OF NEW ZEALAND. 1407 



front tibiae rufous, elytra and hind-body pale testaceo-fuscous, legs 

 yellow. 



Head oblong, gradually narrowed towards the front ; with very 

 few, moderately fine, mostly oblong punctures ; forehead deeply 

 bisinuate, with two oblique frontal grooves. Mandibles rather elon- 

 gate, acute at the apices, the left one with a prominent tooth di- 

 rected somewhat upwards. Eyes apparently absent. Antenncs 

 with the basal joint almost as long as the following three, rather 

 slender near the base ; second and third nearly alike ; fourth 

 and fifth rather broader ; 6-10 transverse ; seventh and eighth 

 distinctly broader than the contiguous ones ; tenth narrower 

 than the ninth ; eleventh ovate, not large. Thorax longer than 

 broad, with a short narrow neck in front, which is oblique 

 towards the sides, these are only slightly narrowed towards the 

 base, it is without distinct sculpture. Elytra quadrate, apices in- 

 dividually rounded, their sculpture shallow and ill-defined. Hind- 

 body nearly smooth, with distinct lateral margins ; it is sometimes 

 quite membraneous. Posterior femora straight below, strongly 

 arched above, so as to appear very broad, their tibiae curved. 



Tiie New Zealand XaiithoUnidcs are provided with moderately 

 large eyes, in this species these organs seem to be altogether vvanting. 

 It resembles No. 197 except in the important character indicated. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Hunua Eange and Waitakerei. One from each. 



Group-STAPH YLINID^ . 



Quedius. 



(Gen., Lacord., Hist, des Ins. CoUoiHeres, p. 84, vol. ii.) 



2453. Q. agathis, «-s. Elongate, narrowed towards both ex- 

 tremities ; head and thorax glossy cupreo-fuscous, elytra fuscous, 

 abdomen violaceous, the legs and two basal joints of the antennae 

 testaceous, the other joints infuscate. 



Head narrow, oviform ; behind the eyes finely punctured, be- 

 tween them, in front, with a cluster of fine dots. Eyes oviform, 

 occupying more than half of the side of the head. Antennae long 

 and slender, with blackish erect hairs, joints 3-11 opaque and densely 

 pubescent. Thorax about as long as broad, considerably narrowed 

 towards the front, the base rounded so that the hind angles are 

 quite indistinct ; on the disc, before the middle, there are two 

 obvious setigerous punctures, there are two smaller ones near the 

 apex, and several along the sides and base, all with long fuscous 

 hairs. Scutcllum triangular. Elytra ample, oblong, incurved be- 

 hind towards the suture ; densely and finely punctured, and covered 

 with conspicuous, depressed, yellowish-brown hairs. Hind-body 

 elongate, closely and finely sculptured, clothed with slender cinereous 

 pubescence, and bearing also numerous long, erect, fuscous hairs ; 

 terminal styles elongate. 



Male. Front tarsi with moderately-expanded basal joints. 

 28 — PTS. v., VI., VII. 



