376 Suare—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
unguiculi are but little curved, and as they project considerably beyond the joint 
itself, the foot has at first sight the appearance of being like that of the Phyto- 
phaga. The basal joint of the maxillary palpi is minute, the second elongate and 
slender, the third oval, the fourth very minute; the other parts of the mouth I 
cannot see sufficiently for description. The antennz are inserted near the front 
of the head, and there is no trace of any tubercle at their point of insertion; they 
are eleyen-jointed. The genz are strongly margined. The side-piece of the 
thorax is large, almost triangular in form, and projects downwards and inwards, 
so that in its form and position it much resembles that of the Pzederini. The 
front coxee are very exserted, and of the ordinary Aleocharoid form. The middle 
coxee are contiguous, the metasternum rather elongate. 
This peculiar little form is, I have little doubt, correctly placed in the Aleo- 
charini, though the thoracic structure is a little like that of the Pederini. The 
number of joints in the tarsi range it in the Aleocharates, but I do not know of any 
near ally to it. 
Aphytopus gracilis, n. sp.—Angustulus, rufotestaceus, elytris versus apicem, 
abdomine ante apicem antennisque extrorsum fuscescentibus ; prothorace sub- 
quadrato dense fortiterque punctato, dorso vix perspicue longitudinaliter biim- 
presso. Long. 3 m.m. 
Antenne slender, but distinctly thicker from the third joint to the apex, 
second remarkably elongate, equal to the first, and twice as long as the slender 
third joint; the two penultimate joints transverse; terminal joint rather elongate, 
acuminate. Head narrow, narrower than the thorax, and only about half as 
broad as the elytra, gradually narrowed behind the eyes, rather closely punctate, 
and bearing a fine erect pubescence. Thorax much narrower than the elytra, 
broader than long; the base and the sides nearly straight, the latter rounded at 
the front angles; the surface dull, unusually densely and distinctly punctate. 
Elytra a good deal longer than the thorax, rather coarsely, not densely punctate. 
Hind body with the basal segments densely, the apical obsoletely punctate. 
Legs pale yellow. 
The only example I have seen was sent to me many years ago by Mr. Lawson 
from Auckland. 
CaFIoQuEDUS (noy. gen. Quediinarum). 
Prothorax lateribus ad basin mediocriter inflexis, antice haud inflexis, lineis 
marginalibus tantum ad angulos anteriores conjunctis, his valde deflexis, rotundatis, 
breviter liberis. Genz immarginate. Tarsi anteriores in utroque sexu modice 
dilatati. 
