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I now deposit in the Museum a typical specimen of this group, for 
reference by such entomologists as may not be acquainted with them, but 
as even a complete typical collection of the group in this Museum would 
not promulgate a knowledge of these interesting insects beyond that narrow 
sphere, I take the liberty of attaching copies of the descriptions of the 
fifteen species already enumerated, and of asking the members of this 
Institute to aid me in pressing on the ‘Board of Governors of the New 
Zealand Institute,’’ the advisability of reprinting them in the ‘ Transac- 
tions.’’ Ifsome such course is not pursued, what encouragement will be 
held out to our entomologists to persevere in their researches beyond the 
mere selfish gratification of enriching their private collections with a 
number of nameless beetles? And moreover, how are we to avail ourselves 
of the joint labours of our collectors, and those eminent entomologists who 
place their valuable services at our disposal in describing and naming our 
recently discovered insects, unless the course I venture to recommend be 
adopted ? Surely it cannot be expected of our entomologists, that after 
expending a considerable amount of time and money in bringing to light 
our indigenous fauna, and inducing the more skilled European entomologists 
to name and describe those unknown to science, that they should also, if © 
desirous of communicating such acquired knowledge, supplement their 
labours by personally transcribing the printed descriptions for each of our 
colonial collectors. 
I will now conclude this paper by expressing a hope, that this year’s 
volume of “ Transactions” will afford satisfactory replies to these queries 
in the shape of a re-print of such descriptions, in the form of an appendix 
or otherwise, as the Board of Governors of the Institute may deem most 
beneficial to the interests of science. 
ADDITIONAL NOTES, DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. 
Descriptions of two new genera of Pselaphide. By Dr. Suarp, of Thornhill, 
Dumfrieshire, Scotland. 
Daima, nov. gen. Corpus sat elongatum, subdepressum. ~Palpi maxil- 
lares breves, articulo 2° basi gracile, apice abrupte fortiter incrassato, articulo 
3° parvo subtriangulare, articulo ultimo crasso, securiforme-ovali, longitudine 
articuli 2‘. Caput mediocre, nullo modo rostrato-deflexum, tuberculis 
frontalibus evidentis, sat distantibus. Antenne breviuscule, apice fortiter 
clavate, 11-articulate, basi distantes. Prothorax cordatus. Prosternum 
magnum ; cox® anteriores robust modice exserte#. Trochanteres inter- 
medii breves, ut femoris apex cum coxa articula est. Coxe pecans 
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