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Antenna with the basal joint as long as the next four ; the first four 

 shining. 



The hind-body is rather broad, the head convex. 



Length, 5 lines ; breadth, f . 



I found this species in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour. 



193. X. anthracillUS, n.s. Coal-black, shining; legs fuscousy 

 tarsi reddish-testaceous ; antennae dark red, their first and third joints 

 blackish. 



Head oblong, somewhat convex, narrow, not perceptibly broader 

 than the thorax ; its middle part from the base to near the apex quite 

 smooth, the rest rather distantly and finely punctured, with two punctate 

 grooves in front ; neck impunctate. Prothorax oblong, almost parallel, 

 scarcely narrowed behind ; with a regular row of punctures on each 

 side of the middle, and a few others beyond them. Elytra rather 

 shorter than the prothorax, each obtusely rounded behind ; their 

 punctation moderate, sometimes assuming the form of five rows on 

 each elytron. Abdomen elongate, rather smooth down the middle, 

 punctulated laterally. The body, altogether, appears sparingly punctured 

 and pubescent. All the tibia are more or less spinous. Antenna 

 moderate ; joints four to ten transversal, eleventh rather obtuse, yet 

 larger than the tenth. 



May be recognized by the small terminal joint of the maxillary 

 palpi, which is only half the length of the penultimate. 



Length, 2^-3 lines; breadth, quite \. 



This species also occurs near Whangarei Harbour. 



194- X, (Gyrohypnus) quadri-impressus, White; Voy. Er. 



Terr., Ins., p. 6. Black ; elytra somewhat brown ; head very large, 

 square, with two deep points between the eyes ; antenna with first joint 

 very long, clubbed at the end, third joint very narrow at the base ; 

 thorax somewhat narrowed behind, rounded in front, with two deepish 

 points ; elytra and abdomen above finely punctured ; wings shaded with 

 brown. 



Length, 6 lines. 



NOTE. I have not seen any insect that could be said to agree with 

 White's above-cited description. The genus (Gyrohypnus] to which he 

 referred it, is merely a synonym of Othius. 



195. X. (Cafius) puncticeps, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 6. 

 Head on the sides behind the eyes and on the back part coarsely 

 punctured, two large dots between the eyes; head and thorax with some 

 scattered longish hairs ; thorax with two longitudinal lines of impressed 

 dots ; elytra minutely punctured and covered with short hairs ; head and 

 thorax black ; elytra, abdomen, and legs brownish. 



Length, 4 lines. 



New Zealand (Colenso). 



NOTE. The remark concerning Mr. White's Staphylinus quadri- 

 impressus applies to this species also ; Cajius is only another name for 

 Othius. I place both with Xantholinus at present. 



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