MYCKTOrHAGIDAE. 101 



This most nearly resembles T . punctulatus, 405, but is rather larger, 

 distinctly seriate-punctate at the base of the elytra, more strongly 

 bifoveate at the base of the thorax, and with more elongate antennae. 



My 405 was published in June, 1880, and was redescribed by 

 Dr. Sharp as T. concolor in the Trans. Roy. Dub.' Soc, 1886. 



Length, 2J mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Tisbury, Southland. Two from Mr. A. Philpott. 



CrdUp lIlSTKHIDAIO. 



3412. Abraeus phyllobius sp. nov. Abraeus Leach, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 166. 



Subrotundate. moderately convex, glabrous, shining; piceo-nigei', 

 legs pitchy-red, the tarsi, palpi, and intermediate joints of the antennae 

 fusco-testaceous, the club and basal joint fusco-piceous. 



Head finely punctate. Thorax transverse, moderately curvedly 

 narrowed anteriorly, the apex emargmate, with somewhat prominent 

 and slightly deflexed angles, base slightly rounded; its surface 

 moderately finely yet quite distinctly and evenly but not at all closely 

 punctured. Elytra about twice the length of the thorax and closely 

 adapted thereto, with truncate apices; their punctation is exactly like 

 that of the thorax but becomes a little finer behind. Pygidium deflexed. 



Tibiae without definite tarsal furrows; the anterior slightly curved 

 and gradually incrassate, inwardly fringed with fine setae but not denti- 

 culate externally; the intermediate a little expanded, the posterior 

 simple, these pairs with minute terminal spines. Tarsi pentamerous. 



Antennae inserted at the sides of the foi-ehead just before the eye;-' ; 

 basal joint larp-e, subpyriform, notched at the extremity; 2nd cylindric 

 and moderately stout; 3rd much more slender, evidently longer than 

 broad; 4th and 5th subquadrate; 6-8 small and moniliform; club large, 

 ovate, its dense pubescence concealing the articulations. 



Underside nitid, the sternum and basal ventral segment more coarsely 

 punctured than the upper surface. Presternum subtruncate in front, 

 with well-marked cavities at the angles for the reception of the antennal 

 club. 



Elytra Avithout marginal striae. Scutellum minute. 



Length, 1| mm. ; breadth, fully 1 mm. 



Great Barrier Island. I found three in the leaf-mould sent in March, 

 1911, by Mr. Flynn. It is rather larger and less globular than No. 299. 



Group CORYLOPHCDAE. 



3413. Sacina laetans sp. nov. Sacina Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 1071. 



Glossy, oblong-oval, slightly convex; rufo-castaneous, but with a 

 large space behind the middle of the elytra more rufescent, the front of 

 the thorax testaceous and nearly transparent, and the antennae and 

 tarsi also yellowish; it is sparingly clothed with elongate, decumbent, 

 pale-yellowisli pulx'scence. 



Head small, entirely concealed above. Thorax finely margined, about 

 as long as bro^xl, gradually cuivedly narrowed antei'iorly, its apex also 

 rounded and prolonged over the head; the base resting on, but scarcely 

 as wide as, the elytra, slightly oblique towards each side, with rectangular 

 :ingles ; its surface is very finely and distantly punctured, and has a 

 fine groove at each side behind the middle. Scutellum large, rounded 



