunda 

 emarginato, lateribus refiexis : abdomine orbiculato, apice sub- 

 acuto : antennis articulo tertio quarto paulo longiore. 



Long, vix 2^ lin. Hab. In Columbis. 



3. C. Hirundinis. — Fusco-ferrugineus : thorace leviter emarginato, 

 lateribus planis : abdomine ovato, apice subacuto s antennis 

 brevibus, articulis tertio et quarto sub8equalibus. 



Long. 1^ lin. Hab. In nidis Hirundinis urbicae. 



4. C. PipistrelU. — Ferrugineo-ochraceus, nitidus : thorace pro- 

 funde emarginato, lateribus paulo refiexis : abdomine ovato, 

 postice attenuato : antennis articulo tertio quarto longiore. 



Long. 2 lin. Hab. In Vespertilione Pipistrello. 



I have only to add, that the last two species were both 

 taken in Cambridgeshire. Of the C. PipistrelU I have seen 

 but one specimen. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE V. 

 Fig. 1. C. columbarius. Fig. 2. C. Hirundinis. Fig. 3. C. PipistrelU. 

 a. One of the antennae. All the figures are highly magnified. The line 



above each denotes the natural size. 



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Swaffham Bulbeck, April 6, 1839. 



XXXI. — FlorcB Insularum Novae Zelandice Precursor; or a 

 Specimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand, By 

 Allan Cunningham, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 115.] 

 ROSACEiE, Juss. 

 AccENA, Vahl. 

 566. A.SanguisorbcB. Vahl Enum. i. p. 29i. DC. Prodr. u. p. 592. Rcem. 

 etScJi. Syst. Veg. \. p. 268. — Ancistrum Sanguisorbse. L. Willd. Sp. PI, i. 

 p. 154.— A. diandrum. Furst. Prodr. n. 52. A. Rich. PL Nov. Zel. p. 341. 

 New Zealand (Middle Island). Dusky Bay.— 1773, G. Forster. Cook's 

 Strait.— 1827, D'Urville. (Northern Island).— 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. In 

 dry exposed situations, Bay of Islands,— 1826, A. Cunningham. 



