Species of New- Zealand Coleoptera. 401 



irregular marks occupying most of the fifth interstices and 

 curved inwai'ds towards the suture, besides other spots, 

 fuscous. 



Head almost uninterruptedly curved, the lateral margins 

 being exactly continuous with the eyes, the space between 

 the eyes with few but rather large punctures, the punctuation 

 of the clypeus similar but closer and somewhat rugose. 

 Thorax transverse, regularly and gently rounded at the 

 sides, yet more narrowed in front than behind, anterior 

 angles not acute, but covering the back part of the eyes, 

 base bisinuate, posterior angles obtuse ; its sculpture, except 

 the marginal setigerous punctures, quite indistinct ; clothed 

 with fine decumbent greyish hairs. Scutel'um pallid, rounded, 

 nearly glabrous. Elytra of the same width as thorax at the 

 base, widest near the hind thighs, considerably narrowed 

 behind, apices truncate ; suture reddish ; their serial punc- 

 tures fine, the clothing similar to that of the thorax, but not 

 so thick. Pygidium much exposed, a little shining, vei*y 

 sparingly pilose, smooth on the middle, but with coarse 

 shallow punctures elsewhere. 



Antennce testaceous, second joint as stout as, but only 

 half the length of, the basal one ; third slender and elongate ; 

 fourth nearly as long as third, with a spiniform process 

 about one-third of the length of the club, which is elongate 

 and quadri-articulate. 



Underside testaceous, only sparingly pubescent. 



($ . Length 5f ; breadth 3| lines. 



Invercargill {Mr. A. Philpott). One male of this well- 

 differentiated species. 



Group Telephoridae. 

 Asilis pilicornis, sp. n. 



Depressed, elongate, quite black, legs infuscate; head and 

 thorax glossy, elytra less so. 



Head finely and indistinctly punctured at the sides. 

 Thorax transverse, subtruncate and finely margined in front, 

 base similarly marginate, truncate in front of the scutellum, 

 but oblique towards the sides ; lateral margins reflexed and 

 broad, but becoming quite thin near the front ; close to the 

 base a minute sinuosity causes the posterior angle to appear 

 rectangular ; the punctuation is extremely fine, not at all 

 close, and most easily seen near the sides ; there is a trans- 

 verse depression near each hind angle, and a lighter one 

 before the scutellum. Elytra of the same width as the 

 thorax at the base, very slightly wider behind, their margins 



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