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lawsoni, but may be easily identified by its more prominent labrum, and 

 longer elytral clothing. 



565. A. testacea, n.s. Elongate, sub-depressed, slightly glossy, 

 testaceous, the head somewhat reddened, and the last eight joints of the 

 antennae fuscous. 



Head of moderate size, narrower than thorax, rather coarsely but not 

 closely punctured, with the labrum a little exposed. The antenna are 

 rather stout, not elongate, their third joint nearly as long as, but more 

 slender than, the fourth. Thorax transverse, narrower than the elytra, 

 its front sinuated at each side, with depressed but acute angles ; it is a 

 little narrowed behind and rounded in front, so that the anterior angles 

 seem to be directed inwards, the base is rounded and sinuated towards 

 the hind angles, and its surface bears moderately large but not deep 

 punctures. Elytra elongate, moderately coarsely, closely and rugosely 

 punctured, broadly but slightly depressed behind the base, and clothed 

 with fine yellowish hairs ; their suture is more or less infuscate. 



Length, i \ ; breadth, J line. 



I have before me four more or less damaged specimens, which I 

 found at Parua ; two correspond with the description given above, hav- 

 ing the labrum a little exposed ; the others differ materially, inasmuch 

 as the labrum is much more developed, so as to be quite prominent, and 

 yet I have no hesitation whatever in assigning all four to this species. 

 Should such a disparity in structural character occur amongst individuals 

 of other species, as I now have but little doubt is actually the case, a re- 

 arrangement of the New Zealand species must be made. This is the last 

 species I have described, belonging to this group, and the only one in 

 which I feel " sure " that the unusual development of the labrum does 

 not indicate distinct species. 



Veronatus. 



Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Htst.,July, 1878,^. 49. 



The two following species have the structural characters assigned to 

 Cyphanus, except as follows : 



The form is still more elongate ; the labial /#// are not in the least 

 furcate ; and the junction of the prosternal process with the middle piece 

 of the prosternum is concealed between the tips of the front coxae. The 

 two species are rather discordant, and I do not think it is probable that 

 ultimately they will be associated together in a first synthesis. Verona- 

 tus longipalpis seems to have one of the lobes of the maxillae prolonged 

 to form an elongate slender process ; and the termination of the anten- 

 nal fossa on the underside of the head does not separate the gena from 

 the extreme base of the maxilla. 



566. V. longicomis, Sharp ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1878, 

 /. 48. V. elongatus, ferrugineus, thorace elytrisque testaceis, illo medio, 

 his sutura fuscis ; capite minus exserto, sat lato, pone oculos dense sub- 

 tilissime, anterius parce punctato ; antennis elongatis tenuibus, articulo 



