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ferior to Rhyncodes ursus and R. saundereit, which belong to the Province of 
Canterbury ; the former may justly claim pre-eminence as the typical speci- 
men of the group. I possess a good many species of Stephanorhynchus, 
which are chiefly remarkable for their thickened thighs. 
Of -Scolopterus I have taken six species of a black or bronze colour, the 
smallest and most common is named Scolopterus penicillatus, and one of a 
dark red, found only on the native fuschia. Psepholax may generally be 
found in the decayed wood of Ngaio, Manuka, Kowhai. 
Our present defective knowledge of this extensive class renders any 
detailed account impossible. In illustration of its extent I may mention 
that, besides the number I have sent home to be named, I have still remain- 
ing in one small bottle upwards of two thousand specimens, varying in size 
from the third of an inch to half a line. 
The inexperienced collector will often fail to recognize many of the 
the members of this group, owing to their resemblance to pieces of wood, 
bark, etc, and their habit of remaining motionless when disturbed. 
I have often noticed numbers of Elm and other trees in our neighbour- 
hood presenting a decayed or blighted appearance, generally attributed to 
atmospheric influences, but were the owners of such sickly-looking plants to 
remove portions of the wood adjacent to the decaying twigs, they would 
probably find that the larve of insects belonging to this group did the 
damage. 
Mr. Wakefield, in his treatise of 4th September, 1872, which appears in 
the ‘‘ Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,” refers to a species of 
Brentide (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis), which I never met with until T. F. 
Cheeseman, Esq., F.L.S., showed me one which he discovered near a 
decayed stump at the Thames. That beetle is by far the largest I have 
yet seen, its rostrum alone is equal to the entire length of Prionoplus reticu- 
latis, hitherto considered the largest of our Coleoptera. 
LonGIcoRNEs. 
The most conspicuous members of this class with which I am acquainted 
are Prionoplus reticularis, Aimona hirta, Navomorpha lineata, and Hexathrica 
pulverulenta ; the three latter being handsome beetles. Another remarkably 
fine species, dark blue with yellow stripes of about an inch long, occurs in 
the vicinity of Remuera. A single specimen of another species, which I 
captured on a fence at Whitiangi, is nearly as long as Prionoplus, but more 
cylindrical in form ; its prevailing colours being blue and yellow ; and more 
recently I discovered another new Longicorn, which equals, if not excels, 
those already alluded to in beauty, though rather less bulky. Another 
Longicorn (Tetrorea cilipes) is common on Motuihi and along the East 
Coast. There is a curious Longicorn, which I suppose to be Calliprason sin- 
