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since been,—assigned to the genus JLzssotes, of which he also 
gives a description (p. 254). For similar reasons, it is probable 
that Broun’s two supposed new species assigned by him to 
Ceratognathus may not belong to that genus, and in the follow- 
ing list I have assigned the Dorcz to Lessotes, the Ceratognathi 
to Mitophyllus. 
The list of New Zealand Lucanide comprises altogether 
twenty names of species, but it is probable these names do not 
represent as many species; five of them are from the “ Manual 
of New Zealand Coleoptera,” and as the author of that work had 
no knowledge of the existence of descriptions of six of the 
species in the list, it is probable that some of his names will 
prove to be synonyms. Broun has also re-established certain 
species as valid that had previously been recognised as synonyms, 
but I need not reter to them in detail, as his error will be corrected 
by areference to my list. It will be evident from the above remarks 
that New Zealand is accumulating a plentiful store of doubts 
and difficulties with which to occupy the time of her future 
naturalists. 
Genus DENDROBLAX. 
Dendroblax Earlei, White, Munich Cat.—New Zealand. 
Genus LISSOTES. 
Dorcus abditus Broun (an n.sp.?), Man. N.Z. Col., p. 673.— 
New Zealand. 
Dorcus nove zealandie Hope, Mun. Cat. Syn. Dorcus punc- 
tulatus White, Broun.—New Zealand. 
Dorcus planus (an n.sp.?) Man. N. Z. Col., p. 252—New 
Zealand. 
Dorcus reticulatus West., Mun. Cat. Syn. Dorcas squamidor- 
sis Wh., Br.—New Zealand. 
Dorcus Stewartz Broun (an n.sp.?), Man. N.Z. Col. p. 673. 
—New Zealand. 
Lzssores capito Deyr., Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond., #873, p. 330, pl. 
V., fig. 4, 5, male and female.—Ins. Chatham. 
Lissotes Desmarestt Deyr., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881, p. 239.— 
New Zealand. 
Lissotes Helmst Shp., Ent. Mo. Mag., XVIIL., p. 49.—New 
Zealand. 
Lissotes Menalcas West., Mun. Cat—N. Holl (N. Zelandia in 
Mus. Brit. an recte ?). 
Genus FIGULUS. 
Figulus fissicolus Fairm., Mun. Cat. © Syn. Figulus modestus 
Parry, Mun. Cat—Tongatabu (an recte?). New Zealand (an 
fecte? 1: S.) 5 Ins. Fiji. 
Genus CERATOGNATHUS. 
Ceratognathus alboguttatus Bates, Mun. Cat. (Moreton Bay 
ex errore).—New Zealand. 
Ceratognathus dispar Shp., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 
82.,—New Zealand, 
