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tion of the tibiae; truncation of hind tibia uniform (= " corbeilles 

 caverneuses," Lacordaire), and surrounded by short thick trans- 

 parent setae, which are almost spines; the hind tibia is much dilated 

 at the apex ; the claws of the tarsi are small. 



C. tychioides, Pascoe, has the front coxae just perceptibly more 

 separated, the thorax is provided with well-developed vibrissaT 

 (but, independent of these, is quite destitute of ocular lobes), and 

 the corbels are studded with peculiar squamae or tubercles. 



The above characters a.re taken from Cecyropa albicans. 



2083. C. albicans, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Roy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 416.) Rufa, fere ubique albido-squamosa, prothorace trans- 

 versim subgloboso, antice angustiore ; elytris subtiliter seriatim 

 punctatis, lateribus post humeros dilatatis. 



Long., 5mm. 



Antenna with the scape covered with white scales, and bearing 

 numerous erect setae, the third joint rather shorter than the second, 

 the penultimate joints transverse, the club short-ovate : eyes very 

 widely separated : thorax broad, very much rounded at the sides, 

 more narrowed in front than behind, _and with a faint constriction 

 behind the front ; the base obsoletely margined, without channel or 

 other impressions, uniformly covered with fine white scales, and 

 also with minute distant setae : elytra clothed like the thorax, but 

 the setae are even more minute ; they bear regular series of fine 

 distant punctures, and they have a lateral dilatation behind the 

 shoulders : a. minute scutellum is visible. 



Otago. Professor Hutton ; one example. 



2084. C. fumosa, n.s. Smoky -brown, nearly black, slightly 

 shining, legs and antennae infuscate-red ; densely covered with 

 yellowish-grey scales, but those on the rostrum, scape, and legs pure- 

 white ; setae short, fine, and erect on the dorsum, long and hair-like 

 on the sides, legs, and antennae. 



Rostrum short, dilated near antennal insertion, longitudinally 

 grooved along the middle. Antenna elongate, second joint of 

 funiculus almost as long as first, 3-7 transverse ; club short, ovate. 

 Thorax strongly transverse, sides strongly rounded, more narrowed, 

 and a little constricted, in front than behind ; minutely granulate. 

 Scutellum indistinct. Elytra broader than thorax, slightly expanded 

 or angulated behind the oblique shoulders ; moderately striate- 

 punctate, interstices broad, minutely and closely sculptured. 



Underside more rufescent than the upper, squamosity similar ; 

 mesosternum with definite punctures ; suture of basal ventral seg- 

 ment strongly arcuate, not obliterated at the middle, the other seg- 

 ments with deep, broad, straight sutures. Prosternum incurved in 

 front ; anterior coxae, and the coxal cavities, distinctly separated ; 

 corbels of posterior tibiae broadly truncate, and ciliated with tubercles 

 rather than spines or setae. 



The nearest species is C. setigera, from Port Chalmers. In it the 

 second joint of the funiculus is appreciably, quite distinctly, shorter 



