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porting it also rery small. Last joint of maxillary palpi securiform. Front coxte 

 round, small and deeply embedded, separated by a narrow process, the apex of whicli 

 is depressed and does not project behind. Middle coxee small, deeply embedded, se- 

 parated by a process of the flat mesosternum, outside each the mesosternum and 

 metasternum meet together, and there is no trace of a trochantin. Metasternum 

 rather long. Hind coxae separated by an obtuse, not very broad projection of the 

 1st ventral segment. Hind body rather elongate. Epipleuree narrow. Tibise quite 

 unarmed and rather slender, their apices nan-ow, and not in the least thickened, but 

 even rather more slender than the portion just above tliem. Penultimate joint of 

 the tarsi excavate above, so that the apical joint is inserted at the upper side of its 

 base ; they are densely clothed beneath with a fine pile ; the basal joint of tlie hind 

 ones quite as long as the two following together. 



This appears to bean extremely anomalous genus; it would appear 

 that it caunot be satisfactorily placed in any of Lacordaire's groups ; 

 the structure of the coxae would cause it to be referred to the first 

 division of the Tenehrionidce in his arrangement ; but the structure of 

 the tarsi is nearer to that of Lcena and Adelium. I sent specimens to 

 Mr. Bates, who returned them as unknown to him, and doubted their 

 being Tenehrionidce ; of this, however, an examination leaves me no 

 doubt. 



LORELUS I'RISCUS, n. sp. 



Sat depressus, elon.qntus, nudus, ferrugineus vel plceus, crehre sat 

 foi'titer 2Junctati(s ; thoruce elyiris multo anr/iistiore, svh-quadrato, aniice 

 truncato. Long. corp. 4 — 5 mm. 



Antennae reddish, shorter than head and thorax, rather stout ; 1st joint short 

 and stout, its insertion not visible from above, 3rd joint not elongate, but longer than 

 any of the others, 4th rather longer than broad, 5th-8th each with the breadth 

 differing but little from the length, 9th and 10th distinctly thickened and rather 

 transverse, 11th rather large, even a little broader than 10th. Head narrower than 

 the thorax, and not immersed in it up to the eyes, it is closely and moderately 

 coarsely punctured, and the sides are a little thickened over the insertion of the 

 antennae. Thorax about as long as broad, distinctly narrowed towards the base, 

 the front angles not prominent, and about right angles, the hind angles minutely 

 prominent, the base not in the least lobod in the middle, its punctuation like that of 

 the head. Scutellum rather short and broad, not punctured. Elytra evenly covered 

 with rather coarse and close punctures, the punctures distinct at the apex, but not so 

 coarse there as elsewhere. 



I have received this species both from Captain Broun and Mr. 

 Lawson ; and believe it to l)e connnon in the Northern island ; several 

 individuals of it were included in a lot of beetles sent home by Captain 

 Broun as found on one of the tree-ferns, Cgathea dcalbata. 



(To he ( OiiUnned.J 



