NEW ZEALAND DASCYLLIDA. 375 
head: Elytra punctate, becoming transversely punctate-rngose 
laterally. 
A variable species, sometimes the whole of the elytra are 
suffused with testaceous. My three specimens are in bad condi- 
tion, so that it is not advisable to enter into structural details. 
Length, 134 ; breadth, nearly ¥% line. 
Habitat, Port Nicholson. Collected by Mr. P. Stewart- 
Sandager. 
CLERID. 
1397. Phymatophea ignea, n.sp.—Shining, moderately elongate ; 
head and thorax rufescent, the legs and base of elytra reddish-testa- 
ceous, four spots and extremity of elytra, and all save the dilated 
parts of the antennz testaceous, tarsi blackish, middle of elytra 
violaceous ; sparingly clothed with long, erect, fuscous and 
eriseous hairs. | 
Head moderately coarsely but notdensely punctured. Prothovax 
constricted anteriorly, dilated laterally behind the middle, a little 
uneven, impunctate. Elytva broader than thorax, sub-parallel, 
very obtusely rounded behind, humeral angles oblique and a little 
raised, elevated near the suture close to the base, the yellowish 
spots immediately behind the basal protuberance also somewhat 
elevated, but in a less degree ; a few scattered punctures may be 
seen near the base, some very indistinct strise beyond, and a 
large shallow depression near each hind thigh. Antenne elongate, 
the basal joints of the club at least twice as long as broad, the 
terminal somewhat obliquely and obtusely pointed. 
In form like P. violacea, but with longer antenne, &c. 
Length, 3%; breadth, 7% line. 
My specimen was found near Dunedin, by T. Chalmers, Esq. 
CISSIDA. 
1398. Cis vecuvvatus, n.sp.—Cylindrical, slightly shining, blackish, 
legs reddish-chestnut, antennz fulvous, club fuscous and opaque ; 
clothed with the short pallid setee. 
Head rather dull, with dense minute sculpture ; theantero-lateral 
margins gradually elevated inwardly from the eyes towards the 
middle, where there is an evident gap. Pvothovax about as long 
as broad, base feebly bi-sinuated, somewhat rounded laterally, 
its apex, with two slightly recurved protuberances, much smaller 
than those on the head ; its surface moderately punctated, the 
interstices minutely sculptured. Elytva as finely punctured as 
the thorax, but with smooth shining intervals between the punc- 
tures. Legs moderate. Palpi stout, the terminal joint of the 
maxillary not acuminate. Antenne 10-articulate, basal joint ro- 
bust, 2nd also stout but not so thick as the Ist, 3rd elongate and 
slender, 4th of the same form as the preceding one but shorter 
joints 4-7 decrease in length, club loosely articulated, pubescent, 
last joint oval, the other two more or less rounded. Underside 
blackish. , 
