Broun. — New Genera <ui<l Species of Coleoptera. 399 



nearly twice as broad as long, their apices oblique towards the suture; 

 they are closely sculptured and covered with yellowish pubescence. Hind- 

 body elongate," 6th segment broadly rounded behind, terminal styles piceo- 

 rufous, the punctation and vestiture resembling those of the wing-cases. 



Underside nitid, finely pubescent and punctate, abdomen varying 

 from violaceous to fuscous. Anterior tarsi of the male strongly dilated. 



Antennae densely pubescent from their 4th joint onwards, 2nd as 

 long as 3rd, 10th slightly oblong. 



Like Q. aeneiventris (3035), darker, the hind-body especially, and 

 never with any brassy lustre. 



Length, 6-7 mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Erua. Found by myself in January, 1910; also amongst dead leaves 

 collected by Mr. W. J. Guinness in March and April. 



3190. Quedius xenophaenus sp. nov. 



Elongate, not parallel, nitid ; head, thorax, and legs rufo-castaneous, 

 the elytra and hind-body fuscous, the latter somewhat violaceous, antennae 

 infuscate, their basal four joints paler. 



Head subquadrate, evenly convex, narrower than thorax, with a pair 

 of minute shallow punctures behind. Eyes rotundate, not prominent, 

 rather small, situated at the sides near the front, with distinct facets. 

 Mandibles moderately elongate, falciform, the right with a large acute 

 inner tooth behind the middle, the left with 4 or 5 denticles. Ihorax a 

 third broader than long, gently narrowed towards the truncate apex, 

 with slender lateral margins, posterior angles obtuse but not broadly 

 rounded, with a pair of feebly impressed minute frontal punctures. 

 Scutellum exactly triangular, smooth. Elytra, in the middle, quite twice 

 as broad as long, apices oblique towards the suture, moderately finely 

 and closely sculptured, sparingly clothed with short cinereous pubescence. 

 Hind-body elongate, gradually attenuate posteriorly, with slight elongate 

 impressions or punctures, terminal styles rufo-piceous, its vestiture de- 

 pressed, elongate and slender, of an ashy colour. 



Antennae pubescent, their 2nd joint rather shorter than 3rd or 4th. 

 Forehead truncate between the antennae. Clypeus short and vertical, 

 membranous. Labrum large, testaceous, with 3 frontal notches, so as 

 to be medially bidentate, and bearing . some elongate setae. Tarsi 

 pentamerous, basal joints of the anterior only moderately dilated. 



Of peculiar aspect, head particularly. 



Length, 6 mm.; breadth, 1J mm. 



Waimarino. Unique. Found in January, 1910, at an altitude of 

 2,700 ft. 



Group i :dkridak. 



3191. Lithocharis longipennis sp. nov. Lithocharis Lacordaire, Hist, des 



Ins. Coleopt., torn. 2, p. 94. 



Subdepressed, elongate, nitid; hind-body clothed with elongate, sub- 

 erect, infuscate hairs; the rest of the body very scantily pubescent; head 

 and thorax nigrescent; elytra, legs, and antennae castaneous; tarsi and 

 palpi somewhat fulvescent ; mandibles reddish; abdomen dark fuscous. 



Head oviform and, including the mandibles, a third longer than 

 broad, the forehead truncate in front, with moderately elevated rufescent 

 antennal tubercles; its punctation distinct, almost coarse, but nowhere 

 very close; in front of the middle there is an obsolete longitudinal im- 



