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usually a little convergent, sometimes directed forwards; base closely 
applied to the base of the elytra, bisinuate, hind angles prominent, repos- 
ing on the shoulders of the elytra, acute, usually a little outwardly directed ; 
ordinarily the sides are a little sinuously contracted posteriorly, but some- 
times they are sub-parallel (in this latter case the base is as wide as the 
base of the elytra) ; anteriorly they are always more strongly contracted, 
sometimes very gradually (obliquely) from behind the middle, at others 
more abruptly (curvedly) from the middle or even before the middle; 
seutellum transversely triangular, punctured: elytra oval, more or less 
acuminate behind, convex, subopaque, of a dark purplish brown ; frequently 
the base (narrowly), the suture, the expanded margins, and the scutellum 
_ are of a reddish tinge ; base sinuous, and generally a little wider than base 
of prothorax ; expanded lateral margins narrow, concave, not distinctly . 
reaching the apex ; disk with numerous more or less distinct longitudinal 
coste, irregularly punctured, finely rugose (most strongly at the sides), and 
studded with very distinct, shining, black granules: underside shining 
black, finely punctured ; flanks of prothorax longitudinally wrinkled, the 
lateral margins transversely wrinkled ; abdomen finely longitudinally 
rugose; epipleural fold and legs dark reddish-brown, sometimes ferru- 
ginous ; antenne, palpi, and labrum (sometimes) ferruginous, 
Length 6-64 lines ; width of elytra across the middle 23-3} lines. 
Hab. New Zealand. Six examples. 
It is doubtless in error that De Bréme has reported this species as from 
New Guinea. 
Var. granulipennis. : 
A little smaller (5} lines) ; head and prothorax (at the sides) less closely 
punctured, the punctuation nowhere rugosely confluent ; prothorax gradu- 
ally curvedly narrowed from the hind to the front angles, median basal lobe 
less prominent, the base consequently appears bisinuately emarginate ; 
the interstices (between the punctures) not perceptibly granulose ; seutel- 
lum a little shorter, less distinctly pointed behind ; elytra scarcely sinuous 
at the base, the punctuation less varied, the punctures distinctly larger and 
rounder, 
Hab. New Zealand. One example. 
Cilibe pascoet, n. sp. 
Near to C. elongata; more broadly oval. Head closely punctured, 
somewhat reticulately so between the eyes, the interstices being also finely 
punctulate ; epistomial suture well marked throughout: prothorax moder- 
ately convex, black, subopaque; sides subangulately rounded, more strongly 
(and somewhat obliquely) narrowed in front than behind, distinctly and 
very feebly sinuously narrowed from behind the middle to the hind angles, 
