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and deeper punctures by which they are divided. The squa- 

 mosity is chiefly confined to the sides, is of a yellowish or 

 whitish colour, and is apparently very liable to fall ofi^. It is 

 found under bark on the Ngalho tree {Myoporum hetum). 



Lagrioda Brounii. 

 L. angustc oblonga, pallida fulvcsccns, elytris aliquando plus mi- 

 nusve infuscatis, sparse grisco-pubescens, supra sat dense punc- 

 tata ; autennarum articulis tribus ultimis crassioribus ; prothorace 

 antice paulo rotundato, postice angustiore; elytris oblongo-ovatis, 

 humeris rotundatis ; abdomine infra nigrescente. Long. 2| lin. 



Hob. Tainia. 



I see nothing to differentiate generically this interesting- 

 species from the Chilian Lagrioda (Fairm. et Germ., Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. de Fr. 1863, p. 234). It is very like L. obscurella, 

 which is probably only a variety of L. rujtda, and is found 

 on a Mesemhryanthemum. Capt. Broun took five specimens 

 of the present species under logs on the sea-beach at Tairua. 



Thelyphassa. 



Oevli integri. Palpi maxillares in mare elongati, articulo ultimo 

 apice profunda emarginato ; in foemina breviores, articulo ultimo 

 securiformi. Tibio; omnes bicalcaratae. Csetcra ut in Xantlw- 

 chroa. 



Xanthochroa is principally a European genus, from which 

 the present differs sti'ucturally only in the above characters. 

 The male has the same deeply incised terminal abdominal 

 segment ; but there is no trace of it in the female. The elytra 

 do not cover the extremity of the abdomen, even in the male. 

 The peculiarly shaped maxillary palpi have just the same semi- 

 circular notch that is found in Selenopalpus. The species is 

 remarkable for the delicacy of its texture. It was found under 

 logs thrown up on the beach just above high-water mark. 

 Capt. Broun says it makes great use of its palpi, as well as 

 of its antennse, in confinement. Of the two pairs which that 

 gentleman has kindly sent me, the females are the largest, 

 but with somewliat shorter antennte than the males. 



Thelyphassa diaphana. 



T. oblonga, subparallela, depressa, flavo-albescene ; oculis nigris; 

 supra capite prothoraceque subtiliter punctatis ; antennis dimidio 

 corporis longioribus ; scutello parvo ; elytris subtilissime punctatis 

 et pubescentibus, singulis lineis tribus pallidioribus notatis, pedibus 

 gracilibus, pallidis. Long. 6-7 lin. 



Hah. Tairua. 



