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p;racili, baud brevi, sed quam quartus conspicue breviore, articulis 

 6°-10" subaequalibus, baud vel vix longioribus quam latioribus ; 

 tborace crebrius granulate, basi utriuque vix siuuata, angulis pos- 

 terioribus rectis ; elytris crebrius sat fortiter punctatis, poue scu- 

 tellum impressis. Long. 2| m. m., lat. 1^ m. m. 



The coarse punctuation and the entire absence of the sub- 

 ocular line readily distinguish this little species. 



Several specimens have been sent from Auckland by Cap- 

 tain Broun. 



18. Gyphon pumilio^ n. sp. 



C. parvulus, angustiilus, elytris elongatis, subtiliter minus crebre 

 punctatus, sat nitidua; capite parvo, baud elongate, subtilius 

 puuctulato, sat nitido ; antennis baud elongatis, articulis duobus 

 basalibus sat crassis, tertio gracili sat brevi multo niinore quam 

 quartus ; tborace parvo, obsolete puuctulato, sat nitido, basi utrin- 

 que vix sinuata ; el)'tris crebre minus subtiliter punctatis, sat 

 nitidis, pone scutellum baud impressis. Long. 2 m. m., lat. 

 f m. m. 



This is another species that is very readily distinguished 

 from any of the other New-Zealand ones before me by the 

 absence of the subocular line and the fine punctuation of the 

 head and thorax, and the unimpressed elytra. I have not 

 alluded in the above diagnosis to its colour, as the two indi- 

 viduals before me are very discrepant in this respect. It is 

 the most minute of all the species described in this paper. 



Two individuals from Auckland are all I have seen of this 

 species. 



19. Cyphon arduusj n. sp. 



G. parvulus, neque angustulus nee elongatas, subtiliter sat crebre 

 punctatus, conspicue pubescens, sat nitidus ; capite parvo, dense 

 subtiliter punctato, fere opaco ; antennis baud elongatis, articulo 

 tertio gracili, quam quartus multo minore ; protborace subtiliter 

 inconspicue punctato, basi quam elytrorum basis baud angustiore, 

 utrinque versus angulos posteriores sinuata ; elytris amplis, baud 

 elongatis, crebre sat subtiliter punctatis, baud perspicue impressis. 

 Long. 2^ m. m., lat. 1| m. m. 



This species is quite intermediate between C. pumilio and 

 C. oscillans : its larger head and thorax and shorter and 

 broader elytra distinguish it from the former ; it has the head 

 and thorax smaller than in the following species, and the 

 punctuation closer, and the colour is darker. 



I have seen only one specimen, which was sent from 

 Auckland by Captain Broun. 



