OF NEW ZEALAND. 177 



bidentate at the apex, with an inner middle tooth ; labrum quadrate, 

 more or less transversal, slightly- hollowed and ciliated in front. Anten- 

 nal furrows short and deep. Eyes rather large, perpendicular, entire. 

 Head sub-quadrate, epistome trisinuated in front. Antenna short, ter- 

 minated by a small perfoliated club of three joints, sometimes gradually 

 thickened towards the extremity. Thorax sub-transversal, narrowed 



behind, anterior angles prominent. Scutellum transversal, rounded 



Elytra elongate, parallel. Legs short and robust ; tibia sub-elongate- 

 triangular, unarmed, the terminal claws of the anterior obsolete. Body 

 elongate, rather broad, depressed. / 



314. T. t affiniS, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 17. Pitchy 

 brown, with a depression on the vertex ; front of the head in the middle 

 without two little teeth, both head and thorax rather deeply punctured ; 

 elytra at the base near the shoulder with a slight depression, the elytra 

 in other respects closely resemble those of the T. caraboides, a very 

 widely distributed species. 



Length, 4-4^ lines. 



New Zealand. 



NOTE. I have not seen this insect. 



T. mauritanica. As this species has been introduced from 

 Europe, and has appeared in Captain Hutton's list of insects, I have 

 thought it advisable to give a brief description of its appearance. 



It is of an elongate, sub-depressed form, and moderately shining 

 chestnut colour, some examples being rather darker than others. The 

 head is rather large, punctulated, and with deeply embedded, not at all 

 convex, eyes. The thorax is transverse, widest in front, finely margined, 

 with produced, sub-acute anterior angles ; the sides are rounded behind, 

 with a sinuation in front of the rectangular posterior angle, and the base 

 is almost truncate ; its surface is finely and evenly punctured. Scutellum 

 sub-triangular. The elytra are elongate-ovate (almost oblong), they are 

 rather narrow near the acute, tubercular shoulders, the sides beyond 

 being gradually rounded ; they are rather feebly striated, the puncta- 

 tion of the striae is indistinct, and the interstices are finely rugose. 



Length, 3 lines. 



The above corresponds with a specimen now before me, which I 

 found at Auckland. 



Leperina. 

 Erichson; Lacord. Hist.des Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii.,/. 3. 



Mentum transversal, rather strongly emarginated. Ligula horny, 

 a little dilated and strongly ciliated in front. External lobe of tine jaws 

 coriaceous, gradually dilated, rounded and slightly ciliated at the end ; 

 internal smaller, acute, strongly ciliated inwardly. Mandibles short, 

 bidentate at their extremity. Last joint of the palpi cylindrical. Lab rum 

 quadrate, partially concealing the mandibles. Head broader than long, 



