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clongati, articulis terminalibus vix dilatatis oblique truncatis. Antennce basi 

 distantes, hand ciliatjB ; scapo et articulis tertio et quarto a3qualibus, brevibus, 

 quinto usque undecimum paulo longioribus. Thorax rhomboideus, laevis. 

 Elytra linearia, utrinque postice leviter attenuata, apice acute truncata, supra 

 fere Isevia. Prosternum inter coxas angustum ; mesosternum oblongum ; 

 metasterui episterna fere parallela, apicem versus taatum angustata ] acetabula 

 antica et intermedia extus paulo aperta. Abdomen (P.) lineare, elongatum j 

 segmentis prime usque quartum normalibus, quinto ventral i late excavate et 

 dense atque longe pilose ; pygidio valde convexo et arcuato. Pedes robusti ; 

 femora gradatim incrassata ; tarsi breves, posticorum articulo prime vix 

 secundo tertioque conjunctim longiore. 



Another anomalous genus, having no near affinity with any other known 

 form j it seems, however, to come nearest such genera as Callimus, and 

 especially the Australian Earinis. I know only the female, which dijffers from 

 the same sex in Earinis in the concentration of the hairiness of the abdomen 

 on the fifth ventral segment and on the arched borders of the pygidium. The 

 form of the metathoracic episterna is very similar to that of Earinis^ as is also 

 the thorax — oblong, with an angular dilatation in the middle of each side. The 

 head and thorax together are small relatively to the rest of the body. The 

 antennre (F.) are not much more than three-fourths the length of the body. 



Gastrosarus nigricoUis, n. sp. 



G, violaceo-nigra, nitida ; ore, pedibus, abdomine et elytris fulvo-testaceis, 

 his apice violaceis. Long. 5 J lin. P. 



The head is sparingly but strongly punctured, except the middle of the 

 crown, which is convex and glossy. The thorax is small, very faintly 

 punctured, and with a tran verse depression near the anterior and posterior 

 margins. Each elytron tapers gradually from base to apex, the latter being 

 broadly and sharply truncated, and not reaching the tip of the abdomen j the 

 surface is glossy, and bears only a few punctures, strongest near the base. 



One example. Christchurch {Mr. Fereday). 



Ehurida sericea^ White, Cat. Long. Col. Brit. Mus. p. 299. 

 Waipa River. 

 The type specimen of this insect in the British Museum has no resemblance 

 whatever to E. sublineata, with which White associated it, and which has 

 been found to belong to DldymocantluL E. sericca has finely faceted eyes and 

 Ijroadly angulatcd anterior acetabula, and will therefore find its proper place 

 in the Callidiince ; it will probably remain a distinct genus, but I am doubtful 

 whether White's name can properly be applied to it. 



Jlylotrujyes bajulits, L. 

 Two specimens taken by Mr. Lawson at Auckland, dificring in no respect 

 from the European insect. Evidently introduced. 



