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The three terminal joints of the antenna are large, nearly as long as 

 the other seven conjointly, the seventh articulation is not very percep- 

 tibly larger than the sixth, so that joints one to seven increase very 

 gradually in bulk. The eyes are quite obsolete. 



The insect is of a moderately shining pale reddish-chestnut colour. 



Length, i line. 



I found my unique specimen near Whangarei Heads. 



Group ULOMID^E. 



Internal lobe of the maxilla sometimes unarmed, occasionally fur- 

 nished with a corneous hook. Labial palpi rather strongly separated at 

 their base. Last joint of the palpi of variable form. Mandibles bifid at 

 their extremity. Labrum generally completely exposed. Head nearly 

 always very short, with a neck, immersed in the prothorax ; its epistome 

 widely truncated at a little distance from the antennal insertion. Eyes 

 variable. Antenna generally partly perfoliated, thickening gradually or 

 terminating in a club of three or four joints. Prothorax of variable 

 form, slightly wider than the elytra at the base. Scutellum very 

 seldom indistinct. Elytra feebly embracing the body. Legs short ; 

 front coxa transversal among nearly all ; the trochantins of the interme- 

 diate rarely visible ; spurs of the tibiae short but distinct : tarsi slightly 

 villose underneath, their terminal joint larger than the preceding taken 

 together. Projecting intercoxal process triangular or lanceolate, never 

 very wide. Metasternum elongate ; its episterna narrow, parallel, or 

 gradually narrowed behind ; epimera distinct. Body winged. 



Uloma. 



(Megerle) L. Redtenb. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. v.,/. 332. 



Mentum variable ; ligula emarginate ; labial palpi with a more or 

 less triangular, seldom oval, terminal joint ; that of the maxillary securi- 

 form ; labrum short, entire, with rounded angles. Head broadly ovate, 

 joined to thorax by a neck ; epistome truncated or sinuate in front ; 

 eyes narrow, transversal, not dilated above. Antenna short, not so 

 long as head and thorax, robust, gradually incrassated ; the fourth joint 

 rather shorter than its predecessors, joints five to ten more or less trans- 

 versal, eleventh rounded. Prothorax transverse, sub-quadrate, the sides 

 rounded, moderately convex, base bisinuated, apex emarginate. Elytra 

 oblong, parallel, rarely ovate, rather wider than thorax, the base arcuated, 

 furrowed ; their epipleurae attenuate posteriorly. Legs short ; femora 

 robust, compressed ; the anterior and sometimes the intermediate tibia 

 somewhat triangular, arcuated, and strongly toothed externally; tarsi 

 moderately pilose underneath, the basal joint of the four posterior more 

 or less elongated. Abdominal intercoxal process triangular, rather nar- 

 row ; process of mesosternum sloping, sub- triangular, with elevated 

 edges ', prosternal process arched. Body smooth. 



The male may be distinguished from the female by a rounded 

 depression near the front of the thorax. 



