1030 COLEOPTEBA 



near one another on each side of the middle. Scutellum elongate, 

 densely and finely punctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, closely 

 and finely punctate, dull. Hind-body black, with some iridescent 

 reflections, densely and rather finely punctate. Male unknown ; 

 female with the front tarsi a little dilated. 



This peculiar insect will, no doubt, form the type of a distinct 

 genus, though at present I cannot point to any character that 

 appears to be of generic importance to distinguish it, except it be 

 the comparatively short and stout basal joint on the hind feet. 



New Zealand : Henry Edwards. Dunedin : Hutton, 1878. 



1843. Q. latifrons, n.s. (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Spc., 1886, 

 p. 379.) Subdepressus, niger, capite thoraceque subseneis, elytris 

 guttulis minutus obscure testaceis ; abdomine iridescente, segmentis 

 ad basin elytrisque ad latera setulis flavis parce variegatis. 



Long., 10mm. 



Antenna rather slender, fuscous, the basal joints rufo-fuscous or 

 piceous. Head broad and short, eyes large and prominent ; a series 

 of punctures along the margin of the eye, and two large impressions 

 on the front ; clypeus very short and broad, membranaceous, dusky ; 

 labrum rounded in middle, but increased by a pallid membrane, 

 which is emarginate in the middle. Thorax short and broad, shining 

 brassy, with two deep punctures in front of the middle. Elytra 

 slightly longer than the thorax, slightly shining, rather finely, 

 moderately closely punctate, blackish, with two or three minute and 

 obscure flavescent spots on their apical portion, with a few flavescent 

 hairs across the middle, most distinct at the sides. Hind-body 

 beautifully iridescent, rather closely punctate, with some flavescent 

 hairs at the base of each segment, arranged so as to form two indis- 

 tinct spots; terminal styles lurid-red; tarsi obscure-red. 



This species is one of a group found in New Zealand. Its 

 nearest ally is Quedius wakefieldi, Fauv. in litt., but the two differ 

 in almost all their details. 



Bealey. Helms ; one female. 



1844. Q. discrepans, n.s. Narrow, elongate, shining, 

 pitchy-black, hind-body with iridescent or violaceous reflections, 

 legs pitchy-red, palpi and antennae red. 



Head short, rounded, finely and distantly punctured, more closely 

 behind the eyes, with three large punctures along the inner margin of 

 each eye, one behind it and two on the back part ; clypeus apparently 

 horny, nearly vertical ; labrum deeply emarginate, quite to its base 

 indeed, with a membranous frontal appendage ; eyes half the length 

 of the side. Antenna rather slender, reaching beyond base of thorax, 

 all the joints evidently longer than broad. Thorax a little broader 

 than long, slightly curvedly nan-owed towards the front, posterior 

 angles moderately distinct ; more finely sculptured than the head, 

 more distinctly, yet quite finely, at the sides, with four discoidal 

 punctures, two close to the front, and others at the sides and base. 



