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and A. phymatodes, Redt. White's species, I believe, is not among those I 
am acquainted with ; and his description offers as striking an example as 
could well be pointed out of the use of hastily selected and indefinite terms 
for what purports to be a scientific description. 
Redtenbacher's description of 4. phymatodes, on the other hand, is a 
very good one; but yet I have some little doubts whether the species to 
which I have given that name be really the one intended by the talented 
Austrian entomologist (the sad news of whose death has reached me while 
writing these lines) ; for his description indicates a rather larger insect, and 
one having a more uneven surface of the thorax than the specimens before 
me. 
Three species of the family have been previously described by myself, 
two of them with the generic name Lawsonia, which Mr. Pascoe, who is a 
great authority on this family, states to be synonymous with his Evillis, 
Lacordaire haying assigned that genus an erroneous position as regards one 
of its important and easily seen structural characters. I do not on this 
to which I apply his name. 
I acknowledge with great pleasure the kindness of Capt. T. Broun, of 
Tairua, and Mr. T. Lawson, of Auckland, who have collected the insects 
here described. Each of these entomologists has discovered so many 
interesting and unexpected additions to the New Zealand insect-fauna that 
it is to be hoped they will continue their researches, and so acquire for us a 
knowledge of many species which, if not speedily accumulated, will become 
extinct, as has already, indeed, been the case with many species of some 
other insular faunas, as well as with some of the most interesting of the 
larger components of the New Zealand fauna. 
able, 
I, Antenne inserted at sides of rostrum or head. (Species 1 to 11.) 
A. Thoracic carina not contiguous with elytra. (Species 1 tq 8.) 
tire. 
Group 1. 
Sp. 1. Eyes oval, elytra almost even — .. .. ec. Znthribus brouni. 
Sp. 2. Eyes oval, elytra with elevations... .. . + ». 5. Anthribus bullatus. 
Group 2. 
Sp. 3. Eyes circular and wey pret. . a o Antibes vates, 
** Eyes emarginate. 
1 Thorax punctured, wl 
