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siderably thickened and produced, and a little shorter than' 

 the fourth, which is thicker and still more produced at the 

 apex; the fifth narrowed at the base and nearly as lon^^ as 

 the fourth; the sixth narrowed at the basal fourth and 

 obliquely thickened towards the apex, which is oblique and 

 produced on the lower side; the other joints normal. Head 

 wider than the thorax, semi-opaque, finely and closely 

 punctured; a wide, shallow furrow runs down from the 

 ocelli; the front laterally, and at the middle on the apex, 

 and the clypeus, densely covered with silvery hair. Thorax 

 semi-opaque, finely and closely punctured ; the sternum and 

 pleura; and apex of metathorax sparsely covered with white 

 hairs ; the metanotum almost impunctate ; the centre with a 

 deep and wide channel, which becomes wider and deeper 

 towards the apex. Petiole half the length of the abdomen ;. 

 the apex clavate ; abdominal segments pale at their junction ; 

 the apical segments densely covered with long white hairs, 

 the apical segments impunctate, truncated at the apex. 

 The apical joint of the two hinder tarsi is black ; the meta- 

 tarsus is black, and the four anterior tibiae are more or less 

 black behind ; the hind spurs are black. The tubercles and 

 tegulse are yellow ; the scape may be more or less yellow 

 beneath. Pronotum raised above the base of the meso- 

 notum ; this raised part depressed in the middle in front 

 and with a distinct margin on either side of this central 

 depression. 



Tachytes Helmsi, sp. nov. 



Niger, opaais, breviter, argenteo pilosiis ; tegulis piceis ; 

 alls fusco-violaceo-hyalinis. ?. Long. 9 mm. 



Hab. Grey mouth, New Zealand {Hchns.). 



Antenna; stout, as long as the thorax, densely micro- 

 scopically pilose ; the third joint more than twice the length 

 of the second and about one-fourth longer than the fourth. 

 Head covered with dull greyish hair ; clypeus and sides of 



