TELEPHORIDAE. 95 



post-median elevations are more like those of A. tumidus (1195), which, 

 however, has slightly projecting posterior angles, and punctate elytra. 



Length, 3|' lines ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Mount Egmont and Midhirst. Three specimens in my own collection. 



3077. Asilis egmontensis sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather narrow, black, head and thorax shining, elytra shghtlv 

 so, thoracic margins castaneous, mandibles and claws testaceous, antennae 

 and legs fuscous, the knees paler, pubescence cinereous. 



Head of nearly the same breadth as the front of the thorax, finely punc- 

 tate. Thorax transverse, broadly rounded in front, its margins rather fine 

 there, with obsolete angles ; the sides a little curved, the thick reflexed 

 margins quite slender in front, posterior angles formed by the basal margin ; 

 base slightly rounded medially, but almost straight towards the sides ; the 

 surface very finely but not closely punctured, a little uneven, but without 

 definite elevations ; the male with a transverse basal depression near each 

 side and a median one on the disc, the female with 2 basal foveae and a 

 slight median longitudinal impression. Elytra as wide as thorax, some- 

 what attenuated posteriorly, with strongly rounded apices, closely and 

 finely rugose-punctate. 



Fern. — Elytra not narrowed behind, apices obtusely rounded. 



This is distinct from species with granulate elytra. 



^ . Length, 2i lines ; breadth, | line. 



Mount Egmont. One pair found by mvself many years ago at an eleva- 

 tion of 3,500 ft. 



3078. Asilis punctipennis sp. nov. 



Depressed, elongate, shining, pitchy-black, the palpi and legs pale 

 fuscous, mandibles quite pallid. 



Head narrower than thorax, rather shorter, indefinitely sculptured, 

 slightly rugose ; finely granulate, with 2 interocular impressions. Mandibles 

 moderately elongate, minutely serrate inwardly. Antennae stout, not at- 

 taining the middle of the elytra, opaque, with dark pubescence ; basal 

 joint attached to a conical pallid prominence, a little longer and thicker 

 than the 2nd, which is stouter but hardly longer than 3rd ; joints 4-10 

 about equal, and a little dilated at the extremity, yet not distinctly serrate ; 

 the terminal elongate, oviform. Thorax strongly transverse, apex trun- 

 cate, base slightly rounded, both with somewhat thickened margins ; lateral 

 margins explanate but not reflexed, obtusely prominent behind the middle, 

 and with a smaller prominence behind, so that there seems to be an evident 

 notch just in front of the acute hind angle ; the disc with a few very minute 

 distant granules, and close to the frontal and basal margins there are more 

 distinct series, there is no well-marked median groove. Scutelhon small, 

 rounded behind. Elytra elongate, parallel, a little broader than thorax, 

 apex rounded ; they have closely placed series of moderately coarse punc- 

 tures, which reach the apices. The pubescence is fine, scanty, and easily 

 rubbed off. 



There is but one species like this, the pale testaceous A. striata, which, 

 however, has almost sulcate elytra. 



Length, l^ lines ; breadth, | fine. 



Raurimu. A single specimen, found in January, 1909. 



