392 On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 
the punctures less numerous near the base and sides. Sew- 
tellum nearly smooth. lytra oblong, the shoulders some- 
what swollen and smooth; the dorsum rather coarsely but 
not very regularly punctured; the sculpture becomes serial 
and forms strize behind, the sutural strie become obsolete 
towards the base. Legs with greyish pubescence. 
The sculpture is coarser than usual and the lateral margins 
of the thorax are broader. In Nos. 1094 and 1098 the head 
is quite smooth or only very minutely punctured. 
g. Antenne thicker, second joint not longer than broad. 
Front angles of thorax acutely rectangular, less depressed. 
Legs and tarsi more robust. 
Length 23, breadth 1} lines. 
Waitakere Range and Pokeno Valley. 
Aphilon laticollis, sp. n. 
Convex, hemispherical, glabrous, shining, bronze-black ; 
legs and antennz rufo-testaceous. 
Head a little uneven. Thorax strongly transverse, its sides 
finely margined and curved, much more narrowed in front 
than behind, the apex widely incurved, anterior angles some- 
what rounded ; its surface finely, distinctly, but not closely 
punctured, the sides nearly smooth. Sewte//um triangular. 
Elytra punctate, the larger punctures do not form regular 
series, the smaller ones are interposed longitudinally. Legs 
stout, the tibia curved and a little dilated below the middle. 
Antenne longer than the head and thorax; first joint thick 
and dilated inwardly, second thicker but much shorter than 
the third; third, fourth, and fifth elongate and nearly equal, 
6 to 8 longer than broad, seventh rather longer than the con- 
tiguous ones, ninth and tenth nearly similar to the eighth, 
eleventh rather longer than the tenth. 
In No. 1106 the sides of the thorax are nearly straight. 
In No. 1105 the thorax and elytra are more coarsely punc- 
tured. ‘The female of No. 1556 has the thorax much longer 
in the middle and the front angles do not extend outside the 
eyes. In A. laticollis the thorax is broader and the terminal 
joint of the palpi is obtuse at the extremity. 
?. Length 13, breadth 14 lines. 
Thames. Mr. Albert Koebele gave me a specimen. 
Obs. In this genus the scutellum, though sometimes in- 
visible, is usually triangular. ‘The tars¢ vary according to 
sex. Dr. Sharp described the female (No. 1104) ; in the 
male the basal joint of the tarsi 1s large, as in No. 1556. 
