408 COLEOPTERA 



Group LAGRIID^E. 



Penultimate joint of the tarsi almost bilobed. The head with a more 

 or less distinct neck. Terminal joint of the antenna elongate. 



Lagrioda. 



Fairm. 



Last joint of the maxillary /##/' securiform. Mandibles prominent, 

 arched. Antenna longer than head and thorax, stout, inserted between 

 the eyes and mandibles, eleven-jointed, basal joint stout, as long as third, 

 second short, joints four to eight decrease in length, ninth and tenth 

 obconical, eleventh ovate. Head wider than front of thorax, produced 

 and rounded anteriorly ; labrum prominent, with its apex truncate and 

 ciliated ; eyes large, prominent, longitudinal, oviform, coarsely facetted. 

 Prothorax much narrower than elytra, laterally rounded in front, con- 

 tracted behind, its base and apex truncated. Scutdlum subtriangular. 

 Elytra elongate-ovate. Legs long ; front tarsi rather short, their basal 

 joint oblong, second and third cordate, fourth dilated and bilobed, the 

 fifth moderately elongate ; basal joint of the posterior tarsus as long as 

 second and third. 



I have been unable to see the description published by the authors 

 (Fairm. et Germ.), but the superficial characters given above will enable 

 the New Zealand species to be recognized. 



721. L. brounii, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. L. 

 anguste, oblonga, pallide fulvescens, elytris aliquando plus minusve in- 

 fuscatis, sparse griseo-pubescens, supra sat dense punctata ; antennarum 

 articulis tribus ultimis crassioribus ; prothorace antice paulo rotundato, 

 postice angustiore ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, humeris rotundatis ; abdomine 

 infra nigrescente. 



Long., 2j lin. 



Tairua. 



I see nothing to differentiate generically this interesting species from 

 the Chilian Lagrioda (Fairm. et Germ., Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr., 1863, p. 

 234). It is very like L. obscurella, which is probably only a variety of 

 L. rufula, and is found on a Mesembryanthemum. Capt. Broun took 

 five specimens of the present species under logs on the sea-beach at 

 Tairua. 



NOTE. My remaining specimens measure from 2-2 J lines in length, 

 by -f in breadth. 



FAMILY PEDILIDES. 



Ligula prominent. The lobes of the maxilla unarmed and ciliated. 

 Mandibles not projecting beyond the labrum. Head prominent, 

 deflexed, abruptly contracted behind so as' to form a distinct neck, 

 visible (or not) from above. Eyes variable. Antenna eleven-jointed, 

 filiform, inserted immediately in front of the eyes. Prothorax narrower 



