Species 



Mr. D. Sharp on the Dascillidaa of New Zealand. 43 

 Provisional Table of the Groups of Neio- Zealand Dascillidge. 



, /, • u 1 \ / Prosternal process pro- "l 



Size rery large {\ inch long) ; ' .^^^j^^ through its 

 antennte elongate ; prosternal 

 process large. 



Group 1. Byrrhodes. 



Size small (not ^ inch long) ; an- 

 tennae not elongate ; prosternal 

 process small. 



Group 2. CjjfroUus. 



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jecting through its 

 whole length below 

 the coxfe, and in front 

 projecting a little fur- 

 ther forwards than 

 the middle piece of 

 the prosternum, so as 

 to make a prominent 

 angle. 



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10. . 

 11- 1 



/ Thorax not greatly narrower than "^ 

 the elytra, its sides explanate ; 

 head short and broad ; labial 

 palpi furcate ; labrum largely 

 exposed ; prosternal process in 

 front on a level with tips of 

 front coxffi. 



Group 3. Cyphaivus. 



f Thorax much narrower than ely- 

 tra, its sides not explanate ; 

 head exserted, and so appear- 

 ing narrow ; mandibles much 

 exposed, owing to the diminu- 

 tion of the labrmn ; labial 

 palpi not furcate. 



Group 4. Atopida. 



Thorax not greatly narrower than 

 elytra, its sides not explanate ; 

 head moderately exserted ; la- 

 brum much exposed ; labial 

 palpi not furcate ; front coxae 

 projecting beyond the proster- 

 nal process, the front part of 

 which IS therefore immersed 

 between them. 



Group 5. Veronatus. 



Prosternal process not 

 more dependent than 

 the tips of coxse, and 

 not forming a conspi- 

 cuous or prominent 

 angle in front at its 

 junction with the 

 middle piece of the 

 prosternvim. 



Antennae inserted in 

 a conspicuous fossa, 

 i.e. the space extend- 

 ing towards the un- 

 derside between the 

 eye and the base of 

 the mandible and 

 maxilL-e is deeply de- 

 pressed. 



J?' 1 Apical joint of maxillary palpus "j 

 H' I longer than the preceding one 

 , g' Group 6. Mesocyphon 



16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 



28. 



Apical joint of maxillary palpus 

 shorter than the preceding 

 one. 



Group 7. Cyphon. 



Group 8. Cyphnfehis 



Mesosternum with a 

 triangvdar impressed 

 space in the middle 

 in front to receive 

 apex of prosternal 

 process. 



Mesosternum without 

 impression for recep- 

 tion of apex of pro- I 



Antennal groove incon- 

 spicuous or absent. 



