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pubescence conspicuous and grayish, very dark rufo-fuscous, 
antenne somewhat rutescent, legs testaceous brown. | 
Head moderate, sub-opaque, finely and not closely granulated. 
Prothovax as wide as base of elytra, slightly rounded laterally, 
front and hind angles almost rectangular, very finely and dis- 
tantly granulated ; shining, reddish. -Scutellum finely granulated. 
Elyiva oblong, slightly depressed transversely near the base, rather 
finely punctulated. Axtenne rather short, 3rd articulation quite 
half as long as 4th. The space between the genal line and eye 
broad and unsculptured, sub-ocular line absent. 
Length, 1% ; breadth, 5@ line. 
My specimen was transmitted from Queenstown (Otago) by 
Professor F. W. Hutton. | 
1381. Cyphon vectangulus, n.sp.—Shining, quite black ; legs and 
antennze testaceous-yellow, covered with gray hairs. 
Head not broad, minutely granulated. Pvothovax narrower 
than elytra, not short, posterior angles straight and sub-acute, its 
granules very fine and distant even on the sides. Elytva oblong, 
sub-parallel, almost imperceptibly impressed longitudinally before 
the middle, and, except near the base, very finely and distantly 
punctulated. Antenne reaching backwards just beyond the 
humeral angles, their 3rd joint quite half the length of the 4th. 
No sub-ocular carina. | 
Somewhat resembles C. parviceps, but much more finely sculp- 
tured ; at first sight the thorax seems quite smooth. 
Length, 1% ; breadth, 56 line. 
I found one near Whangarei Harbour. 
1382. Oyphon plagiatus,n.sp.—Pubescent, somewhat oblong, broad, 
subdepressed, glossy ; nigro-fuscous; the legs, 2nd and 3rd an- 
tennal joints, a large spot and indistinct lateral stripe on each 
elytron, testaceous. 
Head rather small, not narrow, so sculptured as to seem 
covered with shallow punctures; without sub-ocular line, the 
space between the genal carina and the eye not broad. Prothovax 
narrower than the base of the elytra, its sides rounded, base 
sinuous, without distinct angles ; sparsely punctulated. Scutellum 
punctulated. £lytva ample, obsoletely impressed longitudinally 
on each side of the suture, punctulated. Antenne moderate, in- 
fuscate, 3rd joint rather stout and more than half the length of 
the 4th. Underside blackish, punctulated, and densely covered 
(like the upper surface) with fine, pale yellow hairs. 
Allied to (@. latus, but the latter, as well as C. vividipennes, are 
nearly hemispherical. 
Length, nearly 2 lines ; breadth, 1%. 
Professor Hutton forwarded two from Lindis Pass, Otago. 
1383 Cyphon propinquus, n.sp.—Nitid, variegated brown, the su- 
tural and lateral regions of the elytra, legs, and three basal joints of 
the antennze testaceous, the remaining joints infuscate. 
Head remotely and indistinctly granulated. Prothovax nar- 
rower than base of elytra, base sinuated, sides almost straight, 
‘posterior angles not acute; its granules minute and distant from 
