•_) I NK\\ ZEALAND BYRRHIDAE. 



Cytilissus claviger Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.. September, 1893. 



Fusco-piccous. Blightly oitid, tibiae and basal joint of antennae dark 

 red, remaining joints and the tarsi testaceous ; with numerous erect, elongate. 

 slender, greyish-yellow hairs. 



Head finely and distantly punctured : the forehead subtruncate between 

 the antennae, with fine margins near these latter and the eyes. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, its sides finely margined, straight, but gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly : apex subtruncate. with deflexed acute angles ; its 

 surface very finely, rather distantly and indistinctly punctate. Elytra 

 with sculpture similar to that of the thorax, their suture very fine and close, 

 the apex broadly rounded. 



Tibiae moderately arched externally, with fine setae, the anterior 

 slightly grooved along the outer face. 



Underside piceous, punctate, with elongate pale hairs. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, quite | line. 



Mount Pirongia. Only a single specimen could be secured during several 

 visits. 



Limnichus Latreille. Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Coleopt., torn, ii, p. 486. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex. Organs of the mouth, and the 

 eyes, concealed during the retraction of the head. Antennae 10-articulate. 

 The species very small. 



Limnichus decorus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 247. {Fig. 8.) 



Oval, moderately convex, glossy ; black, slightly olivaceous, legs and 

 antennae rufo-piceous : rather thickly clothed with bright-yellowish and 

 grey, decumbent, moderately slender setae, the grey ones scattered over 

 the elytra. 



Head about as long as the thorax, only half its width, a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, not distinctly punctate, rather densely pubescent. Thorax 

 twice as broad as it is long, its sides straight but gradually narrowed 

 Ulteriorly : apex subtruncate. anterior ancles acute and slightly prominent : 

 base slightly sinuate towards the sides, hut in the middle incurved in front 

 of the scutellum : its punctation very fine and close, rather indistinct. 

 ScutcUiim proportionally rather large, elongate-triangular, minutely sculp- 

 tured. Elytra curvedly narrowed, hut not abruptly declivous, posteriorly: 

 with line coriaceous sculpture, and near the base with a few fine distant 

 punctures or minute granules, their suture well marked. 



Tibia* rather slender, nearly straight. Tarsi simple, terminal joint of 

 the posterior equals the basal f combined in length. Eyes lateral, rather 

 Hat. Antenna* about as long as the head and thorax, rather laxly articu- 

 lated, intermediate joints narrowed apically, 8th and Dth slightly broader, 

 10th rather larger and subrotundate ; club Particulate. 



Length, -| line : breadth, \ line. 



Tairua. Two specimens in my own collection. 



Limnichus simplex Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. p. 247. 



Oblong-oval, moderately shining, Mack, covered with depressed grey 



Thorax indistinctly sculptured, its clothing slightly flavescent ; formed 

 ,s m L. decorus. Scutellum large. Elytra finely sculptured, appearing 

 minutely granulate when examined under the microscope. 



