874 COLEOPTERA 



apices obtusely obliquely rounded towards the gaping suture, expos- 

 ing the three ventral segments. Legs long and robust ; femora 

 arched above, straight below ; anterior tibia straight, gradually 

 dilated apically, apparently unarmed, the others somewhat flexuous ; 

 tarsi moderate, basal joint largest, sub-oblong, second triangular, 

 third strongly bi-lobed, fourth equal to first in length ; claws well 

 developed, thickened at base, with dense, coarse, brush-like soles. 

 Prosternum short, not produced, anterior coxae very prominent, dis- 

 tinctly, but not at all widely, separated. Mesosternum deeply 

 hollowed in front ; middle coxae slightly raised, as far apart as 

 the posterior, the interval depressed. Metasternum rather short; 

 coxae elongate and distant. Abdomen narrower than the wing-cases, 

 with five segments ; the intermediate short, with straight sutures ; 

 the last rounded, on a lower plane than the breast. 

 I am unable to point out any nearly-allied form. 



I 555- B. COniformis, n.s. Shining, nude, dark-blue ; legs ful- 

 vous ; tarsi blackish ; basal joint of antennae fulvous ; the other 

 joints similarly coloured at the base, but blackish beyond, pubescent. 



Head longer than, and nearly as broad as, the thorax ; suture of 

 epistome oblique, a little uneven, its vertex with a few wrinkles and 

 punctures. Prothorax broader than long, margined, apex truncate, 

 base obtusely rounded, its sides nearly parallel yet visibly curvedly 

 narrowed posteriorly, hind angles obsolete ; its surface somewhat 

 uneven, rather coarsely but not densely punctured, the dorsum with 

 fewer punctures, the interstices very minutely punctated. Scutellum 

 large, viridescent, finely reticulately sculptured. Elytra not closely 

 applied to the thorax, finely marginated, bisinuate at base, humeral 

 angles blunt, they are broader than the thorax at the base and twice 

 its breadth behind, their sides and apices abruptly deflexed, apices 

 very broadly rounded, almost obliquely truncated, towards the open 

 suture ; their sculpture similar to, but finer than, that of the thorax. 

 Underside black, sparingly clothed with greyish hairs. Abdomen 

 distantly punctated and appearing slightly rugose. 



Length, if lines ; breadth, i^-. 



Discovered by Mr. Sydney W. Fulton, of Outram, and Mr. T. 

 Chalmer, of Dunedin, on moss, Mount Maungatua. I have one 

 pair only. 



Group EUMOLPID^E. 



Aphilon (p. 629). 



1556. A. monstrosa, n.s. Convex, hemispherical, nude, shining, 

 black ; legs and antennae fusco-testaceous. 



Head slightly uneven, minutely shagreened, with a few minute 

 punctures, but appearing smooth. Prothorax transverse, narrowed 

 but not much curved towards the front ; apex incurved, its whole 

 surface minutely sculptured, finely but distinctly punctured, the sides 

 and base nearly smooth. Scutellum minute, scarcely perceptible. 

 Elytra with several irregular rows of distinct punctures, some smaller 

 ones on the intervals, and closely sculptured in the same way as the 

 thorax. Legs stout, tibiae arcuated, tarsi pubescent, basal joint subT 



