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longius irregular! terque albido pubescens, rufescens, elytrorum 

 sutura lateribusque indistincte nigro-vittatis, subtus potius nigri- 

 cans ; antennis sat gracilibus, intus vis serratis, articulo secundo 

 (]uam tertius paulo longiore ; capite parvo, oculis prominulis ; pro- 

 thorace hand elongate, lateribus curvatis, angulis posterioribus 

 crassis, intus curvatis ; parcius et sat fortiter punctato ; elytris 

 nullo modo striatis, sed evidenter sat crebre punctatis, humeris 

 longitudinaliter carinatis. Long. 7-9 m. m. 



The long conspicuous pubescence, the thick incurved hind 

 angles of the thorax, and the entirely unstriated elytra readily 

 point out this species from the others. 



Auckland ; sent by Mr. Lawson and Captain Broun, but 

 apparently rare. 



Groxijp 16, — The following are the structural characters of 

 Parinus villosus : — 



Head small, forehead much rounded in front, with short, ill- 

 limited, almost perpendicular clypeus, but without any carina 

 either in the middle or at the sides ; antennal spaces small, 

 but yet extending inwards, and separated from one another 

 by only a narrow space. Antenna slender, with 2nd and 3rd 

 joints well developed. Prostenial sutures bearing a broad 

 and deep depression extending backward for nearly half their 

 length. Prosternal process short and stout. Hind part of 

 mesosternal cavity with elevated quite horizontal sides, and 

 approaching closely to the intercoxal suture. Coxal lamina 

 short throughout, and without trochanteral lobe. Tarsi with 

 the 3rd and 4th joints with membranous lobes underneath ; 

 the lobe of the 3rd joint veiy obscm-e, but that of the 4th 

 joint quite distinct, the joint itself being very short on the 

 upperside. 



The nearest ally of this insect is the Australian Hapatesus 

 hirtus, Cand.; the most important character for distinguishing 

 the two from one another is the difference in the tarsal con- 

 formation. 



47. Lacon variabilis, Cand. 



L. depressus, latiusculus, omnino opacus, fuscus, setis crassis brevis- 

 simis parce vestitus ; antennis brevibus, articulis 4-10. intus 

 serratis; prothorace subquadrato, angulis posterioribus baud 

 productis, subrectis"; elytris fortiter seriatim punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis 1. 3. 5. 7. paulo elevatis. Long. 10-14 m. m. 



This species varies much in size and colour, but cannot 

 very well be mistaken. 



Abundant under stones and logs near Auckland. The 



