Coleoptera from New Zealand. 165 
visible striz ; along the sides a few long slender sete occur ; 
the broad pygidium is uncovered. 
Antenne stout, they reach backwards to the shoulders, 
pubescent ; second joint almost as long and stout as the first, 
not quite glabrous, 3 to 10 moniliform, third not longer 
than fourth, only about half the bulk of the second, eleventh 
largest. Mawillary palpi stout, not elongate, the penultimate 
joint somewhat dilated on the inner side, so as to be sub- 
securiform, the terminal short and indistinct. Legs elongate, 
with fine sete ; anterior tibie stout, much bent, and some- 
what thickened near the extremity ; tars? with small joints, 
none expanded, claws slender. No eyes can be detected. 
This is congeneric with No. 1644; it is slightly larger, the 
thorax is much less contracted behind, and the humeral 
margins are more distinct and explanate. Dr. Sharp’s 
Cillenum subcecum has a transverse thorax. It bears more 
resemblance to the Kuropean Andllus cecus than to the New 
Zealand Cillena. 
Length ¢, breadth quite 4 line. 
Riccarton Bush, Christchurch. One found by Mr. H. 
Suter amongst leaves on the ground, May 1893. 
Group Pselaphide. 
TYROGETUS, gen. nov. 
Body elongate, narrowed anteriorly, slightly convex. 
Head oval. Antennal tubercles prominent, almost connate, 
they extend forwards as far, or nearly as far, as the muzzle. 
Maxillary palpi elongate, nearly as long as the antenne, first 
joint small, second curvate, very slender and stalk-like for 
more than half its length, its apical portion clavate and ovi- 
form ; third nearly as long as the preceding one, its clavate 
portion nearly half the whole length, the basal part forms a 
straight slender stem; fourth about as long as the third, its 
apical half more gradually and less clavate, this portion 
appears to be cleft longitudinally, as in Pselaphus, the basal 
part is stalk-like. Antenne 11-articulate. Tears? rather 
short, basal joint small, second and third about equal; with 
two small claws, these, however, are so closely applied to 
each other as to appear like one. yes small, coarsely 
facetted, situated at the middle of each side of the head. 
This is distinct from Tyrus. The hind body is more like 
that of Pselaphus. Tychus has but one claw. The Austra- 
lian genera 7yraphus, Gerallus, and Durbos appear, according 
to their descriptions, to be very different in some important 
points. 
