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ence; the head and thorax, instead of behig shining and nearly im- 

 unctate, are dull, and covered with a coarse, shallow punctuation. 

 The elytra are less elongate, and have a peculiar sinuation at the 

 shoulders, so that the humeral angles are rectangular instead of 

 obtuse. The mcde has the base of the front tarsi thicker, of the 

 middle and hind more slender, than the female. 

 (Habitat ?— T. B.) 



Cathartocryptus. 



Nov. gen. 

 {Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dnb. Soc, 1886, p. 392.) 



Corpus subdepresstim, parum elongatum. AntenncB crassiusculae 

 clava triarticulata. Tliorax transversus lateribus muticis. Coxcz 

 anteriores et intermediae fortiter distantes. 



This insect resembles Cathartus, and is allied thereto, but has 

 the front and middle coxa widely separated, the gencB without tooth, 

 and the sides of the thorax without sinuation. The three joints of 

 the antcnncs, forming the club are all broad ; the tarsi are five-jointed, 

 all the joints simple, the three basal on the hind foot all rather 

 small, about equal to one another, fourth rather smaller, fifth as 

 long as the four preceding together. The wide separation of the 

 front coxcB is remarkable, the hind ones being about as approxi- 

 mate as they are in Cathartus. 



1955. C. obscurus, n-s. {Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 

 1886, p. 393.) Obloiujus, subdepressus, sordide ferrugineus, elytris 

 pedibusque testaceis, prothorace elytrisque plus minusve argute nigro 

 quadrimaculatis ; thorace crebre sat subtiliter punctato, elytris sub- 

 tiliter seriatim punctatis, seriebus apicem versus deletis, interstitiis 

 subtilissime punctulatis. 



Long., 2|mm. 



Antennce short and stout, club large, about as long as the six 

 joints preceding it. Head short, very finely punctulate, nearly dull. 

 Thorax strongly transverse, about twice as broad as long, the surface 

 rather closely and finely punctate, with a more or less distinct black 

 spot on the middle, the sides distinctly narrowed behind, hind angles 

 very minutely prominent. Scutellum transverse. Elytra with 

 series of fine punctures, which disappear before the apex, with two 

 black spots just before the middle, and a common spot in front of 

 the apex. 



Picton. Helms; three examples. Cathartus advena and Sil- 

 vanus bidentatus are representatives of other genera near this, and 

 have been found in New Zealand. 



Saphophagus. 



Nov. gen. 

 {Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886, p. 393.) 

 Corpus minutum, depressum, nudum. Antennce crassiusculas 

 undecim articulatae, articulis tribus ultimis paulo majoribus. Pro- 



