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structure of 690 is, however, somewhat different, the 9tli and 10th joints 

 being transverse, whereas in the other species referred to tliese articula- 

 tions are evidently longer than broad. In Mr. H. J. Carter's admirable 

 '■ Revision of the Australian Species of Adelinm '' (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.8.W., 

 1908) the author, in my opinion, justifies the separation of the New 

 Zealand species from the true Adelia of Australia by placing ours in 

 Pheloneis. As that has now been done by Dr. H. Gebien in Junk's 

 " Coleopterorum Catalogus," part 28, issued on the 24th March, 1911, I 

 think New Zealand entomologists should acquiesce in that decision. 



Philpottia gen nov. 



Allied to Chalcodrya, but essentially different in several details. 



Maxillary palpi with distinctly cultriform terminal joints, these broadly 

 grooved along the front ; penultimate short, 2nd elongate. Antennae 

 shorter, not attaining the base of thorax, basal joint twice as long as broad, 

 Gth and 8th joints subquadrate, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th not elongate yet 

 longer than broad, 9th rather larger than 7th or 10th, terminal elongate- 

 oval. Head in line with the eyes as wide as the thoracic apex. Labrum 

 transverse, subtruncate in front. Eyes transverse, subrotundate, smaller 

 and less prominent than those of Chalcodrya. Thorax transversely quad- 

 rate, base and apex subtruncate ; anterior angles not projecting, obtusely 

 rectangular, the posterior rounded and obsolete. 



Tibiae minutely bicalcarate. Tarsi elongate and narrow, penultimate 

 joint simple, that of the anterior only half the length of the basal, which is 

 shorter than the 5th ; claws thickened but not distinctly dentiform at the 

 base. 



Anterior coxae prominent, situated very close to the base of the pro- 

 sternum, as distinctly separated from each other as the intermediate pair-. 

 Mesosternum broadly, angularly, and medially concave, the depression with 

 elevated latera' borders. Metasternum elongate. Abdomen composed of 

 6 segments, the basal very i^hort and partly coveied by the femora ; 2nd 

 and 3rd about equal, 4th and 5th rather shorter, the former medially 

 emarginate behind, the latter nearly straight, the terminal strongly rounded 

 and shorter. 



This genus is named in honour of Mr. Alfred Philpott, of Invercargill, 

 who throughout a long course of years has discovered a great many new 

 species, some of which are the types of new and interesting genera 



Obs. — This genus should, I think, together with Chalcodrya and Onysius, 

 be placed in a section distinct from the ordinary Tenebrionidae. My genus 

 Onysius was published in April, 1886 (Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 843), its t}^e 

 0. aiioinahis, 1499, is the same insect as that subsequently described by 

 Dr. Sharp as Malacodrya piclipes (Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc, 1886). 



3752. Philpottia maculatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, subparallel, only slightly convex, subopaque ; elytra of a pale- 

 greyish testaceous hue, becoming faintly viridescent towards the extre- 

 mity, variegated with several oblong and short irregularly formed violaceous 

 spots, which are nude, the rest of their surface is covered with decumbent 

 somewhat silvery-grey pubescence ; head, thorax, tarsi, and antennae more 

 or less fuscous, the base of nearly all the joints of these last paler ; terminal 

 joints of the palpi, the femora, and the claws rufo-fuscous ; tibiae pale 

 green, but yellowish at the base and apex ; the pubescence of the head and 

 thorax is like that of the elytra. 



