Identifier: transactionsproc41newz (find matches)
Title: Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: New Zealand Institute
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Wellington : J. Hughes, Printer
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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Face p. 208. NEW ZEALAND COSSONID^. —Broun. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. XLI. Pr.. XVI.
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NEW ZEALAND COSSONIDiE. Broun. Broun.—Revision of (he New Zealand Cossonidiie. 209 Alhiorus. though belonging to the same section as these five genera,may be separated by the ahiiost contiguous anterior coxa-, abbreviatedmotasternum, well-developed basal ventral segment, minute eyes and claws,simple 3rd tarsal joint, minute or obsolete scutellum, ovifoim thorax, andconvex body. In the New Zealand list it should be placed near Pselactus,which, however, has the metasternum considerablv lonoer. Allaorus urquharti, Broun. 2577. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1495.(Plate XVI, fig. 9.) Shining, brownish piceo-rufous, tarsi testaceous, antennre ferruginous. Head globose, but immersed nearly to eyes. Rostrum with some finedistant punctures. Thorax slightly wider behind the middle than it iselsewhere, rather narrower in front than at the base, without any apicalstricture; very distinctly, moderately coarsely, and rather distantly punc-tured, more finely at the apex. Scutellum very minute. Elytra wid

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