380 , Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
This species is one of a group found in New Zealand. Its nearest ally is 
Quedius wakefieldi Fauv. in litt., but the two differ in almost all their details. 
Bea ley. Helms, one female. 
PHANOPHILUS (nov. gen. Peederinorum). 
Labrum magnum, medio emarginatum; caput rotundatum, collo sat lato; 
antenne graciles haud fracte. ‘Tarsi anteriores late dilatati; tibize anteriores 
intus subsimplices: tarsi posteriores sat graciles articulo basale quam secundo vix 
longiore. Generis typus Lithocharis comptus Broun. 
This genus, though without any very salient characters, is evidently abundantly 
distinct from any known, and should be placed near Lathrobium and Domene, and 
this also is M. Fauvel’s opinion. It has not the facies of any of these forms, and 
is, I think, more like Peederus in this respect. From Lithocharis it is abundantly 
distinct by the form of the labrum, by the strongly dilated front tarsi, and the 
proportions of the joints of the hind feet. From Lathrobium and Domene it is 
distinguished by the almost simple front tibize, which are nearly straight exter- 
nally, and have their lower portion only very slightly flattened or shaved off, as 
well as by the suborbicular thorax. The mandibles are elongate, strongly 
bidentate towards the base. The head is large, suborbicular, and the slender 
antennze are very widely separated ; the clypeus is apparent as a strip of white 
membrane behind the labrum. The basal ventral segment is strongly carinate at 
the base. I am acquainted with only a single female; it has the last ventral plate 
angular in the middle like many Lathrobia. 
CoprostyGnus (noy. gen. Oxytelinorum). 
Generis Coprophili facie et affinitate. Clypeus sat magnus, sutura profunda, 
arcuata delimitatus ; mentum in medio obtuse acuminatum fere rotundatum ; palpi 
breves, maxillarium articulo penultimo brevissimo, quam ultimo triplo breviore. 
Tarsi quinque articulati, articulis quatuor basalibus per brevibus; tibize anteriores 
extus versus apicem parce breviterque spinulosz. 
The insect for which this genus is established is closely allied to the European 
Coprophilus, but the numerous differences in some points of detail, which are 
mentioned above, render it a proper course, I think, to separate it. The species 
has the slender build of the neighbourimg genus Acrognathus. 
Coprostygnus sculptipennis, n. sp.—Elongatus, niger, nitidus, antennis pedi- 
busque rufo-piceis ; prothorace fortiter punctato, ineequali; elytris lineis elevatis 
exaratis. Long 6-63 m.m. (Plate xn, fig. 14.) 
Antenne stout, very loosely articulated, penultimate joint scarcely so long as 
