OF NEW ZEALAND. 1187 



not pinched in, as it were, towards the eyes. The eyes are obliquely 

 oval, perfectly free from the thoracic margin, and directed down- 

 wards. No scutellum is visible. The ocular lobes are obsolete. 

 The prosternum is widely but not deeply emarginate in front, with a 

 transversal elevation before the coxae. The mandibular _scar is 

 easily seen. The corbels of hind tibiae are fringed with setae. "The 

 scape reaches just beyond the front margin of the thorax. 



2102. N. SGtifer, n.s. Convex ; fuscous, tarsi andfuniculus red, 

 scape and legs infuscate-red ; clothed with fine, depressed, yellow, 

 and coarse upstanding fuscous setae, the yellowish setae on thorax 

 more erect and abundant than those on the hind-body, where they 

 are formed like the letter V. 



Rostrum nearly nude in front. Scape asperate except at base ; 

 basal joint of funiculus much stouter but not much longer than 

 second ; club ovate. Thorax quite as broad as long, widest, almost 

 swollen, before the middle, base and apex truncate ; a little uneven, 

 its true sculpture hidden by the covering. Elytra broadly oval, of 

 the same width as thorax at the base, shoulders narrowed, apex 

 rounded, almost perpendicularly, the sides inflexed ; not striate, but 

 bearing series of punctures. 



Underside a little shining, finely rugosely sculptured. Meta- 

 sternum very short. First and second abdominal segments nearly 

 equal, with a well-curved suture. 



Length (rost. incl.), 1J lines ; breadth, f line. 



Mr. George Munro was kind enough to give me two specimens 

 which he found near Clevedon, on the muddy ground near the 

 Southern Wairoa. 



Paelocharis. 



Nov. gen. 



Body broad, especially the hind-body. Eostrum moderately 

 short and thick. Scrobes deep, directed towards the underside of 

 the head just clear of the eye, but with a squarnose interval. Scape 

 thick, setose, reaching front of thorax. Eyes obliquely oval, placed 

 near the thoracic margin. Thorax without distinct ocular lobes, 

 base and apex truncate. No scutellum. Hind-body convex, twice 

 the width of thorax but narrowed to its width at the base. Femora 

 medially clavate ; tibia fiexuous, the anterior produced to a point 

 inwardly, the posterior a little expanded at the extremity but not 

 cavernous, having but one cilia. Prosternum widely but not very 

 deeply emarginate in front ; coxce prominent but not widely 

 separated. Hind-margin of mesosternum sinuous ; it is rather flat, 

 but on a higher level than the very short metasternum. Abdomen 

 with the basal two segments large, nearly equal, with curvate suture. 

 Mandibular scar perceptible. 



The separation of the front coxae is as complete as it is in 

 Notiopata ; they are much more prominent and nearer to each 

 other than in Aporolobus, which, besides, has longer antennae and a 

 thicker scape, particularly near its base. The former genus is its 

 nearest ally. 



