BY MALCOLM CAMERON. 409 



Antennse with 2nd and 3rd joints subeqnal, 4th and 5th 

 scarcely longer than broad, 6th to 10th slightly transverse. 

 Thorax as long as broad, a little narrower behind, the sides 

 straight ; disc with very narrow shining median line, snlcate 

 behind and slightly impressed on either side before the base ; 

 the surface covered with close and rather fine granules. 

 Elytra broader and longer than the thorax, distinctly longer 

 than broad, parallel, moderately finely, somewhat superficially, 

 not asperately punctured. Abdomen finely, moderately closely 

 punctured. 

 Mt. Poi, 5000 feet, a single specimen. 



Medon (Lithocharis) ochraceous Gr. 



Mt. Poi, three examples. 



Staphylininje . 



MeTOPONCUS NIGER n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, parallel, black moderately shining. 

 Antennae with the first two joints and apex of the last ferru- 

 ginous. Legs black, tarsi yellow. Length 5.2 mm. Faries of 

 M. longiceps Slip., but narrower and a little smaller, the 

 head and thorax more punctured and the 1st joint of antenna' 

 less dilated. Head much longer than broad, longer and 

 wider than the thorax, the sides quite parallel, the posterior 

 angles rounded, frontal furrows very deep, separated from each 

 other by a prominent well developed keel, the lateral short, 

 superficial, longitudinal, front with raised lines forming a Y, 

 the arms extending to the insertion of the antenn;p, the 

 surface moderately finely and moderately closely punctvu'ed. 

 .\ntennap with the 1st joint dilated towards apex. 2nd scarcely 

 longer than broad. 3rd to 10th transverse, compressed 

 gradually increasing in width, the penultimate about four times 

 broader than long, 11th long, conical. Thorax much longer 

 than broad, narrowed behind on either side of the middle, with 

 two large punctures one at about the level of the first and 

 second thirds, the other about the level of the second and 

 posterior thirds, and occasionally with a few smaller, widely 

 separated punctures. Scutellum bipunctate. Elytra as long 

 as but broader than the thorax, much longer than broad, very 

 sparingly, scarcely perceptibly punctured. Abdomen very 

 sparingly, scarcely perceptibly punctured. 



Mt. Penrissen, 4000 feet., two speciniens, 



