OF NEW ZEALAND. ^ 665 



elongate, and about equal ; seventh distinctly broader than the preceding ; 

 eighth a little shorter but broader than sixth, but not quite as broad as 

 the contiguous ones ; ninth and tenth broad, hardly longer than eighth ; 

 eleventh short, broader but not longer than tenth, broadly oval. 



Length, nearly i line ; breadth, f. 



I have seen but one individual, ^which I found at Parua. 



Bseocera. 



' Erichson ; Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Coh'op., Tom. n.,p. 240. 



Anten7i(B pilose ; joints three to eight nearly equal ; the three terminal 

 thicker than the others. The second and third articulations of the maxil- 

 lary /x//// sub-equal, the fourth rather longer than either of these, acumi- 

 nate. Scutellum concealed by the median lobe of the thorax. 



1 161. B. rufum, n.s. Convex, obovate, nude, shining, red, in- 

 clining to castaneous-rcd, tarsi and basal joint of antennas yellow, the 

 remainder of these latter dull and infuscate. 



AtittmtKs long and slender, their two basal joints stout, about equal, 

 joints three to eight elongate and slender, not appreciably differing from 

 one another, ninth and tenth as long as but broader than their predeces- 

 sors, the terminal oblong-oval, ^yt'j very slightly but widely emarginated 

 inwardly. Legs elongate; the four hind iibice a little flexuous, with a 

 few fine hairs, armed at the extremity with two spines, the hinder the 

 longer ; /tzrjz' slender, as long as the tibiag, their basal articulation elongate. 



The insect, with the exception of the sutural strice of the elytra, 

 is without impressions of any kind. Each elytron is obtusely rounded 

 posteriorly, and at that point is yellowish, the pygidium being of the same 

 colour and but little exposed. 



Length, nearly i line ; breadth, \. 



Described from one example taken near Whangarei Harbour. 



Group— HISTERID^ (p. i6o). 

 Saprinus (p. 164). 



1 162. S. lepidulus, n.s. Body sub-oblong, moderately glossy, 

 black ; legs and anlcnnai somewhat piccous. 



Head almost wiiliout sculpture in front ; but the occiput with rather 

 coarse shallow punctures. Prothorax gradually narrowed laterally, but 

 rather abruptly near the front angles ; disc impunctate, the sides with a 

 linear space from base to apex, not reaching the lateral rims, covered 

 with moderate punctures, in one example nearly obliterated; smaller 

 and more distant punctures occur along the basal sinuations, decreasing 

 in number towards the middle, there being one only in front of the 

 scutellum. Scutellum small, sometimes indistinguishable. Elytra about 

 as long as broad, gradually narrowed posteriorly, their apices obliquely 

 truncated towards the suture ; on each elytron a fine stria proceeds from 

 the base along the suture, apex, and side, and there are four coarse, 

 oblique, intra-humeral ones; the suture is smooth, but sometimes a few 

 punctures border the oblique basal striae ; the dorsal space is closely 

 punctured and appears dull, the punctation, however, becomes less 



