Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera

Abstract

The author desires it to be stated that the following pages contain complete descriptions of almost all the New Zealand Coleoptera known to science. The classification adopted accords chiefly with the views of Lacordaire, from whose work (Histoire des Insectes Coleopteres) the characters of the groups and many of the older genera have been translated. For copies of descriptions of most of the early recorded species he is indebted to Professor Hutton, of Canterbury College, Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, of the Auckland Museum, and Mr. C. M. Wakefield, of Uxbridge, England; whilst Dr. Sharp, of Dumfriesshire, and Mr. F. P. Pascoe, of London, kindly sent copies of the papers recently published by them.