i Is C'OI.Kdl'TKUA. 



3435. Lyperocharis agilis sp. nov. 



Bddv sliglitlv uitid. varyiiifj; from fusco-castaiieuus to an obscure 

 fulvescviit hue; legs chestnut-red or t'ulvescent, the anterior usually 

 paler; i)alpi and basal joints of antennae more or less testaceous, 

 terminal joints of llicsc latter ftist'iuis; jiubescenee VLllowish. slender, 

 and dft'iiiiilxnt , but iiiteiiningli'il with a few sh'iidci- crt-ct svtiw on the 



Head rather closely and hnely, yi't (juite definitely, puiictui'ed; the 

 thorax with nearly siinilai- tliough rather finer sculptnie. Elytra 

 without sutural striae, modi'i'ately closely and finely and somewhat 

 transversely rugose. 



Antcnnjie fii'.ely pubesc< lit, basal two joints stoiit and cylindrie, the 

 1st the longer, -b-d a little longer than I)road, joints 4-8 almost trans- 

 v«-i-se', !)tli and 10th subiiuadrate, evidently, Init not abi-u])t]v eidarged,. 

 the terminal as broad as tlie penultimate but distinctly longer. 



Underside rufo-castaneous, the abdomen closely and finely ])unctate. 

 rathei' densely covered with yellowish i)ubeseence. 



l^ength, H mm. ; breadth, | nun. 



Waimarino; elevation, 2,700 ft. First found during January, 190!). 

 afterwards at Erua in 1910 and 1911, and picked out of leaf-mould 

 collected by Mr. W. J. Guinness near Mount Ngauruhoe. Altogether 

 nearly a dozen individuals have been secured, amongst decaying leaves 

 only. The agility of tliis minute terrestrial beetle is really wondei'ful. 



Nothotelus gen. nov. 



Subcylindric. Head subrotundate, truncate in front of the antenn.ae; 

 epistome transversely (piadrate, its frontal suture straight ; labrum pro- 

 minent, transvei-se. P^yes, singly, broadly divided in the middle, the 

 inner or u])per portion obli(|uely longitudinal and narrow, the frontal 

 and lower is broader and situated below the antenna, the interval between 

 these parts is as Avide as either of tliem. Antennae longer than the 

 head and thoi-ax, moderately stout, each inserted in a rounded impression 

 between and just in front of the separate parts of the eye; their basal 

 two joints oblong and about <'(|ual ; 3rd snurll, subquadrate; joints 4-10 

 diffei' but little, all are longer than broad, none expanded; 11th also 

 narrow. Thorax transverse, cui'vedly nariowed anteriorly, with de- 

 pressed and broadly rounded anterior angles, the posterior neaidy 

 rectangular: it is onlv a fifth of the length of the elytra. Seutellum 

 triangular. 



Tiliiae stiaiglit, the posterioi' I'ather longer thaji the anterior, with 

 short, minutely pectinate terminal sjiurs. Anterior tarsi moderately 

 broad; basal joint largest, oblong; 2n(l quadrati' ; '.\n\ sidjtriangulai- ; 

 4tli short, apparently entire; 5th modeiately slender, but not very 

 elongate: the posterior elongate; basal joint ((uite lialf as long as the 

 tibiae, considerably longer than the others combined; 2nd latlier longer 

 than 4th; 3rd rather short and broad, eidire, somewhat prolonged 

 underneath : claws sim]»le. 



Palpi with elongate, cultriform terminal joints, that of the lal)ial 

 shortei' ami thinner thaii the maxillary. 



Front coxae elongate and ]tromin<'nt, slightly se)»arated in front by 

 an atMit<' angulation, whieli, liowever, is not elevated nor prolonged 

 backwards; tlie tronchanters distinct; coxal cavities not open above, 

 moderately distant from the incurved prosternal margin. Mesosternum 

 m)t abl)reviated, without any raised pi'ooess, but acntelv piolonged half- 



