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uutldlo and, like the base, densely ciliate with sliort I'ulvcscent setae; 

 its punctation is like that of the head, but more distant, and rather 

 ci.arser behind than in front. Elytra of the same width as the tliorax 

 at the base, just double its lengtli, rounded posteriorly, their reflexed 

 margins fringed with rather coarser setae than tlie thorax, and with 

 s!i(trt <'reet i'ulvous ones, which, however, ;iic absent Irnm the disc; 

 they are irregularly sculptured, some of the punctures being as fine as 

 those on the thorax, the otliers, near the base and suture, ai-e eoars<'i-; 

 each elytron is broadly, but nnly slightly, bicostate from the base to 

 beyond the middle. 



Anterior tibiae, elongate and distinctly arcuate, with 5 external 

 teeth, the frontal pair the most prominent, and, in addition to the pro- 

 jecting apical calcar, there are 2 protuberances on the inside, at the 

 extremity, the lower more spiniform than the upper; intermediate 

 tibiae thickly setose, the upper and lower apical angles acutely prolonged, 

 with a distinct external tooth below the middle; the posterior similarly 

 setose, with a small indistinct outer tooth, the apical angles less pro- 

 duced. 



Scape Hexuous, incrassate towards the extremity; basal joint of the 

 funiculus distinctly smaller than the 2nd or 3rd, which are laiger than 

 tlie others, and, like them, obtusely ])roduced inwardly; elul) densely 

 pubescent. 



Mandibles stout, strongly curved, the left slightly subangulate in- 

 wardly before the middle; the teeth just behind that point are large and 

 prolonged inwardly so as to cross each other at the extremity, at some 

 distance from the labrum ; the upper teeth, directly over the lower ones, 

 aio obtusely triangular, but. being mucli shorter, are distant from each 

 other at the extremity. 



Most nearly resembles the male of T.. ocmenus, 3472. The mandiblts 

 nie of tlio same length as those of the smaller specimens of L. helms', 

 l.'{65. A careful inspection of the structiire of the tibiae and labruni. 

 without reference to other details, Avill prove at once that this is 

 materially different from every other species of the genus. 



(?. Length (mandibles inclusive), 26 mm.; breadth, 12 mm. 



Hump Ridge, near Invcrcargill. It is with pleasure that 1 attach 

 the name of its di.scoverer, Mr. A. Philpott, to this speoios, which was 

 found at an altitude of 3,500 ft. in February, TOIL 



(!rnl||i ( 'ni'lilliAK. 



3117. Saphobius laticollis sj). nov. Sapliohius Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. *_*55. 



Convex, short, oviform, uitid; sparingly clotlied with fulvescent, 

 moderately .slender setae, which on (he tliorax are stiaight and depressed, 

 but on the elytra are distinctly curled; rufo-castaneous, legs rufescent, 

 the posteiior darker, antennae testaceous. 



Head distinctly but not veiv clo.sely punctured, evidently l)identate 

 in front. Thorax widely emarginate at the apex, the bn-adth just 

 double the length in the middle, the rectangulai-. tliough not acute, 

 posterior angles slightly, yet quite definitely, wider than the base of the 

 elytra, its sides, nearly straight, but oblique near the acute anterior 

 angles ; its sculpture is not close, and consists of oval rings, each of 

 which has a minute central puncture; the tnedian groove does not reach 

 the apex; there is a shallow oblique impression near each side in front. 

 Elytra twice as long as the thorax, narrower tlian it is at tlie base, with 



