396 Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
proportion to the thorax, very completely covering the undersurface; the scutellum 
is scarcely visible, the base of the thorax being transversely depressed, and a 
little prolonged, so that only a very minute tip of the scutellum is exposed; 
there are no wings. 
Bealey, Helms, half a dozen examples. Though amongst the most minute of the New Zealand 
Coleoptera it is certainly one of the most peculiar. 
Fam. MYCETOPHAGIDZ. 
TRIPHYLLUS. 
Triphyllus huttoni, n. sp.—Ovalis, convexus, minus nitidus, nigricans, antennis 
(clava excepta) pedibusque testaceis, elytrorum humeris rufis ; prothorace densissime 
fortiter, elytris parcius subtiliter, punctatis. Long. 23 m.m. 
Antenne with large stout club, which is dark in colour. Thorax strongly 
transverse, the sides curvate, a good deal narrowed in front, the surface coarsely 
and very densely punctate, the front angles extremely deflexed, the sides finely 
margined. Elytra with very indistinct punctuation, covered like the rest of the 
surface with a very short depressed pubescence, with a well-marked humeral spot. 
This was sent from Otago some years ago by Professor Hutton. It is well distinguished by the 
absence of any serial punctuation or thoracic fovea. 
Triphyllus zealandicus, n. sp.—Ovalis, convexus, sat nitidus, niger, antennis 
(clava excepta) pedibusque testaceis, elytris basi summo rufo, prothorace basi 
apiceque elytrorumque apice szpius plus minusve rufescentibus; thorace crebre 
fortiter punctato, basi utrinque foveola rotundata minuta; elytris parce punctatis, 
ad basin punctis majoribus seriatis impressis. Long. 2im.m. (Plate xm., fig. 1.) 
Although similar to T. huttoni this is of smaller size, and can be very readily 
identified by the serial punctuation and the thoracic fovea. 
Sent in numbers from Otago by Professor Hutton at the same time as T. huttoni. 
Triphyllus maculosus, n. sp.—Ovalis, niger, pubescentia grisea tenuiter 
maculatus. Long. 17 m.m. 
Thorax only very indistinctly punctured, without basal fovea, but with a slight 
depression of the surface at the base near each side. Elytra rather more distinctly 
punctured than the thorax, sparingly pubescent, but with the pubescence a little 
concentrated here and there, forming delicate small spots, and at the apex a figure 
8 on each; there is a slight depression of the surface behind the scutellum, and the 
suture towards the extremity is very finely elevated, though a sutural stria can 
scarcely be said to exists 
Greymouth, Helms, No. 59; Auckland, Lawson. 
