NEW ZEALAND COSSONID. 487 
REVISION OF THE NEW ZEALAND COSSONIDA:, 
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 
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BY CAPT. T. BROUN, M.ES. 
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(Read before the Auckland Institute, Oct. 3rd, 1881.) 
COSSONID.. 
On page 731, Part II., of the Manual of the New Zealand 
Coleoptera, there is an allusion to the difficulty likely to be ex- 
perienced in accurately identifying the numerous species of this 
group, now seventy.. Having recently made a thorough exami- 
nation of its somewhat heterogeneous exponents, I came to the 
conclusion that a revision had become necessary. ‘The species 
have accordingly been re-arranged in my cabinet in such a way 
that, it is hoped, their determination will be greatly facilitated. 
The following list will express my views :— 
Nos. 9''6 Pentarthrum apicale Nos. 934 Sericotrogus setiger 
908 53 rufum 1432 Agastegnus ruficollis 
1297 oO sculpturatum 930 - longipes 
1301 . By asperella 922 hs gratus 
1299 Ls confinis 923 ae simulans 
1300 re punctirostra 1365 Bacorhopalus glabrus 
903 ie zealandicum 1308 Macroscytalus laticollis 
905 Me subsericatum 1309 zs russulus 
907 i brunneum 914 - remotus 
911 uy brevirostre 915 2 zeneopiceus 
1304 ce ruficorne 920 ig badius 
1303 os rugirostre 1433 55 depressus 
1298 se reductum 921 Proconus asperirostris 
919 ie piceum 940 Heteropsis lawsoni 
925 a ferrugineum 927 Entium aberrans 
1306 conicolle 935 Mesoxenophasis brouni 
909 ig assimilatum 937 Microtribus huttoni 
904 fe longirostre ' 988 Belinophorus rufus 
1431 a4 crenatum 939 5 nigrans 
910 = planiusculum 946 Pogonorhinus opacus 
924 bk lateritia 1436 Euodontus punctithorax 
926 sharpianum »947 Arecophaga varia 
912 Rhinanisus fulvicornis 941 Phleophagosoma corvinum 
913 uJ parvicornis 943 ae thorocicum 
923 <j contiguus 1310 Fe rugipenne 
917 Dioédimorpha wollastonianum 1311 ny abdominale 
918 i. debile 944. “3 dilutum 
928 Agrilochilus prolixus 945 i pedatum 
236 Diacanthorhinus bellus 942 constricticolla 
929 Sericotrogus subenescens 948 Eutornus dubius 
932 ” stramineus 949 ‘9 vicinus 
931 ai ovicollis 950 oi breviceps 
1302 ms auricomus 951 bs amplus 
916 os vestitus 952 a littoralis 
1307 A castus 953 Xenocnema spinipes 
The old No. 925 proving on re-examination to be identical 
with Entiam aberrans, has been expunged from the list, anda 
new species ( Pentarthrum Jerrunineum,) substituted. The gene- 
ric names WVovitas and Lasiorhinus have been replaced by more 
