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behind them, and with a pair of punctures at the basal margin ; clypeus 

 membranous, short and dark ; labrum not emarginate but with a broad 

 groove along the centre. Eyes longitudinally oval, nearly flat, covering 

 more than half of the sides of the head. Thorax slightly longer than broad, 

 base and hind angles rounded, its sides finely margined, nearly straight, but 

 very gently narrowed anteriorly, apex widely emarginate, with obtuse some- 

 what deflexed angles ; disc distinctly quadripunctate along each side of the 

 middle, more finely tripunctate near each side of the apex, between each 

 side and the submedian series there are 9 irregularly placed punctures, and 

 there are some fine ones on the basal margin. Scutellum large, triangular, 

 with minute, distant, subgranular sculpture. Elytra rather broader than 

 long, apices with rounded angles but oblique towards the suture, with 

 moderately close punctiform sculpture. Hind-body elongate, irreguarly and 

 rather finely punctate, terminal styles moderate. 



Tibae finely spinose, anterior tarsi only moderately expanded. 



Antennae not as long as the head and thorax, their 3rd joint rathei- 

 shorter than the basal but slightly longer than 2nd, joints 4-10 subequal, 

 dull and minutely pubescent, the penultimate rather longer than broad. 



The thorax is like that of Q. pxncticollis, 2703, but it is emarginate in 

 front, the head is evidently elongate- oval, the mandibles are shorter, the 

 labrum is more prominent and has a well-marked central groove, and the 

 insect itself is larger. 



The New Zealand species in my cabinet are divided into sixteen 

 sections ; these two belong to Section VI. 



$. Length, 9| mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. One female, found on the 13th April, 

 1913, during a wet, stormy day, by Mr. L. Burrows, of Methven, after 

 whom it has been named. 



3692. Quedius hirtipennis sp. nov. 



Elongate, head and thorax glossy aeneo-niger, with some long fuscous 

 setae, elytra thickly covered with decumbent yellowish hairs, hind-body 

 slightly variegated chestnut-brown, with less conspicuous pubescence ; 

 legs fusco-testaceous, basal joint of antennae yellow, 2-4 less so, 5-11 

 infuscate. 



Head oviform, narrower than thorax, smooth along the middle, bi- 

 punctate alongside the eyes, closely and finely punctate behind them, and 

 with an oblique pair of punctures there. Eyes occupying half the sides of the 

 head. Thorax rather broader than long, base and posterior angles rounded, 

 its sides slightly curvedly narrowed towards the truncate apex, anterior 

 angles obtuse and deflexed ; disc bipunctate at each side of the middle, 

 the lateral and basal niargins with a few fine punctures ; near each side 

 there is a shallow rotundate fovea in front, and an elongate impression 

 farther back. Scutellum large, triangular, of a pale-chestnut hue, pubescent 

 and finely punctate. Elytra subquadrate, with oblique apices, their 

 close punctation much concealed by the vestiture. Hind-body gradually 

 attenuate posteriorly, rather more than half the whole length, somewhat 

 irregularly and finely punctured, bearing many long nigrescent setae 

 towards the extremity, its last segment strongly rounded behind, terminal 

 appendages of moderate length. 



Anterior tarsi with strongly dilated transverse basal articulations, the 

 terminal joint slender. 



