224 COLEOPTERA 



391. T. depreSSUS, Sharp ; Entom. Mon. Mag., July, 1876, p. 

 28. Colore variabilis, testaceus, vel fusco-testaceus, vel fere niger ; 

 depressus, nudus, sed minus nitidus ; thorace parce subtiliterque punc- 

 tate, lateribus sinuatis, angulis posterioribus rectis ; elytris subtiliter 

 punctato-striatis, punctis apice obsoletis. 



Long. Corp., 2§ mm. 



Antennce yellow ; first joint longer and thicker than second ; third 

 slightly longer than second ; fifth a good deal longer than either fourth 

 or sixth ; seventh also distinctly larger than the contiguous joints ; 

 eighth joint small ; ninth to eleventh of about the same width, forming 

 an abrupt club, very loosely articulated ; the ninth and tenth transverse. 

 Head finely and sparingly punctured. Thorax considerably narrower 

 than the elytra, rather strongly transverse, the sides somewhat sinuated 

 behind the middle, the hind angles sharply marked and nearly rectan- 

 gular, the surface dull, but only finely and sparingly punctured, trans- 

 versely depressed in front of the base, and with, a very minute basal 

 impression on each side. Elyti-a elongate and flat, with rows of fine 

 punctures, which become obsolete at the extremity. Legs yellow. 



Obs. — ^This species is very variable in colour. Its flattened form, 

 destitute of pubescence, gives it at first sight but little resemblance to 

 our European TehnatophHii ; but, nevertheless, it possesses the structure 

 of the tarsi highly developed after the manner of Telmatophilus. The 

 figure in Dii VaFs Genera des Col. d'Ei/r. (pi. 52, / 259 b.) of the 

 tarsus of Psamviacus hipiinctatus is very like that of this species. 



Probably common in the Auckland district. 



Note. — The species was found by Mr. T. Lawson and myself 



392. T. nitens, Sharp ; Entom. Mon. Mag., August, 1876, /. 70. 

 Colore variabilis \ rufo-testaceus, elytris plus minusve infuscatis, maculis 

 pallidis magnis quatuor ; convexus, nitidus, fere nudus ; thorace sat 

 fortiter punctato ; elytris minus subtiliter punctato-striatis, punctis apice 

 obsoletis. 



Long. Corp., 2-2^ mm. 

 This species, though closely allied to T. depressus, is very distinct 

 therefrom by its more convex form and stronger punctation ; it has 

 also the legs and antennae shorter and stouter. The colour is very 

 variable, being sometimes reddish-yellow, with a dark band across the 

 middle of the elytra, leaving a pale humeral and apical spot on each ; 

 this dark colour extends sometimes so as to occupy entirely the elytra ; 

 and the prothorax is also, in such specimens, so much infuscate as to be 

 nearly black. 



Also a common species, I believe, about Auckland. 



Note.— Mr. Lawson and I found this insect. 



Oryptophagus. 



Herhst. ; La cord. JList. des. Ins. Coleop., Tom. n., p. 424. 



Ligida truncated in front, its angles furnished with a small^ciliated 

 appendage. Last joint of the palpi oval. Internal lobe of the jaws 



