230 Major T. Broun on neic Genera and 



Oinalium setipes, sp. n. 



Subdepressed, sliglitly nitid ; head and thorax red ; elytra 

 testaceous, sometimes iufuscate ; hind body eastaneous ; legs 

 fusco-testaceous, the palpi and basal five joints of antennae 

 rufo-testaceous, the following joints infuscate. 



^rt/en«« stout, reaching backwards to the shoulders: third 

 joint elongate, yet distinctly shorter and more slender than 

 first ; joints 4 and 5 about equal, oviform, longer than broad ; 

 6-11 enlarged and densely pubescent, sixth evidently longer 

 than broad, seventh and eiglith obconical, ninth and tenth 

 subquadrate, eleventh somewhat acuminate ; the fine grey 

 pubescence on these joints seems to form an apical fringe on 

 each. Head with minute coriaceous sculpture and a few 

 fine scattered punctures; frontal fove* distinct, the basal 

 two subtriangular and well marked, the ocelli situated within 

 these basal impressions ; just behind the antenna there is a 

 transverse series of fine punctures. Thorax transversely 

 quadrate, anterior angles rounded, the posterior obtuse yet 

 nearly rectangular ; its surface finely, irregularly, but not 

 closely punctured; dorsal impressions rather shallow, the 

 space between them rather broad and nearly smooth ; lateral 

 impressions angular, very shallow, and indistinct. Elytra 

 rather broader than and twice as long as the thorax, apices 

 rounded; rather finely and regularly punctured, rather more 

 closely near the extremity, their pubescence inconspicuous 

 and scanty. Hind body apparently shorter than the elytra, 

 ■which nearly conceals the basal segment; the basal four 

 segments with broad raised margins, rather closely and 

 distinctly punctured, the pubescence yellowish; fifth sub- 

 truncate and nearly membranous at the extremity, the 

 second with shallow minutely sculptured fovese on the middle. 

 Tibue evidently setose, the intermediate subserrate. 



Underside of a reddish-chestnut hue, finely punctate and 

 pubescent ; sixth ventral segment deeply concave. The basal 

 joints of the front and middle tarsi with very long grey setae, 

 the terminal joint slender and evidently longer than the 

 basal four taken together. 



O. chalmeri in general appearance most nearly resembles 

 this species. 



cJ. Length H-l| ; breadth i line. 



Invercargill. Discovered by Mr. A. Philpott. 



Group SilpMdae. 

 Choleva nemoralis, sp. n. 

 Convex, broadly oval, moderately nitid, fuscous ; head 



