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TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype co’. Mt Hay, Tekapo, 2600 ft.[ca. 7930m], scree, 
7.xi1.62, P.M. Johns, CMNZ. Allotype 9. Lake Tekapo, army camp area, xi.1957, 
P.S. Evans, CMNZ. Paratypes with same data as allotype, (o 9) CMNZ. Mt John, 
S.W.L. Tekapo, rocky outcrop near trig, 24.ix.60, M. Williams, (c’) NZAC; (co) 
BMNH,; (oc) J.C.W, Mt Hay Station, E. Shore L. Tekapo, under stones, 24.xi.60, 
M. Williams, (2) BMNH; (2) J.C.W. Mt John, Tekapo, 3-3500 ft.[ca, 915-1067m], 
scree, 7.xil.62, P.M. Johns, (o') NZAC. Lake Tekapo, under rocks, army camp, 
25.xi1.56, P.M. Johns, (9) NMNZ. Lake Pukaki, 15.xi.55, B.B. Given (9) NZAC. 
Black Forest Creek near Benmore Pass, scree, 1900 ft.[ca. 579m], 6.xii.62, P.M. 
Johns, (o°' 9) CMNZ; (c’) NMNZ; (co 2) AMNZ. Black Forest, Benmore Pass 
scree, 2,800 ft.[ca. 854m], P.M. Johns, (?) NZAC. 
TYPE LOCALITY. Vicinity of Lake Tekapo, southwest Canterbury. 
Material examined. Holotype, allotype and 16 paratypes. 
Distribution. Apparently confined to the MacKenzie Basin, Canterbury, where they 
are found under stones, 
Acknowledgements. A massive stroke during 1985 while on study leave in Paris left me 
severely handicapped. My father Dr J,S, Watt assisted me to return to New Zealand and has 
tirelessly transported me to and from Entomology Division, DSIR, Mt Albert, He has 
greatly assisted with the preparation of this manuscript for publication, indeed without his 
unstinting assistance it could never have appeared in print. 
I wish to thank Mr J.F. Longworth and Dr B.A. Holloway for appointing me as 
Honorary Research Associate of Systematics Group, Entomology Division, DSIR, and for 
the use of facilities and assistance from staff. My original thesis was supervised by Dr J.G. 
Pendergrast, who I thank for critically reading many tedious, longhand drafts. Mr E.G. 
Turbott, then Ornithologist and Entomologist, Auckland Institute and Museum, gave me 
frequent encouragement to work on beetle taxonomy, and suggested “Cilibe” as a genus 
especially in need of revision. 
The thesis was typed by Miss A.A. Thorneycroft. Photos were taken by Mr S.A. 
Rumsey, Plant Diseases Division, DSIR, Mt Albert. 
[am particularly indebted to the following for the loan of Mimopeus (Cilibe) specimens 
from the collections listed: Mrs B.M. May, Plant Diseases Division (now NZAC) Auckland; 
Dr B.A. Holloway, Dominion Museum (now NMNZ), Wellington; Mr P.M. Johns, 
Zoology Dept, University of Canterbury, Christchurch; Mr E.G. Turbott, Canterbury 
Museum, Christchurch; Mr R. Zondag, Forest Research Institute, Rotorua: Miss C.M.F. 
von Hajek, British Museum (Natural History), London; Mr E.S. Gourlay, Cawthron 
Institute, Nelson (collection now in NZAC). 
Overseas research was carried out during the tenure of a DSIR study leave award in 
1984-85, which is gratefully acknowledged. 
