61H COLEOFTERA. 



Tarsi similar to those of D. violascens, as are tli«- posterior angles of the 

 thorax. 



The abnormal bulk of the last antennal joint differentiates this from 

 all the N''\v Zealand species. 



<J. Length, 3§ mm. ; breadth, l£ mm. 



Boulderstone Creek, near ScarclifT, Canterbury ; 20th October, 1913. 

 Unique. Discovered by Mr. T. Hall. 



Group Salpingidae. 

 Salpingus Illiger. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 398. 

 4188. Salpingus nigricans sp. nov. 



Oblong, slightly convex, subglabrous ; glossy acneo-niger, legs and basal 

 joints of antennae rufo-piceous, t.he dilated terminal three of the latter 

 darker, palpi fusco-testaceous. 



Head, including the prominent eyes, almost as broad as the thorax, 

 narrowed anteriorly, distinctly punctate, less so, but more transversely, in 

 front. Thorax cordate, not broader than long, basal margin distinct, 

 posterior angles indefinite but not rounded ; disc rather coarsely and some- 

 what rugoselv punctured, but with an obvious smooth linear space along 

 th" centre. Scutellum broad, rounded behind. Elytra oblong, just double 

 the length of thorax, a third broader than it is ; slightly transversely 

 impressed before the middle, the suture more deeply at the base, they are 

 coarsely striate-punctate, more irregularly at the base, obsoletely behind. 

 Claws slightly thickened near the base. 



Antennae evidently shorter than the head and thorax, very finely 

 pubescent ; basal joint stout, suboblong, the next longer, 3-5 longer than 

 broad, subequal ; joints 6-8 smaller and moniliform ; ninth and tenth 

 much larger, eleventh as broad, subcorneal. 



Underside shining black, its pubescence scanty, slender and grey. The 

 breast coarsely, the abdomen less distinctly punctate. 



S. aterrimus (1073), also unique, is easily recognizable by its elongate 

 narrow contour, finer sculpture, and quadriarticulate club. 



Length. 2 mm. ; breadth, § mm. 



Lake Rotoiti, Nelson. Described from a single specimen obtained by 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 5th May. 1916. 



Group Rhipiphoridae. 



Allocinops gen. nov. 



Antennae implanted near the eyes but distant from the olypeus, 

 1 I -articulate, the basal four joints short and thick and, together, only a 

 third of the length of any of the lobes proceeding from the following ones ; 

 basal joint only slightly longer than broad, the next as long but just a little 

 narrower, third obtusely triangular, slightly shorter and broader than second, 

 fourth Btrongly transverse, as broad as the apex ol the third. Head large, 

 nearly vertical in front of the antennae, aubquadrate behind, with somewhat 

 deflexed; obtusely prominent hind angles. Labrum small but quite exposed 

 between the large curved mandibles. Clypeus very short, with a definite 

 suture between it and the forehead. Eyes prominent, transverse, truncate 

 in front, without any perceptible emargination. Terminal joint of maxillary 

 palpi oblong-oval. Thorax slightly broader than long, deeply Insinuate 

 and widest at the base, gradually narrowed towards the apex which is only 

 a third as broad as the occiput, its posterior angles somewhat prolonged 



