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15. Pans^ceus guttatuSj n. sp. 



P, minutus, angustulus, nigricans, prothoracis angulis posterioribus 

 maculisque quatuor in elytris, antennis pedibusque testaceis, an- 

 tennis extrorsum fuscis ; prothorace minus elongate, obsolete 

 punctate, nitido sed evidenter pubescente ; elytris striatis, striis 

 internis sat profundis, externis obsoletis ; macula testacea hume- 

 rali elongata, altera anteapicali magna. Long. 2 m. m. 



This very minute insect is one of the smallest of the Ela- 

 teridge, it being rather longer and narrower than the European 

 Cryptohypnus minutissimus. 



Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun, who says that it is 

 evidently very rare, and that he has only found three indi- 

 viduals. 



Oroup 5. — The two specimens of this minute insect are in 

 bad condition, and I cannot ascertain thoroughly all their 

 characters ; but they show one peculiarity which in itself is 

 sufficient to mark them off as a distinct genus, viz. that along 

 the underside of the thorax, close to and parallel with its 

 border, is a longitudinal furrow, such as is seen in many 

 Eucnemides ; besides this I can say that the forehead is 

 rounded in front and limited by a raised line, the clypeus is 

 extremely reduced and concealed, the femoral portion of the 

 coxal plate pretty well developed, the trochanteral portion 

 short and only a little longer than the femoral portion. The 

 tarsi are small, simple, and slender. The relationship ap- 

 pears to be with Betarmon. 



16. AglopTius modestus^ n. sp. 



A. angustulus, sat nitidus, evidenter pubescens,fulvo-eastaneus, pedi- 

 bus testaceis ; antennis elongatis, tenuibus, articulis secundo et 

 tertio conjunctim quarto fere aequali ; prothorace brevi, parcius 

 punctato, angulis posterioribus baud divergentibus, subuncatis ; 

 elytris regulariter striatis, striis evidenter punctatis, interstitiis 

 obsolete punctatis. Long. 6-7 m. m. 



The male is more slender than the female. The species 

 has much the appearance of our European Adrasti and 

 Dolopii. 



I have seen but few specimens of this species ,* they have 

 been sent me by Captain Broun from Tairua, with No. 13 

 attached, and the information that it is an autumnal species 

 and inactive. 



Oroup 6. — This species presents a combination of structu- 



