OF NEW ZEALAND. 9 1 



167. G. philonthioides, n.s. Antenna relatively short, gradu- 

 ally incrassated, the three sub-cylindrical basal joints reddish and about 

 equal ; joints four to eleven black, the last nearly as long as the pre- 

 ceding two. Head rounded, narrower than thorax ; the forehead 

 forming a triangular projection, and that part, as well as the labrum, 

 shining; its surface is distinctly and moderately closely punctured, 

 black, and bears a few yellowish hairs ; eyes large, longitudinal, nor 

 prominent ; palpi reddish-testaceous. Prothorax broader than long, the 

 front angles depressed, the posterior rounded ; its colour, markings, and 

 clothing very much the same as the head. Elytra broader but shorter 

 than the thorax, each obtusely rounded behind, punctured, clothed, and 

 coloured like the thorax. Abdomen elongate, slightly narrowed behind, 

 blackish, with the apex of the segments testaceous ; it is more glossy 

 than the rest of the body, punctate, and pubescent. Legs castaneous 

 red ; the tibia fringed with fine yellow hairs. 



A Philonthus3& form ; nearly allied to, but, perhaps, not congeneric 

 with G.puber. 



Length, 3^ lines ; breadth, f . 

 One individual found at Parua. 



168. G. COrnigera, n.s. A ntenna elongate ; second joint shorter 

 than" 1 the first or third, cylindrical ; third and fourth oviform, rather 

 broader and longer than the preceding, the third the larger ; joints five to 

 ten obconical, differing but little from one another; eleventh ovate, shorter 

 than ninth and tenth united ; the first and last joints are reddish, the 

 second brownish, the others black ; they are pubescent. Head smaller 

 than the prothorax, rounded behind ; eyes large; it is black, or nearly 

 so, moderately shining, smooth between the antennae, closely punctulated 

 and pubescent elsewhere. Prothorax about as long as broad, finely 

 margined, with rounded anterior angles, a little sinuously narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, and obtusely rounded at its base ; with a curved impression in 

 front of the scutellum, one on the middle, and a median, longitudinal 

 line more or less perceptible, the last ordinarily obsolete ; its surface is 

 finely and closely punctured, with very few hairs ; it is glossy, dark 

 bronzy brown, sometimes paler behind the front angles. Elytra longer 

 and broader than the thorax, of a slightly glossy brown colour, the 

 scutellar region and a large space near each hind angle often blackish ; 

 they are densely but finely punctured, the sculpture near the posterior 

 angles frequently assuming the form of linear impressions, and bear 

 yellowish pubescence ; each elytron has an obvious tubercular elevation 

 near the suture in front, and they are, conjointly, tri-sinuate behind. 



Abdomen elongate, gradually attenuated posteriorly, the first four 

 segments depressed at the base, of a shining blackish brown colour, the 

 fifth and last segments, however, castaneous ; it is not very perceptibly 

 sculptured ; the first and fourth segments bear a prominent horn-like 

 process behind, and the two intermediate segments are obsoletely 

 elevated longitudinally on the middle. Legs of moderate length, rather 

 stout, yellow ; the four front tibia more or less distinctly ciliated. 



In the female the abdominal protuberances are absent, the elytra are 

 depressed behind the scutellum so as to indicate the position occupied 



