OF NEW ZEALAND. 1143 



Cyphon (Gen., p. 318). 



2026. C. pauper, n.s. Subovate, moderately broad, very little 

 shining, densely clothed with yellowish hairs ; obscure-ferruginous, 

 sometimes a large part of the hind-body more or less smoky-brown, 

 antennae and legs testaceous ; underside brown. 



Head rather large and nearly as broad as the thorax, moderately 

 closely and distinctly punctate-granulose. Antenna moderate, third 

 joint 'slender, elongate, not quite so long as fourth, which exceeds 

 the fifth and following ones in length. Prothorax short, with two 

 oblique depressions before the base, its sides slightly rounded, an- 

 terior angles rectangular, posterior obtuse, sculptured in the same 

 way as the head. Scutellum minutely granulate. Elytra broader 

 than thorax, transversely depressed before the middle, rugosely 

 sculptured, but not distinctly granulate near the base, the rest of 

 their surface punctate. 



This species, owing to the absence of the subocular line, rough 

 genal space, and distinctly-granulated head and thorax, is nearly 

 allied to C. parviceps and C. signatus. The thoracic depressions 

 are constant. There is a minute puncture in each granule. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, f line. 



Messrs. Cheeseman and Adams found seven examples on Mount 

 Arthur. 



2027. C. discedens, n.s. Subovate, moderately broad, slightly 

 glossy, covered with fine pale hairs, smoky-brown, elytral disc and 

 apices suffused with dull-testaceous, legs and antennae testaceous. 



Head rather large, about as broad as thorax, finely and distantly 

 granulated. Antenna moderate, third joint slender, nearly as long 

 as fourth, fifth much shorter than the preceding one, joints 6-9 

 about as long as broad, submoniliform. Thorax small, its angles 

 blunt, finely and distantly granulated. Elytra large, broader than 

 thorax at base, indistinctly impressed before the middle ; moderately 

 finely punctured. 



Very much like C. trivialis, only a little larger, the granulation 

 of head and thorax not so close. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, \ line. 



Three specimens ; collected by Messrs. Cheeseman and Adams 

 on Mount Arthur. 



2028. C. flavescens, n.s. Oblong-oval, almost convex, covered 

 with fine yellow hairs ; rather shining, except an infuscate mark 

 near the extremity of each elytron, which, however, is often wanting, 

 flavo-testaceous. 



Head moderately broad, very finely granulate. Thorax very 

 transverse, sides slightly curved, angles obtuse, finely and distantly 

 granulate. Elytra not impressed, at the base of the same width as 

 thorax, moderately finely and closely punctated. Antenna not 

 elongate, second joint oblong-oval ; third half as long as fourth, not 

 very slender ; fourth longer than fifth, not elongate yet perceptibly 



