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fourth and fifth are equal ; sixth to eighth about equal, each shorter than 

 fifth. 



Length, i J line ; breadth, quite J. 



I found my only specimen near Whangarei Heads. This and the 

 following species ( C. hispidella) are congeneric, but quite distinct from 

 the previously described forms. 



407. C. hispidella, n.s. Allied to adspersus, of nearly similar 

 form, rather more ovate (i.e., proportionally broader) ; of a mode- 

 rately shining black colour, with paler but obscurely coloured legs and 

 antennee ; its clothing consists of fine short pallid bristles, so arranged 

 as to give the insect a spotted appearance. 



The head owing to its coarse punctation, seems rather rough, and 

 bears a few fine hair-like setae ; the prothorax is similar in form to that 

 of C. adspersus, rather broader than it is long, with depressed anterior 

 angles, somewhat depressed on each side of the middle near the base, 

 and sculptured very much in the same way as the head ; the elytra are a 

 little broader than the thorax, oviform, a little depressed behind the 

 base, closely but more coarsely punctured than the head or thorax ; 

 their clothing consists of short yellowish bristles and greyish hairs, the 

 former predominate, and give the elytra an obviously spotted appear- 

 ance. Legs moderately stout. 



Length, line ; breadth, |. 



I found five specimens near Whangarei Heads. 



FAMILY LATHRIDIDES. 



The mentum, ligula, and maxillse of variable form. The labial palpi 

 with three, sometimes with only two joints ; the maxillary quadri-articu- 

 late. Antennce. generally eleven-jointed, terminated by a one, two, or 

 three-jointed club. Anterior and intermediate coxse globose; the posterior 

 transversal ; all wide apart. Tarsi tri-articulate in both sexes ; the 

 penultimate joint entire. Abdomen consisting of five segments ; the first 

 notably longer than the others. 



Holoparamecus. 



Curtis; Lacord. Hist. des. Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii., p. 435. 



Mentum transversal, widely hollowed, with an obtuse projection in 

 its centre ; ligula short, rounded in front ; lobes of the jaws of equal 

 length, very slender inwardly, and there furnished with spiniform hairs, 

 external wide, barbed at the end ; labial palpi short, robust, the first 

 joint very small, second very thick, sub-globular, third conical ; basal 

 joint of the maxillary palpi very small, second and third short, thick, 

 equal ; fourth subconical, elongate, obtuse at the end. Mandibles short, 

 wide, ciliated at the middle, and dentate at their extremity. Labrum 

 rounded in front. Head short, trigonal, sunk in prothorax as far as the 

 eyes; the latter rounded and strongly granulated. Antenna with 



