282 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Antenne, shorter than head and thorax, second joint a little shorter 
than the first, subglobose ; jomts, third to eighth very small; ninth joint 
broader than its predecessors, transverse; tenth joint, broader than the 
ninth, strongly transverse ; eleventh joint, stout. Head very short, a large 
portion of its upper surface occupied by a curved or angulated transverse 
impression. Thorax short, not so long as broad; in front of the base it 
has a deep curved impression, which is indistinctly expanded in the middle 
and on each side, and in front of this there is a longitudinal impression on 
the dise. Elytra, longer than the thorax, with a distinct sutural stria and 
a fine abbreviated discoidal stria, these strie being deeply impressed or 
foveolate at their commencement. Legs, rather short. 
Art, XXXIV. sbpelorivitils of a New Genera and Species of Heteromera, 
New Zealand. By F. Barss, F.L.S. 
(From the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” Dec., 1873; Feb., 1874.) 
As there is considerable activity just now displayed in the publication of 
papers descriptive of the coleopterus fauna of New Zealand, I have thought 
it might be acceptable to give descriptions of all the species of New Zealand 
Heteromera contained in my collection that appear to be new to science. 
‘Ihave therewith incorporated a revision, together with descriptions of 
new species, of my genus Hypaulax and another, allied, new genus (Astath- 
metus ) from Colombia. 
Of the genus Cilibe (peculiar to New Zealand) I have established twelve 
species (ten of which are new, the phosphugoides, White, = elongata, Bréme) 
and two supposed varieties. 
The Titena erichsoni, White, proving upon examination to be generally dis- 
tinct from Titena, has caused me to notice the species of that genus (which 
are peculiar to Australia), and to describe some that are new; the New 
Zealand group of three species forms a new genus (Artystona ), the charac- 
ters of which are fully stated in the body of the paper. I have also thought 
it interesting to describe the cognate group of species found in New Cale- 
donia which constitute my genus Callismilaw, some of the species of which 
have already been described by Montrouzier as besser, to the genus 
Strongylium. 
The Opatrinus convexus, Fairmaire, described from dentalen coming from 
Wallis Island, occurs also in New Zealand; it will form the type of a new 
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