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eyes ; joint one swollen, pyriform ; two a little shorter than three, and 

 both obconic ; three not more than half as long as four ; four to ten 

 sub-equal, cylindric (concolor) or elongate-obconic (telephoroides); eleven 

 a little longer than ten, subfusiform. Prothonix scarcely wider than 

 long, and convex in concolor ; distinctly wider than long, subdepressed, 

 and somewhat unequal in telephoroides ; truncated at base and apex ; 

 sides rounded, abruptly incurved anteriorly, gradually contracted pos- 

 teriorly, rather strongly grooved or margined along the base. Elytra 

 elongate, parallel, scarcely convex, somewhat broadly rounded at apex. 

 Femora sublinear ; tibice armed with two distinct spurs at apex ; the two 

 penultimate joints of the tarsi rather short, expanded, and spongy 

 pubescent beneath. Abdomen of five free joints. Body more (telepho- 

 roides) or less (concolor) linear, shortly pilose. 



Of all the published genera of the (Edemeridce the present seems to 

 me to approach nearest to Cycloderus. It is, however, at once to be 

 distinguished from that genus, and from all the others of the family 

 known to me, by the short third joint of the antennae. 



744. T. concolor, Bates; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Febry., 1874. 

 Black, a little shining ; everywhere rather densely clothed with a shortish 

 semi-erect brownish pile. Head and prothorax coarsely punctured and 

 rugose ; the punctures more crowded on the front of the former and on 

 the sides of the latter ; elytra rather strongly and closely punctured and 

 transversely confluently rugose ; under-side and legs brownish-black, 

 pubescent, punctured ; antenncz (save the three basal joints) and palpi 

 dusky-brown. 



Length, 3 lines. 



New Zealand. One example. 



Note. — I have one specimen which I picked out from a collection 

 of other beetles sent to me by Captain Hutton, who, I believe, found it 

 in Otago. The elytral disc is nearly nude. 



745. T. telephoroides, Bates ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Febry., 

 1874. Siiblinear, depressed, slightly shining; somewhat thinly clothed 

 with a short sub-decumbent whitish pile. Head d^ndi prothorax brownish- 

 black ; the front and hind margins of the latter reddish-brown, rather 

 coarsely and closely punctured and rugose ; the punctures most crowded 

 on the front and epistoma of the former, which are also unisulcate down 

 the centre ; prothorax distinctly wider than long, sub-cordiform, a little 

 depressed and unequal by slight irregular depressions ; elytra pale 

 brown with a yellowish tinge, closely punctured and rugose ; underside 

 reddish-brown, pubescent, finely and not closely punctured ; legs and 

 palpi pale yellow ; antennce brown. 



Length, 3I lines. 



New Zealand. One example. 



746. T. picticomis, n.s. Body black, moderately shining, base 

 of antennal joints four to eleven testaceous ; sides of the body and the 

 legs sparingly clothed with rather long fine fuscous hairs. Head punc- 



