OF NEW ZEALAND. 1339 



Phaganophana (Gen., p. 146). 



2348. P. ovipenne, n.s. Shining, chestnut-red, the legs and 

 antennae paler, tarsi and palpi yellow; clothed with conspicuous 

 yellow pubescence. 



Like P. lanosa, paler, with longer legs ; the thorax more nar- 

 rowed in front ; the elytra longer, quite oviform, with humeral 

 plica?, a broad basal depression, and a less obvious one on each 

 elytron before the middle. Tibia nearly straight, with rather coarse 

 cilise along the inside, particularly the intermediate. The penulti- 

 mate joint of the maxillary palpi elongate, the terminal aciculate. 

 Eyes small, convex. Carina of mesosternum well developed. Meta- 

 sternum convex, with pubescence like that of the abdomen. 



Antenna stout, the second joint nearly as large as the first ; the 

 third smaller than the fourth or fifth ; ninth and tenth strongly 

 transverse ; eleventh large, obtusely pointed. 



Length, nearly 1 ; breadth, f line. 



Moeraki. Received from Mr. Sandager. 



Group-SILPHID^E. 



Inocatops (Gen., p. 1066, Part V.). 



2349. I. nigrescens, n.s. Compact, convex, slightly con- 

 tracted medially, shining, apparently glabrous; black, antennae 

 reddish, legs infuscate, tarsi yellow. 



The body seems to be quite impunctate. The head is small and 

 narrow. The thorax is depressed and strongly sinuate at the base ; 

 the posterior angle fits into, or rests against, a shallow impression in 

 front of the somewhat prominent shoulder, the outer margin of 

 which is continued along the side of the elytron, but becomes ob- 

 solete near the hind femur. Elytra estriate, the large scutellar 

 region much depressed. Femora thick, tibiae nearly straight, gradu- 

 ally widened, the outer extremity oblique. 



Antenna with the basal two joints of nearly equal length ; the 

 fourth slightly narrower than the third or fifth, these three of about 

 the same length ; the third, however, is very slightly longer than 

 the fourth ; sixth and seventh joints subquadrate ; the eighth very 

 short, but almost as broad as the contiguous ones. 



The dark colour, bald surface, and broad eighth antennal joint 

 are distinctive. 



Length, J ; breadth, nearly J line. 



Moeraki. One individual, in bad condition, sent by Mr. Sandager. 



OBS. From the same source I have two specimens which, 

 though not exactly alike, I think represent the female of Inocatops 

 flectipes ; in both of these the posterior tibiae are simple, and the 

 tarsi are moderately slender. 



Choleva (Gen., P . 151). 



2350. C. relata, n.s. Oviform, narrow, opaque, infuscate- 

 black ; the basal two joints of the antennae, the palpi, and the tarsi 



