48 Mr. D. Sharp on the Dascillidas of New Zealand. 



■ elongatis, articulo tertio elongate, quam quartus paulo breviore ; 

 thorace transverso, elytris multo angustiore, basin versus angus- 

 fcato, anterius truncate, angulis anterioribus depressis nullo 

 modo acutis, basi elytris applicata, angulis posterioribus subrectis, 

 densissime punctato, omnino opaco ; elytris dense fortiterque 

 punctatis, evidenter pubescentibus, baud nitidis ; segmentis ven- 

 tralibus dense punctatis. Long. 5 m. m., lat. 2 m. m. 



This species is smaller than the preceding one, and is 

 readily distinguished by the different punctuation and pubes- 

 cence of the elytra, and by the indistinct front angles of the 

 thorax ; in its general form it approximates a good deal to the 

 European Anohium castaneum, Fab. 



Mr. Wakefield and myself have received the species from 

 Captain Brcun as no. 4 ; I do not know whether it was found 

 at Tairua or Auckland. 



Group 4. — Species 7, 8, and 9 unite to form this group, 

 characterized by the characters given below. I believe Ato- 

 pida castanea, White, will also be referable to it. 



Form narrow and elongate. Antennas rather long. Head 

 exserted, rather elongate, the interantennal portion not ex- 

 tended forwards ; the antennal fossa profound, and at its ter- 

 mination separating the gena from the base of the maxilla. 

 Mandibles large and exserted, their basal portion exposed, 

 and the labrum and the membranous space separating it from 

 front of head scarcely to be detected (except in Atopida 

 Lawsoni). Labial palpi very small and not furcate. Maxil- 

 lary palpi short. Front band of prosternum short, but not 

 so excessively reduced as in the preceding groups ; pro- 

 sternal process elongate-hastate, projecting much behind the 

 front coxse, its junction in front with the middle piece of pro- 

 sternum on a level with the tips of the coxge. 



The most striking feature of this group is the great expo- 

 sure of the mandibles by the reduction of the labrum and 

 membranous front of the head ; in these respects, however, 

 Atopida Lawsoni, although it has quite the appearance of the 

 other two species, is intermediate between them and Cyphanus 

 dehilis, so that, in so far as that character goes, the A. Law- 

 soni might be considered to connect the two groups ; but as 

 the remarkable labial palpi of the Cyphanus group strongly 

 differentiate it, Atopida Lawsoni is at present classed with 

 the other species I have called Atopida. 



10. Veronatus longicornis, n. sp. 

 V. elongatus, ferrugineus, thorace elytrisque testaceis, illo medio, 



