OP NEW ZEALAND. 1163 



Eatlier larger and decidedly broader than M. verticalis ; the head 

 with more distinct punctures, the occiput less convex and with 

 very few punctures ; the eyes not quite as large and more widely 

 separated above ; the legs a little stouter, the posterior tibiaj with 

 rather longer spurs ; the basal joint of the front tarsi slightly more 

 dilated ; the pubescence rather liner. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, nearly -J- line. 



Parua (Whangarei Harbour). One example. 



Xylophilus. 



2062. X. nitidus, "--s. Shbiing, clothed with minute greyish 

 hairs ; black, legs, palpi, and antennte yellowish. 



Head broader than the thorax, distinctly but I'ather distantly 

 punctured. Antennce longer than the head and thorax, rather slender, 

 basal joint larger than second, third and fourth slender, subeqaal, 

 twice as long as broad, joints 5-10 decrease in length but become 

 broader, the tenth being transversely quadrate, eleventh Inroad, sub- 

 ovate. Thorax small, about as long as broad, more rounded and 

 narrowed in front than behind, without distinct lateral margins, its 

 punctuation closer and rather coarser (yet fine rather than coarse) 

 than that of the head. Scutelhtm smooth, subtriangular, but with a 

 truncate apex. Elytra ample, twice the breadth of the thorax, 

 widest behind, gradually narrowed towards the obtuse shoulders ; 

 they are broadly impressed before the middle, and are distinctly 

 punctured, the punctures becoming finer and more distant towards 

 the extremity. 



This and the following species cannot be referred to Westwood's 

 genus EiLCjlenes on account of the structure of the antennae and 

 eyes, but they may, I think, be placed in Xyloijhilus. 



The eyes are large and prominent, moderately wideh' separated 

 above, rotuudate, a little notched in front, and distinctly facetted. 

 The antenna are implanted on the forehead near the front and inner 

 part of the eyes. The maxillary palpi have a large cultriform 

 terminal joint, which is united to the penultimate not in the middle 

 but at the side. The posterior tihice. are gradually thickened, and 

 terminate on the inside in a conspicuous process ; the hind tarsi are 

 long, the basal joint being nearly the length of the tibia, the inter- 

 mediate are very short. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, nearly h line. 



Northcote, Waitemata Harbour. One example. 



2063. X. antennalis, '^-i'- Shining, fusco-niger, legs more or 

 less fuscous ; pubescence greyish ; palpi yellow, their last joints 

 infuscate. 



AntemuE rather longer than the head and thorax, basal joint 

 piceous, the following six testaceous, the remainder fuscous. 



Allied to X. nitidus ; the head much broader, rather finely and 

 . distantly punctured ; thorax shorter, transversely quadrate, mode- 

 rately punctured ; scutelluiii short, not at all triangular; elytra more 



