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behind the base, and each has an obvious humeral elevation ; the yellow 

 pubescence is confined to the elytra, but there are a few long erect 

 hairs on other parts of the body. 



Legs moderate, and, like the antennae, shining. 



Length, f ; breadth, J line. 



I found one example recently at Whangarei Heads. 



FAMILY MYCETOPHAGIDES. 



Ligula nearly always corneous, prominent. Maxilla with two 

 unarmed lobes. Labial palpi with three, the maxillary with four joints. 

 Antenna eleven-jointed, terminated by a tri-articulate rarely bi-articulate 

 club. Anterior and intermediate coxa globose-oval, in general a little 

 projecting, the posterior sub-cylindrical and transversal; all separate; 

 tarsi four-jointed, the anterior tri-articulate among the males; rarely sub- 

 pentamerous in both sexes. Abdomen composed of five segments under- 

 neath, all free and about equal. 



Typhaea. 



Kirby ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. \\.,p. 446. 



Ligula horny, subtruncate in front. Last joint of the maxillary palpi 

 longer than the preceding two taken together. Mandibles similar to 

 those of Mycetophagus. Labrum strongly transversal, entire, with 

 rounded angles. Epistome separated from the forehead by a well- 

 marked furrow. Eyes rounded, rather prominent. Antenna short, ter- 

 minated by a three-jointed club. Prothorax strongly transversal, the 

 sides nearly straight, subtruncate in front, with the middle of the base 

 feebly lobed, and its posterior angles not projecting. Seutellum curvi- 

 linearly triangular. Elytra oblong. Anterior tibia terminated by three 

 spurs, first joint of the front tarsi of the males simple. 



Body oblong, slightly convex. 



424. T. CUrvipes, n.s. Oblong, sub-parallel, slightly convex, pale 

 castaneous, rather densely covered with fine yellow hairs, legs and 

 antennae yellowish. 



Head immersed up to the eyes, trigonal, narrower than thorax, with 

 a transverse impression on the forehead, in front of which it is nude and 

 shining, but behind well-clad ; its whole surface distinctly and closely 

 punctured ; eyes moderate, not very coarsely facetted. Antenna 

 inserted at the sides in front of the eyes, hardly so long as the head and 

 thorax, pubescent, eleven-jointed ; basal joint but little exposed ; second 

 and third of equal size, the former the stouter and incrassated apically ; 

 fourth shorter than third ; joints four to eight decrease in length only, 

 sub-obconical ; club distinct, its two basal joints broader than long, 

 obviously larger than the eighth ; eleventh joint large, obtusely rounded, 

 not broader than tenth. 



