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their apex is not so straight as in D. picea, the species being in this 

 respect intermediate between D. picea and D. nasuta. 



A single individual has been sent from Otago by Professor Hutton. 



Pedalopia. 



Castelnau ; Trans. Roy. Soc. Viet. 



Mentum broad, strongly emarginated, without a tooth ; wings of the 

 mentum broad, rather straight externally, pointed at the extremity ; 

 palpi with the last articulation oval; labrum transversal, not emarginated; 

 mandibulce short, almost straight, very broad, obtuse at the apex; 

 antenna moderately long, rather slender, with the first articulation large, 

 the second the smallest, the others conical and almost equal ; tarsi 

 slender, first article as long as the two next together ; anterior tarsi 

 shorter and thicker, with the first joint strong, the two following short 

 and triangular, the fourth bilobated ; claws very small, simple ; head 

 very large, depressed, round ; eyes small ; thorax short, broad, cordi- 

 form ; elytra oval, oblong, depressed ; legs rather slender. 



128. P. novse-zealandiee, Castelnau; I.e., viii., /. 154. Dark 

 brown, head smooth ; thorax with a front transverse impression, and a 

 light longitudinal sulcus on the middle, the lateral margins yellow. 

 Elytra very feebly striated, dark yellow, with the anterior part of the 

 disc brown ; lower side of the body black, with the inferior margin of 

 the elytra, legs, antennae, and parts of the mouth, light brown ; thighs 

 yellow. 



Length, 4"'. 



The position of this insect is doubtful, according to Mr. Bates. 



Group PERICALIDJE. 



Ligula slender, horny, enveloped in its paraglossse ; the latter broad, 

 appearing united, or not, in front. Labrum nearly always very large 

 and covering a considerable portion of the mandibles. Eyes generally 

 large and prominent. Head more or less abruptly narrowed behind, 

 without neck. Tarsi almost invariably simple in both sexes, pilose 

 below ; their fourth joint always entire. Elytra more or less truncated. 



Scopodes. 



Erichson ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. \.,p. 148. 



Mentum very short, feebly hollowed, without tooth. Palpi short, 

 their last joint oval and acuminate. Mandibles short. Labrum longer 

 than broad, tridentate in front. Head perceptibly broader than thorax, 

 narrowed posteriorly so as to form a short neck. Eyes exceedingly 

 large, occupying entirely the sides of the head. Antenna scarcely the 

 length of the prothorax, thickening a little towards the end, first joint 

 stout, moderate ; second short, obconical ; third and fourth elongated ; 



