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3425. Phymatophaea fuscitarsis sp. nov. 



Variegate, moderately nitid, fusco-castaneous, the apex and base of 

 thorax, the sides and apices of the elytra, paler; legs and basal joint 

 of antennae testaceous, tarsi fnscous; pubescence grey, unevenly dis- 

 tributed, suberect. 



Head very coarsely punctate, Avith linear interstices. Eyes very 

 prominent, projecting beyond the widest part of the thorax. Antennae 

 elongate, the club opaque, its terminal joint pyriform, much narrowed 

 towards the base, and shorter than the penultimate. Thorax as long 

 as it is broad, only moderately dilated and rounded behind the middle, 

 its punctation not quite as coarse and close as that of the head. 

 Elytra rather broader than the thorax at the base, only slightly 

 expanded behind, subseriate-punctate, the punctures well marked, not 

 quite regular, and becoming obsolete on the paler apical portion ; their 

 surface not (juite plane, with a slight sutural depression near the base, 

 but without well-defined elevations or costae. 



Tarsi similar to those of P. sculptipennis, but with the claws less 

 thickened at the base, rygidium uncovered and quite black. 



This should be placed near Pascoe's P. opiloides. 



Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Wainuiomata, Wellington. I am indebted to Mr. G. Y. Hudson for 

 a specimen. 



3426. Phymatophaea breviclava sp. nov. 



Variegate, moderately shining; dai'k fuscous; the elytra with obscure 

 greyish marks which form a pair of indefinite fasciae before the middle, 

 these unite with an equally obscure longitudinal vitta near each side, 

 apices similarly pallid ; legs more or less fusco-testaceous, antennae 

 and tarsi rather darker; irregularly clothed with slender greyish hairs. 



Head and thorax closely and coarsely punctate ; the former, including 

 the large prominent eyes, is fully as broad as the thorax, which is 

 dilated laterally behind the middle, and above bears a pair of small 

 obtuse nodules near the front, and another even less distinct pair near 

 the base. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, almost parallel- 

 sided; very slightly unlevel above, with deeper and more definite punc- 

 tures than those on the thorax; these are subsei-iate, but the pale 

 posterifir ]-)art is only obsoletely sculptured. 



Antennae only moderately elongate, of normal structure, Init -with 

 an unusually short club, its basal joint being elongate-triangular, the 

 2nd scarcely any longer than it is broad, and the terminal subrotundate 

 but hardly longer than its predecessor. 



The structure of the club is distinctive; it is not, however, a sexual 

 cliaracter ; in other respects it is allied to the P. opiloides section of 

 the genus. 



Length, 4 mm.; breadth, nearly H nnn. 



Kaitoke, Wellington. The only available exaniple is also from 

 Mr. Hudson's collection. 



Group M lu.Yiun.MC. 



3427. Dasytes laevulifrons sp. nov. Dasytes Pavkull, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 328. 



Elongate, narrowed anteriorly, subopaque, spai-ingly clothed with 

 short, curled, greyish hairs; unif(M-mly dark cyaneous; the palpi, 

 antennae, and legs piceo-niger. 



