14 NEW ZEALAND BYRRHIDAE. 



Eyes finely faceted, not prominent. Antennae rather short., basal 

 2 joints aormal, 3rd slender and equalling the following 2 in length, 5th 

 distinctly shorter than 4th, 6th very small, 7-10 gradually dilated, 11th 

 large, ovate somewhat pointed towards the extremity; club evidently 



5-jointed. 



Smaller than S. setarius, the thorax more rounded in front and there- 

 fore rather longer, "s punctation more definite and closer, that of the elytra 

 much (loser. The body more rotundate. and at the extremity quite pre- 

 cipitous instead of sloping. The antennae also differ. 



Length, \\ lines ; breadth, f line. 



Parua, Whangarei. Unique. 



Section 3. 

 Body villose. Forehead not distinctly margined in front. 



Synorthus villosus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 900. 



Piceo-fuscous. slightly nitid, head feebly aeneous, legs rufous ; antennae, 

 except the red basal joint, fulvescent ; tarsi testaceous ; rather thickly 

 covered with long, slender, suberect greyish hairs, and some shorter decum- 

 bent ones with others attached, so as to appear somewhat feather-like. 



Head closely and finely punctured, rather large, not visibly margined in 

 front. Eyes moderately large and prominent, rather distinctly faceted. 

 Thorax very finely and distantly punctured, of the ordinary form. Elytra 

 finely and distantly punctate, more distinctly than the thorax. 



Tibiae with fine setae, the front unimpressed, and. like the posterior, 

 a little curvate, the intermediate more strongly. Tarsi with well-developed 

 membranes, their claws evidently thickened, but not dentate, at the base. 

 Antennae with fine grey pubescence, the 7th joint small, only half the size 

 of the 8th. which is haTdly as broad as the 9th, the 11th subcorneal ; the 

 clnb, nevertheless, seems 5-jointed. 



I 'mlr, side piceous, abdomen quite rufescent, rather thickly clothed with 

 long slender greyish hairs ; the sculpture concealed, apparently rather 

 coarse and shallow on the metasternnm. but close and minute on the sides 

 of the abdomen. 



The slender elongate pubescence is its best distinguishing character. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, | line. 



Dunedin. Mr. T. Ohalmer ; two individuals. 



3159. Synorthus pygmaeus sp. nov. 



Fusco piceous, legs ferruginous, Tarsi, palpi, and joints 3-11 of the an- 

 tennae Elavescenl : covered with elongate, slender, decumbent, cinereous, 

 and suberect yellowish hairs, these latter more conspicuous on the thorax 

 than on the hind-body. 



//""/ rather la rue. finely punctured, more finely and distantly on the 

 vertex, the forehead broadlv rounded hut not rimmed. Thorax of the 

 usual form, almost smooth on the denuded central portion. Elytra finely 

 punctured near the suture, on the middle quite perceptibly there, but 

 seemingly impunctate elsewhere. 



Tibiae finely setose, the front and hind pairs nearly straight, the inter- 

 mediate moderately arched. Tarsi relatively rather stout and short, with 

 well - developed appendages. Eyes moderately convex, not prominent in 

 front, .\niin, in, rather short, with thick rufous basal joints, 3rd elongate, 

 almost as long as the following 2 combined, 6th and 7th short and rather 



