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the sides and base, with straight, anteriorly narrowed sides and acute angles, 

 the frontal margins rather slender. Scutellum small, triangular, minutely 

 punctate. Elytra finely punctate, more or less coriaceous. 



Tibiae with slender hairs, the anterior widely explanate and strongly 

 curvate outwardly, the dilated outer half broadly impressed. Tarsi stout. 

 Eyes prominent, distinctly yet finely and closely faceted. Antennae 

 rather short, 3rd joint elongate and slightly oviform, 4th and 5th gradually 

 narrowed towards the base, of nearly equal length, each obviously shorter 

 than 3rd; 6th as long as broad, only slightly dilated, obconical ; 7th 

 broader than long, not double the width of 6th ; 9th and loth transverse ; 

 11th subovate. not as long as the preceding 2 combined; club apparently 

 5-jointed. 



This beautifully iridescent species can be readily identified by its widely 

 expanded front tibiae. 



Length. 1J lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Dyer's Pass, near Christchurch. My rather mutilated specimen was 

 found by Mr. H. Suter. 



Section 2. 

 Anterior tibiae nearly or quite straight, grooved along their outer face. 



Pedilophorus creperus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.. September, 1893. 



Convex, oval, moderately nitid, sparingly clothed with minute yet quite 

 perceptible grey hairs ; piceo-niger, elytra slightly bronzed, legs piceo- 

 rufous, tarsi and antennae ferruginous, basal joint of the latter dark red. 



Head moderately coarsely and rather evenly punctured, forehead sub- 

 truncate. Thorax distinctly punctate, less coarsely than the head ; its 

 sides straight, very gradually narrowed anteriorly, the angles rectangular 

 and acute but not prominent, the front margins definite near the sides 

 and only slightly sinuate. Scutellum triangular, small. Elytra with cori- 

 aceous sculpture, the fine punctation distinct on the disc. 



Tibiae with slender grey setae, the anterior straight, rather narrow, 

 impressed along the outside ; the other pairs moderately curvate externally. 

 Tarsi stout, with well-developed membranous appendages. Eyes prominent, 

 with numerous fine facets. Antennae moderately elongate: basal joint 

 stout ; 2nd more slender and shorter ; 3rd elongate and slender ; 4th and 

 5th also elongate, both shorter than 3rd ; 6th longer than broad, slightly 

 thickened; joints 8-10 transversal, 11th nearly double the length of the 

 penultimate ; the terminal 5 joints appear to form the elongate club, the 

 7th being a little broader than the 6th. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 rather thick, subtruncate at apex. Mandibles apparently bifid at extremity. 



This is somewhat similar to P. laevipennis, belonging to Section 1, but 

 much darker, less shining, with more distinctly sculptured elytra, and 

 quite perceptibly pubescent. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, 1| lines. 



Dyer's Pass, Canterbury. Unique. Another of Mr. H. Suter's captures. 



Pedilophorus pulcherrimus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 1909. 

 (Fig. 6.) 



Oval, bearing numerous, hardly perceptible on the elytra, more distinct 

 on the head, greyish slender setae ; brilliant viridi-aeneous, the head, 

 scutellum. sides, and base of elvtra with metallic red reflections ; tibiae 



