Coleoptera from New Zealand. 183 
Head, including the eyes, obviously wider than the front of 
the thorax, the middle flat and polished, and apparently with- 
out pubescence. Thorax a good deal longer than broad, rather 
wider at the base than it is in the middle; at each side there 
is a large impression which appears to be united to its fellow 
by a transverse groove, the basal region therefore seems to be 
constricted, there are no well-marked fovee. Elytra oviform, 
widest near the middle, the shoulders so raised that the whole 
intervening space appears depressed ; they are not distinctly 
punctured. Legs slender ; tebie straight, the front pair with 
more distinct pubescence than the others. 
Antenne elongate, pubescent, the last four joints dilated ; 
first joint scarcely at all shorter than the second ; third rather 
more slender and shorter than the second, nearly twice as long 
. as itis broad; fourth and fifth about equal, slightly longer 
than broad; sixth and seventh bead-hke; eighth slightly 
longer than broad, about twice the size of the seventh, but 
not so broad as the ninth, which, though transverse, is not as 
short as the tenth, these joints rather loosely articulated ; 
eleventh conical, longer but not broader than the tenth. 
Maxillary palpt with the third joint large, straight outside, 
curvate inside ; the fourth distinct, nearly as wide at the base 
as the apex of the third, acuminate. 
This is an easily recognized species. The eyes are very 
large ; the surface, owing to the very slender scanty pubes- 
cence, appears more polished or glossy than usual; and the 
basal antennal joint is longer than in its allies, though not 
elongated as in Clidicus and Mastigus. I have little doubt 
it will become the type of a new genus. 
Length 2, breadth quite } line. 
Hunua Range, near Drury. A single specimen. 
Group Colydiide. 
PROTARPHIUS, gen. nov. 
Body oblong, not elongate, transversely convex. Eyes 
rather small but prominent. Antenne 11-articulate, their 
basal joint much hidden above ; club large, abruptly 2-jointed, 
Terminal joint of maxillary palpi broad at the base, narrowed 
apically. Tarsi rather short and stout, setose below; second 
and third joints equally short, the first longer than the second, 
fourth rather longer than the preceding three. pipleure 
broad, gradually narrowed posteriorly, linear at the extreme 
apex only. Prosternum widely and deeply incurved in front, 
