Mr. D. Sharp on the Dascillicl^ of New Zealand. 47 



N.B. This is the only group of New-Zealand species 

 having the labial palpi furcate. 



7. Atopida Lawsonij n. sp. 



A. angustula, sat convexa, fusco-castanea, antenaarum basi ely- 

 trisque dilutioribus, pedibus testaceis ; capite exserto, dense 

 granuloso-puuctato, opaco ; mandibulis porrectis ; antennis elon- 

 gatis, articulo tertio elougato, quarto longitudine sequali ; thorace 

 valde transverso, elj'tris angustiore, basin versus angustato, an- 

 terius subtruncato, angulis anterioribus acutis, basi elytris ap- 

 plicata, angulis posterioribus subrectis, dense granuloso-punc- 

 tato, granulis ante basin minus confertis ; elytris nitidis, fortiter 

 sat crebre punctatis. Long. 5| m. m., lat, 2 m. m. 



Though closely similar to the following species, this is evi- 

 dently quite distinct ; the thorax is broader, and the sculpture 

 is less dense, the elytra are more coarsely punctured, and the 

 pubescence of the upper surface is less. Structurally, how- 

 ever, this species is very distinct from the following ones, by 

 the fact that its labrum is much more largely developed and 

 is quite exposed, its lateral portions being elongate, while the 

 middle is very short, so that the general shape of the labrum 

 in front is a broad curve. 



The only specimen at my disposal is one sent by Mr. 

 Thomas Lawson from Auckland ; I have named the species 

 after him. 



8. Atopida Brouni, n. sp. 



A. angustula, sat convexa, castanea, capite tboraceque rufo-obscuris, 

 pedibus testaceis; capite exserto, dense granuloso-punctato, opaco, 

 mandibulis porrectis ; antennis elongatis, articulo tertio elongate, 

 quarto longitudine sequali ; thorace transverso, elytris multo 

 angustiore, basin versus angustato, anterius subtruncato, angulis 

 anterioribus acute rectis, basi elytris applicata, angulis poste- 

 rioribus subrectis, toto dense granuloso-punctato, omnino opaco ; 

 elytris crebre fortiterque punctatis, breviter sparsim pubescenti- 

 bus, sat nitidis ; segmentis ventralibus parce punctatis. Long. 

 6 m. m., lat. 2| m. m. 



I have named this species in honour of Captain Broun, to 

 whom we are indebted for its discovery, as indeed for most of 

 its allies. I recently received two individuals from Tairua as 

 no. 8. 



9. Atopida proba^ n. sp. 



A. angustula, sat convexa, rufescens, supra opaca, obscura, pedibus 

 testaceis, dense punctata, conspicue pubescens ; capite exserto, 

 densissime piinctato, opaco, mandibulis porrectis ; antennis sat 



