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pubescence, which itself is encroached on by small bare spaces; apices singly 
rounded ; femora piceous, but little paler at the base; tibize sordid testaceous, with 
a few long erect hairs; tarsi rather more dilute. 
Greymouth, Helms; a single example, in very bad preservation. No. 128. 
XYLOTOLES. 
Xylotoles germanus, n. sp.—X. nano proxime affinis, sed antennis tenuioribus 
articulo tertio quarto evidenter longiore facile distinguendus. Parvus, fusco- 
testaceo-cupreus, pube grisea vestitus, elytris plus minusve fusco-variegatis ; pedibus 
antennisque testaceis, his articulis apice fuscescente, illis femoribus extrorsum 
fuscis. Long 33-43 m.m. 
Though very similar to the smaller examples of X. nanus, I have no doubt this 
is distinct, as, in addition to the structure of the antenne mentioned above, it 
exhibits other differences, being of shorter form, with shorter thorax and meta- 
sternum. Like X. nanus, it varies a good deal in colour. 
Dunedin, Professor Hutton ; a small series of examples. 
Xylotoles fasciatus, n. sp.—Minimus, niger, subsenescens, pube grisea varie- 
gatus, elytris post medium fascia conspicua pallida, tibiis testaceo-annulatis, 
antennis fuscis, articulis basi testaceo. Long. 3 m.m. 
This, the smallest species of the genus, is very distinct from X. germanus, the 
elytra having the minute punctuation more sparing and distinct. The antennze 
are slender, with the third joint much longer than the fourth. The thorax is 
cylindrical, elongate. The elytra are very slender, with curved sides, a fine 
sutural stria, a few coarse punctures at the base, with a well-marked pallid fascia 
some distance before the apex, and a very minute pallid pubescence irregularly 
distributed on the basal part. 
Bealey, Helms; a single example. 
STENELLIPSIS. 
Stenellipsis cuneata, n. sp.—Minus elongata, elytris ad apicem attenuatis ; 
nigricans, supra fusco-rufa, tenuiter griseo-vestita, elytris ad latera ante medium 
vage ochraceo-plagiatis, ultra medium vage angulariter griseo-fasciatis. Long. 
7mm. (Plate xu, fig. 21.) 
Antenne reaching to the extremity of the body, the joints a little infuscate 
towards their apices, from the base to the sixth joint feebly ciliate beneath. Thorax 
with the sides rounded, feebly constricted in front and behind, densely and finely 
punctate, obscure reddish in colour, evenly covered with fine griseous pubescence. 
Elytra only a little broader than the thorax, but with prominent shoulders, similar 
in colour to the thorax, but unevenly pubescent, there being a nearly denuded 
