14 COLKOPTEHA. 



more ahiupt, and tlu- siilrs of llic elytra ate almost straight instead of being 

 gently curved from the l)ase Ijackwards ; tlie series ol punctures usually 

 unite l)V pairs at the base. The difTerence between the discoidal and lateral 

 sculpture of the thorax is stronj,dy marked. 



Length. \.\ lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Waimarino. January, 1909. A single individual. Found amongst de- 

 caying leaves in the forest. 



(iroup S'l Ai'ini-iMDAK. 



3034. Quedius tinctellus sp. nov. (icn.. Lacordaire. Hist, des Ins. 



("oleopt., torn. ii. \). M4. 



Elongate, slightly convex, shining : black, the head and thora.v slightly 

 violaceous, hind-body a little iridescent, the legs and basal joint of antennae 

 piceous. remaining joints, the knees, and tarsi fusco-rufous. 



Hrad elongate, oviform, distinctly but finely and not at all closely punc- 

 tured, with 3 large j)unctures alongside each eye and 2 near the base. The 

 ch/pcus pallid and membranous. Labium deeply emarginate in the middle, 

 and with a mass of conspicuous yellow setae in front. Mandibles and palpi 

 piceo-rufous. Thorax nearly as long as broad, posterior angles obtusely 

 rounded, its sides finely margined and gradually narrowed anteriorly ; the 

 disc more tinelv punctured than the head, the sides more definitely ; there 

 are 4 large apical punctures, 2 before the middle, about <i at the base, and 1 

 at each side. Scutrlluiii large, moderately coarsely punctate. Ehjira a 

 fourth broader than long, apices oblique towards the suture, moderately 

 coarsely and closely sculptured, and clothed with ash-coloured hairs. Hind- 

 body elongate, rather more coarsely sculptured than the wing-cases and 

 similarly pubescent, 6th segment rounded behind and somewhat rufescent, 

 the styles dark and elongate. 



Antennae quite as long as head and thorax. 2nd joint as long as the 3rd, 

 the penultimate longer than l)r()ad. I'Ji/rs large, of normal form. .Anterior 

 farsi dilated. 



We have no similar described species. W lien turn(>d towards the liglit 

 it is a beautiful insect. 



,^ . Length, 5 lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Waimarino. I secured two males. 



3035. Quedius aeneiventris sp. nov. 



Subde pressed, moderately nitid : head and thorax cupreo-fuscous : elytra 

 and abdomen pale Virown, the latter brassy and iridescent; the fe.nu)ra, tarsi, 

 and basal joint of antennae fusco-testaceous, remaining joints and the tibiae 

 fuscous. 



Hind elongate, oval, with minute coriacetnis sculpture ; there are 3 

 punctures near each eye, 1 behind each, and 4 near the base. Thorax of 

 about equal length and breadth, moderately rounded near the base and 

 gradually narrowed towards the front ; the surface sculptured like the 

 head : with 10 liasal punctures, 6 discoidal, 2 apical, and I at each side. 

 Sculellum short, closely punctured. Elytra twice as broad as long, apices 

 obli(|ue towards the smooth suture, finely and closely sculptured, flind- 

 bixly elongate, with line rugose sculpture, and in some asjx'cts of a distinctly 

 brassy lustie. 



( lypeus pale, f.abnnii meiliallv impressed in front. Eyes lai'ge, of 

 the usual shajx'. Antennae, the basal articulation excepted, opaijue ; lOth 

 joint longer than In-oml ; they reach backwards to the base of tlie tliorax. 



