20 NEW ZEALAND BYKRHIDAE. 



;ind l);isal joint of untcimae dark rufous, rcinaininir articulatioua palor or 

 more infuscate, tarsi fulvescent. 



Head moderately coarsely punctured, more closely near the sides than 

 on the vertex ; forehead slightly rounded. Thorax quite twice as long 

 as it is broad, its sides not quite straight, being widely yet only slightly 

 incurved near the middle ; the apical margins, neat the sides, nearly as well 

 defined as the lateral ; its punctation very distinct and regular, but not 

 (piite as coarse as that of the head ; it has 2 shallow disc-oidal foveae. Scu- 

 IcIIuin triangular, small. Kh/tra nearly smooth at the base, elsewhere finely 

 though quite distinctly punctured. 



Tibiae with small terminal spurs, finely setose ; the anterior neaily 

 straight, grooved along the outside. Tarsi stout, with well-developed 

 appendages. Eyes prominent, with fine facets. Antennae with their 3rd 

 joint rather longer l)ut much more slender than 2nd, 4-6 gradually ab- 

 breviated ; all, however, are elongate ; 7th rather smaller than 8th, but 

 broader than 6th ; 9th and 10th transverse, 11th as long as the preceding 

 2 combined ; club apparently 5-jointed. 



Underside shining piceous. with reddish reflections, with slender, scanty, 

 yellowish pubescence. Metasternum distinctly, abdomen more finely and 

 closely, punctured. Maxillary palpi normal, terminal articulations not 

 truncate at apex. Mandibles apparently trifid at extremity. 



P. foveigerus is like this in appearance, but is more finely sculptured, 

 destitute of pubescence, and the sides of the thorax are not sinuate. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, 1| lines. 



Invercargill. Two, from Mr. A. Philpott. 



Pedilophorus picipes Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1893. 



Shining, aeneo-piceous, head and thorax slightly rufescent, legs and 

 antennae rufo-piceous, tarsi pitchy-red. 



Head distinctly, moderately coarsely, and closely punctured near the 

 sides, irregularly and much more distantly on the vertex, with a few fine 

 grey hairs ; forehead slightly curved. Eyes distinctly but not coarsely 

 faceted. Thorax distinctly but not closely punctate, more finely near the 

 base, formed as in the preceding species. Scutcllum small, triangular. 

 Elytra finely and moderately closely punctate, somewhat coriaceous, be- 

 coming smooth behind. 



Front tibiae nearly straight, grooved along the outer face, tlie inter- 

 mediate moderately arched. Club a])parentlv ()-articulate. 



The unusually dark legs and antennae will lead to its identification. 



Length, 2} lines ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Midhirst, Taranaki. 1 could find only a single specimen. 



Pedilophorus laetus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1349. 



Glos.sy, aeneous, tinged with rufo-cupreous, legs and basal joint of an- 

 tennae dark rufous, remaining joints and the tarsi dark fulvescent. 



Head moderately curved in front, rather coarsely, a little rugoselv, and 

 irregularly ])unctate. Thorax distinctly, moderately finely, and closely 

 punctured, less evidently near the base. Scutellum small, triangular. 

 Elytra very distinctly and rather closely punctured almost to the extremity, 

 where there arc^ a few slender setae. 



Tibiae with slender grey setae, the front ])air nearly straight and slightly 

 grooved along the outer face, the others Tuoderatdy arched. Eyes finely 



