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iiKidfrately luuiidi'd, ;iii(l widest, before tlie 'iiiddle, siiniiited .iiid 

 naiiowed behind, but almost straight towards tlio sul)acute posterior 

 angks ; thi- basal fossai- are large, they extend nearly to the sides and 

 are sparingly and minutely jtunctured, the mesial groove is slender and 

 ends in a broad shallow impression before the base; its breadtli hardly 

 exceeds the lengtli. Elytra oblong-oval, subdepressed, widest neai- the 

 hind thiglis, l)ut not obviously so, gently nairowed towards the base; 

 the lateral margins arc very distinct and slightly icHexed near the 

 shoulders but becojiie (|uiti' thin towards the apices, tlie inarginal 

 cliannels are only obsoletely sculi)tured; each elytrtui has 7 iat])er fine, 

 minutelyj or indistinctly, i)unctured dorsal striae and plane im])unctate 

 intersi ices, but there are no subapical carinue. Intermediate tibiae 

 sliglitly asperate, and fi'inged with liglit-ferrugiiious si tie externally 

 brlnw the middle; the posti-rior s]>aringly liispid. 



). Length, IG mm. ; brt'adth, 5 J mm. 



Hump Hi<lge, Southland. A single individual was secured, at an 

 elevation of abf>ut .'K">00ft.. in December, 1910, by Mr. A. Pliilprttt, 

 in Avhoso honour this remarkable species has been nanied. 



(ir..ll]i A IJIOCIIAIMUAK. 



3393. Gyrophaena carinulata sp. nov. Gyrophoena Mannerhoim, M;vn. 

 N.Z. Coleopt., p. 87. 



I'jloiigate-oldong, sliglitly convex, shining; the head, thorax, legs, 

 and antennae more or less piceo-rufous, elytra castaneo-rufous, abdomen 

 fusco-j)iceous ; pubescence slendei' but distinct, subeicct, of an ashy line. 



Head laige, yit not (piite as broad as the thorax, finely punctate 

 towards the eyes, smooth along the middle. Thoiax not twice as broad 

 as long, the l)ase rounded, with indefinite angles, its scul])ture like tliat 

 of the liead. Klytia of about tlie saiiie width as the tlmiax, thi ir 

 apices obli(|ue towards the suture, and the base somewhat incurved, 

 80 that in the middle they are no longer than the thoiax ; they have 

 well-maiked sutural stiiae, but the punctation is very tine and distant. 

 Abdomen with its five visilde segments finely jMinctate, as liroad as the 

 elytra, and double their length, the terminal s<'gmentf« retracted; 3rd 

 and 4tli ratiier longer than the others, the 2n<l at the base has about 

 8 longitudinal, rather >liort carinae. tlie 3rd ;iml Ith have a smaller 

 ntimber of less distinct ones. 



Tibiae straight, fringed with hne daik setai-. Tarsi setose, the 

 anterioi- r|uadriarticulate, the others j)entamerous. .Maxillary pal)>i 

 moderately long. The terminal joint acicul.ir and distinct, tlie ])enulti- 

 mate ])iceous, huge, elinigate-oval ; the L'lnl luit little slmrter. aiclu'd 

 externally. 



Antennae rather short, inserted near the fmnt .iml inner ])art of the 

 eyes; basal joint slightly thicker but hardly hmger than the oviform 

 2nd. 3rd and 4th small and iiionili furm. .">tli and Gth slightly larger. 

 7-10 gradually expanded, S-10 (piite transversal, 11th rather sm.ill 

 and not distinctly .sei>arated from tin- broader pinult imate. 



There can be no great dithculty in identifying this species. T\\e 

 teiniinal antennal joint and the transveise series of short carinae on 

 the 2n«l al>dominal .segment are distinctive'. 



[.K'Mgth, 2 mm. ; lireadth. rj mm. 



Tisburv, Invercargill. My specimen is ..ne "f Mr. A. Philpott'R 

 c.'iptures. 



