•20 NKW ZEALAND BYRRHIDAE. 



and basal joint of antennae dark rufous, remaining articulations paler or 

 more infuscate, tarsi fulvescent. 



Head moderately coarsely punctured, more closely near the sides than 

 013 the vertex : forehead slightly rounded. Thorax quite twice as long 

 as it is broad, its sides not quite straight, being widely yet only slightly 

 incurved near the middle ; the apical margins, near the sides, nearly as well 

 defined as the lateral ; its punctation very distinct and regular, but not 

 quite as coarse as that of the head ; it has 2 shallow discoidal foveae. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, small. Elytra nearly smooth at the base, elsewhere finely 

 though quite distinctly punctured. 



Tibiae with small terminal spurs, finely setose ; the anterior nearly 

 straight, grooved along the outside. Tarsi stout, with well-developed 

 appendages. /'Ji/cs prominent, with fine facets. Antennae with their 3rd 

 joint rather longer but much more slender than 2nd, T-6 gradually ab- 

 breviated ; all. however, are elongate ; 7th rather smaller than 8th. but 

 broader than 6th : 9th and LOth transverse. 11th as long as the preceding 

 2 combined ; club apparently 5-jointed. 



Underside shining piceous. with reddish reflections, with slender, scanty, 

 yellowish pubescence. Metasternurn distinctly, abdomen more finely and 

 closely, punctured. Maxillary palpi normal, terminal articulations not 

 truncate at apex. Mandibles apparently trifid at extremity. 



P. foveigerus is like this in appearance, but is more finely sculptured, 

 destitute of pubescence, and the sides of the thorax are not sinuate. 



Length, 2 lines : breadth. 1£ lines. 



[nvercargill. Two. from Mr. A. Philpott. 



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



Shini n g, aeneo-piceous, head and thorax slightly rufescent, legs and 

 antennae rufo-piceous, tarsi pitch v-red. 



Head distinctly, moderately coarsely, and closely punctured near the 

 sides, irregularly and much more distantly on the vertex, with a few fine 

 grey hairs : forehead slightly curved. Eyes distinctly but not coarsely 

 Faceted. Thorax distinctly but not closely punctate, more finely near the 

 base, formed as in the preceding species. Scutellum small, triangular. 

 Elytra finely and moderately closely punctate somewhat coriaceous, be- 

 coming smooth behind. 



Front tibiae nearly straight, grooved along the outer face, the inter- 

 mediate moderately arched. Club apparently 6-articulate. 



The unusually dark legs and antennae will lead to its identification. 



Length, l'J lines: breadth, L| lines. 



Midhirst. T.uanaki. I could find only a single specimen. 



Pedilophorus laetus Broun. .Man. X.Z. Coleopt., p. 1349. 



Glossy, aeneous, tinged with rufo-cupreous, legs and basal joint of an- 

 tennae dark rufous, remaining joints and the tarsi dark fulvescent. 



Head moderately curved in front, rather coarsely, a little rugosely, and 

 irregularly punctate. Thorax distinctly, moderately finely, and closely 

 punctured, less evidently near the base. Scute/lion small, triangular. 

 Elytra very distinctly and rather closely punctured almost to the extremity, 

 where there are a few slender setae. 



Tibiae with slender grey setae, the front pair nearly straight and slightly 

 grooved along the outer face, the others moderately arched. Eyes finely 



