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coxcB are sub-globose and rather remote, the posterior almost contiguous 

 and sub-cylindric ; thtpro- and mesosterna between the coxje are plane, the 

 metast.e7-uiim elongate. The legs are of moderate length ; femo-a inflated 

 and rather deeply excised near the apex, which has thus a dentate 

 appearance, and grooved below for the reception of the tibia, which is 

 shorter than the femora, and gradually expanded towards the apex where 

 it is armed inwardly with two stout spines ; tcifsi four-jointed, the apical 

 joint elongate and as long as the three basal ones conjointly; claws slender 

 and simple. The abdomen is not so long as the metasternum, and its 

 segments decrease in size. 



This genus is difficult to locate satisfactorily ; in some respects it 

 exhibits a similarity of structure to the Rhysodidce, but the structure of 

 the tarsi forbids its association with the species of that group. I think 

 it should be placed next to F/iiiothenmis, so as to form a connecting 

 link between that genus and Rhysodes ; at any rate until the accumula- 

 tion of more specimens will admit of a thorough examination by entomo- 

 logists more conversant with the structural characters of this ill-defined 

 group. 



376. A. punctatum, n.s. Dark rufo-castaneous, moderately 

 shining, nude. Head punclulate and without other sculpture. Thorax 

 with an indistinct dorsal and other depressions, near the sides, its sur- 

 face finely punctate and flat. Elytra rather wider than and twice as long as 

 the thorax, with prominent shoulders, the sides nearly parallel and very 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly ; disc depressed, with six indistinct, 

 shallow striee, which become quite obsolete towards the apex ; these 

 grooves are more or less punctate, yet not very distinctly sculptured. 

 Legs finely punctulate. Ante/nice and tarsi pilose. Under side of head 

 and prosternum rugose, the rest finely punctured. 



Length, 3 lines. 



I found two examples at Parua (Whangarei Harbour.) 



FAMILY— RHYSODI DES. 



Mention very large. Ligiila coriaceous, bilobed. Maxilhe with two 

 unarmed lobes. Anieiime eleven-jointed, filiform, nearly always granular. 

 Head with a narrow neck. Elytra completely covering tlie abdomen. 

 Legs short or moderate ; the anterior and intermediate coxa? globose, 

 embedded, distant ; posterior transversal ; hind trochanter projecting at 

 inner side of the femur ; tarsi pentamerous, simple, cylindrical. Abdo- 

 men with six segments ; the three basal connate. 



Rhysodes. 



(Illig.); Dal man, Anal. En/., p. 93. 



Mentitm connate, concealed, trilobed, the central lobe largest, sub- 

 triangular. Ligitla soldered to the chin, rough, bilobed. Last joint of 

 the maxillary /t?^/ sub-ovate and acuminate ; that of the labial oblong. 



