DASCYLLIDAK. Jill 



labiuin and ii.andibles lut'o^cent; ilnj pubescence distinct, depressed, of 

 a pale-brassy-'liue for the most part, irregularly distributed, and forming 

 pale spots on the hinder part of the wing-cases. 



Head nearly as bi-oad as the thorax, narrowed and prolonged 

 anteriorly, genae slightly rounded, rather finely and moderately closely 

 granulate. Eyes large, moderately prominent. Thorax quite a third 

 broader than long, feebly bisinuate in front, more strongly at the base; 

 untei-ior angles obtuse and slightly detlexed, the posterior almost 

 rectangular; its sides margined, nearly straight, and narrowly 

 flattened, its sculpture like tliat of tlie head. Elytra thrice the length 

 of the thorax, a little Inoader than it is at the base, with rounded 

 shoulders, gently expanded lieliind; their punctation shallow and in- 

 distinct, in s(jme examples there are a few minute granules in front; 

 the sutui-e is depressed near the base, and just before the middle this 

 depression is furcate or curved outwardly, the enclosed sutural space is 

 broiidly oviform, but ratlier less elevated than the area near each 

 shoulder. 



Antennae moderately elongate, their -ith joint larger than the elongate 

 ^ii'd. Tibiae with distinct spurs. 



Underside fuscfius, slightly nitid, with slender yellowish pubescence, 

 its sculpture moderately close but indefinite, apparently granular. 



Less parallel, more glossy and l^riglitly coloured, and more evidently 

 variegated than .1/. lafeiv/lis, and with somewhat different sculpture. 



Length, 5 mm.; breadtli, 2]iim. 



Mount Hutt. Six specimens: fftuud during February, 1912, by Mr. T. 

 Hall, wliose name it bears. 



Group Tei.ephoridae. 



3567. Asilis fiavipennis sp. nov. Asilis Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1147. 



Subdepressed, elongate, parallel, nitid; head and thorax black, 

 elytra testaceous, legs fuscous, antennae dull sinolcy Ijlaek ; pubescence 

 on thorax ashy, depressed, and extremely fine, that on the elytra coarser, 

 suberect, and flavescent. 



Head smooth. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, apex subtrun- 

 cate, with slightly raised margins, its angles oljsolete ; tlie sides 

 moderately rounded, with strongly reflexed margins, which are broad in 

 the middle but linear elsewhere; base finely yet distinctly margined, 

 subtruncate and overlapping tlie scutellum in the middle but widely 

 sinuate or oblique towards the sides, its angles subrectangular but rather 

 indefinite; disc slightly uneven, its punctation rather fine but shallow 

 and indistinct, with a basal impression at the middle, and anotlier 

 between it and each side. Scutellum triangular, very small. Elytra 

 four times the length of the thorax, of the same width as it is at the 

 base, their sides straight and finely margined; they are moderatelv 

 closely, slightly rugosely, and more coarsely punctured than the thorax. 



Antennae filiform but stout, i-eaching backwards to the posterior 

 femora, densely covered with short, ashy pul^escence ; liasal joint sub- 

 pyriforni but not very thick, 2nd nearly twice as long as broad yet 

 rather shorter than the next, joints 4—11 elongate. 



Tibiae straight, bearing short, suberect, cinereous setae; tarsi 

 moderately elongate, tlieir penultimate joints deeply cleft above, mem- 

 branous underneath, the 5th of the posterior hardly as long as the basal; 

 claws distinctly appendiculate for half their length. 



