58 Mr. D. Sharp on the Dascilliclaj of New Zealand. 



p, ■, jT tf • I Head narrow, uo subocular line ; granulation of 



Lyp on u oni . . . . i j^g.^^i f^jj^ thorax conspicuous ; elytra deeply im- 

 Lyphoii parviceps .. | pressed a little distance behind the scutellum. 

 Cyphon jmmilio .... ) Head .small, not elongate, not granulate, no sub- 

 Cyphon arduus .... ] ocular line ; elytra not distinctly impressed. 

 ^, , .„ I Head rather broad, not elongate, subocular line 



yp ion osci . . . . i indistinct ; thorax not granulate, elytra not im- 



Cyphon cequahs .... ^ pressed ; form rather broad. 



THead rather narrow, subocular line absent ; thorax 

 Cyphon graniger .... J either very finely or quite distinctly granulate ; 

 Cyphon pictidus .... 1 elytra indistinctly impressed near base ; form 



[ rather narrow. 

 Cyphon zeaJandicus . . "1 



Cyphon suffmus .... [.g^bocular line distinct. 

 Cyphon laticeps .... j 

 Cyphon genalis .... J 



28. Cyphotelus angustifronSj n. sp. 



C. elongatus, angustulus, parcius pubescens, sat nitidus, colore vari- 

 abilis ; capite augustulo, exserto, oculis prominulis, crebriua 

 fortiter punctate ; antennis elongatis, articulo tertio elongate, 

 quam secundus longiore ; prothorace transversim subquadrato, 

 elytris duple angustiore, anterius in medio truncate, lateribus 

 crenulatis, anterius rotundatis, dorse insaequali, crebrius fortiter 

 punctate, nitido, parcius pubescente; elytris elongatis, crebre, 

 sequaliter, fortiter profundeque punctatis, nitidis, parcissime pu- 

 besccntibus, humeris liberis, prominulis. Long, fere 6 m.m., 

 lat. 2-2- m. m. 



This singular insect does not at first sight suggest that it 

 has an affinity with the other insects here described ; for it is 

 in appearance much more lilce theZl<j9er^ of the Phytophagous 

 series of Coleoptera. It seems to be very variable in colour, 

 one of the two individuals before me being nearly black all 

 over, including the antennae and legs, while the other is of a 

 yellowish colour, with portions of the surface (notably the 

 head, elytra, and ventral segments) more or less infuscate. 



Two individuals have been found by Mr. Wakefield on the 

 west coast of the Southern Island. I give below the chief 

 structural characters of this isolated form. 



Group 8. — Species 28 is quite isolated by the following 

 characters : — 



Parts of the mouth porrect ; labrum transverse and exposed, 

 separated from the front of the head by a distinct transverse 

 membranous space ; mandibles large ; labial palpi slender, not 

 furcate, the 2nd joint not dilated. Antennse elongate, basal 

 joint but little thickened, the space at their point of insertion 

 not forming a fossa. Front coxae subperpendicular, their 



