LATHRIDIIDAE. '27 



recently bv Mr. A\'. L. Wallace in forest (jlades on the Kermadec Islands. 

 There are about 250 minute members of this genus. 



3061. Corticaria melasoma sp. no v. 



Suboblong. slightly convex, shining, very scantily clothed with short 

 and slender grey setae ; fusco-niger. legs and antennae fuscous. 



Head as broad as front of thorax, much constricted behind, with a dis- 

 tinct plica or transverse swelling at the back of each eye, its surface with 

 minute coriaceous sculpture and a few indistinct punctures. Eyes of mode- 

 rate size, obliquely oval, distinctly faceted. Antennae slender, basal 2 

 joints stout. 3-6 smaU, 7th and 8th rather larger ; club laxly articulated, 

 the intermediate joint smaller than the basal one. the last one largest. 

 Thorax of about ecjual length and breadth, its sides regularly rounded, and 

 with some minute denticles near the base ; disc a little convex, minutely 

 coriaceous, finely and distantly punctate, and with a well-marked median 

 fovea near the base. ScuteUum transverse. Elytra evidently broader than 

 thorax at the base, elongate-oblong, finely seriate-punctate, the sutural 

 striae distinct behind, interstices distantly and minutely punctured. 



Legs indistinctly pubescent : basal 2 joints of the posterior tarsi rather 

 small, apparently prolonged inwardly at the extremity, the terminal ob- 

 viously stouter and longer than the basal 2 conjointly. 



The nearlv bald. dark, shining body renders its identification easy. 



Length, | line ; breadth, J line. 



Mount Maungatua, Otago. My specimen was found by Mr. 8. ^V. Fulton, 

 who in former years was one of our keenest entomologists. 



3062. Myromecoxenus atomaroides Reitter. 



Oblong, finely and closely punctulated, densely clothed with shoi-t de- 

 pressed griseous pubescence ; fusco-ferruginous. antennae and legs dilute. 



Head slightlv narrower than thorax. Antennae rather slender, the 

 terminal 2 joints thick, more so than in Corticaria ilh(stris. Thorax trans- 

 versely quadrate, very slightly narrowed behind, anterior angles slightly 

 . rounded and deflexed, the posterior almost rectangular, the sides slightly 

 obliquelv depressed. Elytra much broader than thorax, more than tmce 

 as long as broad. Cluh of antennae triarticulate. 



Length, 1-5 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



Group Byrrhidae. 



3063. Pedilophorus helmsi Reitter. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. p. 244. 



Short, oval, very convex, smooth, finely and evenly punctured above : 

 glossy, black, subaeneous. legs ferruginous, antennae elongate, these and 

 the tarsi fusco-testaceous. Head nearly smooth on the middle, its sides 

 coarsely punctured. Thorax very much narrowed anteriorly, front angles 

 acute. ScuteUum minute. Elytra acuminate behind. 



Length. 3-7 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



Group EUCNEMIDAE. 



3064. Neocharis lobitarsis sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 277. 



Elongate, somewhat narrowed towards both extremities, moderately 

 shining, pubescence distinct, of a yellowish-grey ; body black, legs fuscous, 

 the knees and last 4 joints of the tarsi reddish, antennae dull fusco-niger. 



