OF NEW ZEALAND. 331 



Paupris. 



Sharp : Ent. Mon. Mag., May, 1877. 



Wings quite wanting ; elytra less developed than usual. Labial 

 palpi with terminal joint very large, while that of the maxillary palpi is 

 small and not at all dilated. 



Eyes coarsely granulated, very nearly entire, with only a very small 

 emargination in front ; antennce inserted not quite close to the eyes, 

 with short apical joints. Hind coxa rather widely separated ; second 

 joint of tarsus inserted very near the apex of tibia. 



The insect seems to be very distinct from any allied form, and may 

 be placed near Opilus. 



601. P. aptera, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., May, 1877. Angustula, 

 testacea, maculis parvis fuscis, parcius pubescens ; elytris obsolete, 

 punctatis, apicibus singulatim rotundatis. 



Long., 6 mm. \ lat., if mm. 



Antennce short and stout, pale yellow, second joint shorter than 

 third, three to eight not differing much from one another, nine to 

 eleven about twice as broad as the preceding joints, nine and ten each 

 broader than long, the tenth rather strongly transverse, eleventh about as 

 long as broad. Head with the eyes rather broader than the thorax, 

 yellow but infuscate, and with a brassy tinge ; its sculpture obsolete. 

 Thorax elongate and narrow, sub-cylindric, but a little dilated in the 

 middle ; it is yellow, but has some elongate dark marks which are 

 variable in extent ; it is almost without sculpture. Elytra small, being 

 but narrow, and when the hind-body is in the natural condition, not 

 covering it ; their shoulders absent, their colour yellow, with small dark 

 marks. Legs long and rather stout, yellow, the femora near their apex 

 and the tibiae near their base with a more or less distinct dark mark. 

 Beneath pale yellow. 



Sent from Auckland by Messrs. Broun and Lawson. 



Parmius. 



Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., May, 1877. 



Eyes entire, very prominent, finely granulated, the antenna with 

 short club, the terminal joint of the labial palpi very large, that of the 

 maxillary small. Tarsi moderately long and broad, very distinctly five- 

 jointed, the second joint inserted very near the apex of the tibia ; hind 

 coxa rather widely distant. The two species differ from Paupris aptera 

 by their finely granulated eyes, by the presence of wings, and the more 

 normal form of the elytra. 



602. P. longipes. Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., May, 1877. Per- 

 angustus, fusco-aeneus, violaceo-tinctus, nitidus, parcius setosus, antennis 

 pedibusque testaceis, femoribus posterioribus medio infuscatis, 



