OF NEW ZEALAND. 1405 



the sides but not so behind, the tibiae rather thick, the head large 

 with about six rounded impressions. 



The mentum is rather narrow. Tire posterior /6';«or« are minutely 

 punctured and pubescent, and the co.ZYe are densely clothed. The 

 raised central portion of the metastcrnum is more evidently punctured 

 and clothed than is the case with A. altulus. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, |- line. 



Caplestou. One individual, found by Mr. Cavell. 



Group-ALEOCHARID-ffi. 



Falagria (Gen., p. 95). 



2449. F. SUbopaca, '^s. Elongate, slender, opaque, hind- 

 body a little shining ; pubescence slender, greyish, inconspicuous ; 

 body fuscous, the tarsi and the basal joint of the antennae pale 

 yellowish-brown, joints 4-7 nearly black, the three or four terminal 

 joints yellowish, usually quite pallid. 



Head suborbicular behind the forehead, densely and finely 

 sculptured. Eyes small, not prominent. Antenna longer than the 

 head and thorax, stout, distinctly pubescent, the hairs of the same 

 colour as the joints from which they arise ; second joint shorter than 

 the first ; third longer than the following one ; 4-7 evidently longer 

 than broad ; 8-10 subquadrate ; eleventh nearly twice the length of 

 the tenth. TJiorax longer than broad, widest before the middle, a 

 good deal, but very gradually, narrowed behind, so that the sides 

 behind the middle seem nearly straight ; it has a fine median groove 

 from base to apex, and fine dense sculpture. Elytra shorter than 

 the thorax, their shoulders oblique, the sides a little rounded, apex 

 truncate ; they are somewhat bronzed, with sculpture like that of 

 the thorax. Hind-body elongate, the basal four segments about 

 equal and strongly margined laterally, the first two slightly angulate 

 in the middle, at the apex. Legs long and slender. Scutcllum 

 triangular, medially carinate. 



The nearly opaque, closely-sculptured surface distinguishes this 

 from Falagria micans (No. 176). 



Length, l^-li lines ; breadth, J line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. 



Obs. — A varietal form of F. micans occurs on Mount Cook. I 

 have a specimen from Mr. H. Suter. 



Group-TACHYPORIDiE. 



Conurns (Gen., p. 9G). 



2450. C. brevicornis, ''-s- Shining, chestnut-red, elytra and 

 abdomen sliglitly infuscate, legs pale-reddish, antennae testaceous ; 

 clothed with short, depressed, yellow hairs, and with some long, 

 erect, fuscous ones on the hind-body. 



Head apparently smooth, its pubescence slender. Anicnnce 



