151 t'0LH01"J'KRA. 



(laws tliickuiiril at tlir base, often closely applied to each othei', and 

 thus appeai'ing like thick single claws. 



Underside opaque, piceous, without visible seidptuie, with many 

 depressed, short, slender brassy sitaf. Anterloi coxae proniinent, dis- 

 tinctly separated, their cavities open. Prosternal process piojecting just 

 beyond the coxae, and extending into the rathei- bioad mesosternal 

 cavity. Metasternum witli a fine groove along the middle. 



The peculiar vestiturc will lead at once to the identihcation of this 

 species. 



JiCngth, 1 nnn. ; breadth, iijUim. 



Metliven, Canterbury. Discoveied by Mr. 'W Hall, who kindly sent 

 me a dozen specimens in December, 1911. 



351*'. llydora lanigera sp. nov. 



Siibti})a(ine, f usco-]>iceous ; the eiytru and middle of thoiax covered 

 with decumbent and suberect slender brassy setae; the remainder of 

 the body and the front tibiae with short dark -woolly pubescence, on 

 the head the hairs aie coarser and almost form cilia over the eyes; the 

 basal two joints of the antennae and the claws are castaneous. 



Head very closely and finely punctured. Thorax, at the base, rather 

 broader than it is long, gradually narrowed towards the front, with 

 acutely rectangtilar posterior angles ; its surface densely and finely yet 

 quite distinctly punctate, but often smeared with slimy matter which 

 conceals the sculpture; it is not uneven, having only a short linear 

 impression along the middle, and rather indistinct basal plicae. 

 Scutellum distinct. Elytra thrice the length of the thorax, very little 

 broader than it is at the base, their sides nearly straight, the margins 

 most distinct near the middle; they are finely substriate-ptmctate nearly 

 to the extremity, and near the base of each elytron, between the stitural 

 and 2nd striae, there is an oblique series of punctures. 



Legs elongate, the tibiae unusually thick. 



Antennae with their 2nd joint slightly stouter than but only about 

 half the length of the 1st, both of these bear outstanding setae; 3rd 

 nearly as long as the 2nd but very slender near the base, joints 4-10 

 successively expanded and abbreviated, the terminal conical and rather 

 longer. 



Underside finely and indistinctly sculptured, thinly clothed with 

 rather elongate yellowish hairs. Terminal ventral segment as long as the 

 basal, distinctly emarginate at the apex. Prosternal process scarcely 

 projecting beyond the coxae. 



Largei- than //. vestita, with evidently thicker legs and tai-si. The_ 

 short Avoolly clothing of the anterior tibiae, the coarse hairs that extend 

 over the eyes and the paler basal joints of the antennae, and the more 

 elongate pubescence of the under-surface render this species abundantly 

 distinct from any other. 



Length, 5 mm.; breadth, quite Ih mm. 



Ardagh, near Methven. Four individuals were forwarded by Mr. T. 

 Hall during January and February, 1912. 



3517. Hydora subaenea sp. nov. 



Nil id, aeni'o-piceous, legs rufo-piceous, tarsi more rufcscent, the 

 c'laws and basal joints of the antennae fulvcscent; thiidy clothed with 

 curled and suberect slender brassv setae. 



