346 COLEOPTERA 



628. A. minuta, Fabridus ; Sysf. El. n., 383, 25. A. nigra, 

 elytris integris piceis, thorace antice minuta, scabro. 



New Zealand (Mus. D. Banks). 



629. A. inurbanus, n.s. Cylindrical, transversely convex, piceous, 

 shining, antennae and legs testaceous. 



Head rather large, punctate, and clothed with yellow hairs. Thorax 

 longer than broad, the sides and apex rounded, base truncate with ob- 

 tusely rounded angles ; the disc is elevated in the centre in the form of 

 an obtuse transversal tubercle, from thence it is gradually depressed 

 anteriorly, so that when viewed from the side the front part seems to be 

 rounded to the apex ; this frontal portion is rugosely granulated, whilst 

 the hinder part, though shining and very indistinctly sculptured, bears 

 a few minute granules. Scutellum large, apex rounded, base broad and 

 coarsely punctured. The elytra are cylindrical, not quite contiguous to 

 the thorax, with straight, almost vertical sides somewhat bent inwardly 

 below, and rounded apex ; their sculpture consists of oblong punctures 

 arranged in rows, and becoming almost striate behind ; the interstices 

 are only slightly raised. The prothorax is ciliated, and the elytra 

 sparingly clothed with yellowish hairs, which, on the latter, appear as if 

 they proceeded from the punctures only ; on a closer examination, how- 

 ever, it will become evident that many of them occur on the intervals 

 between the rows of punctures. 



The femora are dilated ; the tibia ^ which are straight inwardly, are 

 externally curved and dilated towards the extremity so as to appear 

 triangular ; tarsi slender. 



Length, ij line. 



I found my unique specimen of this species at Tairua. 



FAMILY CISSIDES. 



Mentum horny. Ligula variable, without paraglossae. Maxillce. 

 bilobed, lamelliform and ciliated. Head often very short and retractile. 

 Antennae with eleven or eight joints, inserted at the front of the eyes, 

 terminated by a club of three, very rarely of two joints. Pronotum 

 separated from the prothoracic parapleurse by an acute carina. Anterior 

 and intermediate coxa globose and embedded ; the former sometimes 

 sub-cylindrical and slightly prominent ; the posterior transversal ; tibia 

 without terminal spurs ; tarsi composed of four, very rarely of five 

 joints, the basal very small, hardly distinct, the last elongate. Abdomen 

 with five segments, the first larger than those which follow. 



Cis. 



Latreille; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. iv.,/. 551. 



Mentum transversal, slightly narrowed and sinuated in front. Ligula 

 elongate, a little rounded in front. Last joint of the labial palpi oblong- 

 oval ; that of the maxillary oval and acuminated. Mandibles bifid at 

 apex. Labrum sub-quadrangular, a little narrowed at base. Head more 



