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behind the base, and each has an obvious humeral elevation ; the yellow 

 pubescence is confined to the elytra, but there are a few long erect 

 hairs on other parts of the body. 



Legs moderate, and, like the antennae, shining. 



Length, | ; breadth, ^ line. 



I found one example recently at Whangarei Heads. 



FAMILY— MYCETOPHAGIDES. 



Ligula nearly always corneous, prominent. MaxillcE with two 

 unarmed lobes. Labial /(7/^/ with three, the maxillary with four joints. 

 AntenncR eleven-jointed, terminated by a tri-articulate rarely bi-articulate 

 club. Anterior and intermediate coxce globose-oval, in general a little 

 projecting, the posterior sub-cylindrical and transversal ; all separate ; 

 tarsi four-jointed, the anterior tri-articulate among the males ; rarely sub- 

 pentamerous in both sexes. Abdo?nen composed of five segments under- 

 neath, all free and about equal. 



Typhsea. 



Kirby ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Colcop., Tom. ii.,/. 446. 



Ligula horny, subtruncate in front. Last joint of the maxillary /^^/ 

 longer than the preceding two taken together. Mandibles similar to 

 those of Mycetophagiis. Labruni strongly transversal, entire, with 

 rounded angles. Epistoine separated from the forehead by a well- 

 marked furrow. Eyes rounded, rather prominent. Antennce short, ter- 

 minated by a three-jointed club. ProtJwrax strongly transversal, the 

 sides nearly straight, subtruncate in front, with the middle of the base 

 feebly lobed, and its posterior angles not projecting. Scutelliini curvi- 

 linearly triangular. Elytra oblong. Anterior tibia, terminated by three 

 spurs, first joint of the front tarsi of the males simple. 



Body oblong, slightly convex. 



424. T. CUrvipeS, n.s. Oblong., sub-parallel, slightly convex, pale 

 castaneous, rather densely covered with fine yellow hairs, legs and 

 antennae yellowish. 



Head immersed up to the eyes, trigonal, narrower than thorax, with 

 a transverse impression on the forehead, in front of which it is nude and 

 shining, but behind well-clad ; its whole surface distinctly and closely 

 punctured ; eyes moderate, not very coarsely facetted. Antennae 

 inserted at the sides in front of the eyes, hardly so long as the head and 

 thorax, pubescent, eleven-jointed ; basal joint but little exposed ; second 

 and third of equal size, the former the stouter and incrassated apically ; 

 fourth shorter than third ; joints four to eight decrease in length only, 

 sub-obconical ; club distinct, its two basal joints broader than long, 

 obviously larger than the eighth ; eleventh joint large, obtusely rounded, 

 not broader tlian tenlh. 



