STAPHYLIXIDAK. 373 



3821. Quedius recticeps sp. nov. 



Elongate, nitid ; head and thorax fusco-piceous, elytra and abdomen 

 blackish, the latter evidently iridescent, its lateral margins and basal seg- 

 ments somewhat fusco-rufous ; antennae and legs more or less infuscate ; 

 tarsi and mandibles fulvevscent. 



Head oblong, parallel, with a pair of small shallow punctures behind, 

 and a lateral groove at the back of each eye. Labrum testaceous, slightly 

 medially emarginate. Clypeus short, membranous. Mandibles curved and 

 acute at extremity, each with a sharp inner tooth, tliat of the left smaller 

 and with 2 or 3 denticles in front of it. Thorax rather broader than long, 

 gently curvedly narrowed towards the subtruncate apex, base somewhat 

 rounded, with obtuse angles ; disc apparently smooth, with a pair of fine 

 shallow frontal punctures. Scutellum triangular. Elytra in the middle 

 nearly a third broader than long, not as wide as the thorax, viddely incurved 

 behind, with minute granular sculpture and slender, depressed, ashy puKes- 

 cence. Hind-body elongate, attenuate posteriorly, with more conspicuous 

 hairs than the wing-cases, its sculpture fine, apparently granular, 6th seg- 

 ment longest, smooth and rounded behind, and bearing long outstanding 

 blackish setae. 



Legs moderately slender, tibiae with a few dark setae ; anterior tarsi 

 slightly expanded. Antennae as long as head and thorax, basal joint fusco- 

 testaceous, as long as but thicker than the 3rd ; joints 4-10 diminish, dull, 

 with fine pubescence, the terminal oviform. Eyes small, longitudinally oval, 

 situated near the front. 



Section xi in my cabinet is represented by the North Island Q. xeno- 

 phaenus (3190), but is differentiated by the coloration and labral structure. 



Length, 6| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Mistake Basin, Canterbury. One found amongst dead leaves during 

 October, 1913, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3822. Quedius megophthalmus sp. nov. 



Nitid, head and thorax aeneo-fuscous, the former darker ; elytra and 

 hind-body brassy chestnut-red, with elongate yellow pubescence ; antennae 

 and legs nearly castaneo-rufous. 



Head broadly oval, rather wider than thorax, with a straight series of 

 about 5 distinct punctures alongside each eye, and a pair behind. Eyes 

 very large, oblong-oval, almost entirely covei'ing the sides of the head. 

 Thorax of about equal length and breadth, a little narrowed towards the 

 rounded, somewhat depressed front angles, the base slightly rounded and 

 finely margined, with curvate angles ; with 2 pairs of punctures before the 

 middle, and an equal number across the base. Scutellum large. Elytra 

 scarcely as wide as thorax, nearly a third broader than long, their apices 

 obhquely shortened towards the suture ; they are somewhat indefinitely 

 but not minutely sculptured. Hind-body elongate, very little nairowed 

 posteriorly, with thick terminal styles and ill-defiiied sculpture. 



Antennae shorter than lu ad and thorax, basal joint testaceous, elongate, 

 but not double the length of 2nd. 3rd and 1th longer than broad, joints 

 5-10 subquadrate. Anterior tarsi slightly expanded, basal joint of the 

 posterior fully as long as the next. Labrum truncate in frojit, with a 

 distinct groove along the middle. Palpi rather short. 



LTnderside. except the nigrescent head, castaneous. with yellowish pubes- 

 cence. 



