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I have only a single specimen of the species described 

 below ; but, so far as I have been able to examine it, it seems 

 to differ from Morychus in the six-jointed, very narrow club 

 of the antennas. It is apparently perfectly free from any 

 villosity ; but under a strong lens very short, erect, hair-like 

 bristles are seen to exist. 



Liochoria Huttoni. 



L. elliptica, convexa, nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque piceis ; 

 capite prothoraceque confertim subtiliter, elytris subtilissime, 

 punctatis ; scutello aequilateraliter triangulari ; corpore infra 

 femoribusque subtiliter punctatis, sparse hirsutis ; tibiis extus 

 integris, intus ciliatis. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Otago. 



Phycosecis. 



Caput transversum, deflectum. Antennae longinsculae, 11-articulata?, 

 artieulo basali ampHato, secundo subelongato, tertio breviore, 

 duobus ultimis conjunctim globosis, intermediis transversis. 

 Oculi prominuli, liberi. Palpi niaxillares artieulo ultimo ovato. 

 Prothorax antice productus, lateribus ciliatus, basi rotundatus. 

 Elytra modice convexa, subrotundata. Tibia anticae subtrigonatae, 

 apice inermes, omnes extus denticulato-ciliatae ; tarsi lineares, 

 antici liberi, artieulo ultimo majusculo. 



In the rounded base of the prothorax, in contact only with 

 the elytra in its middle portion, this genus agrees with Hyocis ; 

 but the globose two-jointed club of the antennas, the last joint 

 being very small, differentiates it from all the other genera of 

 its subfamily. The genus contains four species, two only 

 inhabiting New Zealand ; the other two, from Australia, are 

 described in the note. One of the species, and probably all, 

 like many others of the Phaleriinas, is found on the sea-shore 

 under alffas. 



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Phycosecis discoidea. PL V. fig. 6. 



P. breviter ovata, nigra, elytris vel totis pallide ochraceis vel nigris, 

 saepissime in medio plus minusve nigris, squamulis minutis albis 

 rare adspersa ; fronte longitudinaliter sulcata ; antennis fuscis ; 

 prothorace sparse punctato, antice leviter grarrulato ; elytris sat 

 rude seriatim punctatis, singulis in medio seriebus irregulariter 

 dispositis ; corpore infra fusco, sparse punctulato ; pedibus sub- 

 setulosis, femoribus tarsisque dilute fuscis, tibiis ochraceis. Long. 

 11 lin. 



Hab. Waikato. 



A variable species in regard to the coloration of the elytra. 



