On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 419 



the astragalus there is a more embryonic condition than in any 

 known Dinosaur, which is a well-marked generic separation 

 of this type from all known Saurischia, with which the hollow 

 bones and their conformation probably associate it. The 

 embryonic condition of the intermedium may account for the 

 absence of the distal notch in the articular surface of the 

 tibia, which otherwise characterizes the Saurischia. It makes 

 a good distinctive character by which the Euskelesauridse, to 

 which I refer this fossil, may be distinguished from Megalo- 

 saurian allies found in Europe. 



I express my thanks to the Committee of the Albany 

 Museum for the opportunity of describing this fossil. 



LIV. — Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 

 By Capt. Thos. Bkoun. 



[Continued from p. 386.] 



Croup Xantholinidae. 

 Othius puncticeps, sp. n. 



Elongate, subparallel, slightly shining ; head and thorax 

 piceo-fuscous, elytra and hind body fusco-castaneous ; the 

 legs, antennas, palpi, and mandibles reddish ; pubescence 

 yellowish, conspicuous, but on the head and thorax there are 

 only a few dark elongate setae. 



Head gradually and slightly uarrowed anteriorly, longer 

 than broad, with numerous scattered punctures ; the central 

 portion, however, is impunctate. Thorax about a fourth 

 longer than broad, its sides subparallel, with rounded angles ; 

 there are two punctures near the middle and some smaller 

 ones near the margins. Elytra subquadrate, apex obliquely 

 incurved or emarginate, their surface rather closely and 

 coarsely punctured, the interstices minutely sculptured. Hind 

 body elongate, finely and irregularly punctate. 



Much smaller than 0. adustus ; the eyes much smaller, 

 palpi shorter, liead and thorax relatively longer and narrower, 

 the sculpture different. 0. angustus is larger and differently 

 marked. 



Length 5-5^, breadth f line. 



Mount Pirongia. Two examples, December 1894. 



Group StaphylinicUe. 

 Cajius a/gophilus, sp. n. 

 Black, head and thorax shining ; elytra and hind body 



