1408 COLEOPTEKA 



Very much like Q. arctifrons (No. 210), distinguishable from it 

 by the cluster of fine punctures on the forehead. 



Length, 2-2f lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Hunua Eange. One found by Mr. G. Campbell Munro near 

 Clevedon, the other by myself at Maketu. 



Group P-ffi DE RID^E . 



Hyperomma. 



Nov. gen. (Fauvel). 



Allied toLithocharis. Form elongate and narrow. Clypeus very 

 short, vertical, or inflexed, membraneous. Labrum very short and 

 broad, with a narrow median notch extending almost to its base. 

 Mandibles and palpi very long, the penultimate joint of these latter 

 gradually, but considerably, dilated towards the extremity, the 

 terminal joint conical. Head quadrate or oblong, not contracted in 

 front of the eyes. The peduncle between the thorax and elytra is 

 distinct. The tarsi are longer, and less dilated, than they are in 

 Phanophilus. 



2454. H. dispersum, n.s. (Fauvel). Elongate, very narrow, 

 shining, red ; antennae and tarsi fulvescent ; hind-body elongate, 

 moderately thickly covered with slender yellowish hairs, head and 

 thorax very sparsely pubescent. 



Head slightly longer than broad, subquadrate, rounded behind, 

 with a few distinct punctures, smooth along the middle. Antenna 

 as long as the head and thorax, with yellowish pubescence, second 

 joint rather shorter than the third, joints 8-10 broader than the 

 preceding ones. Mandibles very long and slender, curved, a little 

 thicker at the base, each with a small denticle there. Thorax hardly 

 as wide as the head, evidently longer than broad, a little, but very 

 gradually, narrowed towards the base ; with two regular series of 

 distinct punctures near the middle, some others, less serial, near 

 the sides, and a few minute scattered ones. Scutellum large, tri- 

 angular. Elytra very short, hardly longer than broad, incurved 

 behind, shoulders rounded ; very irregularly sculptured, some of the 

 punctures coarse, others quite fine, so that their surface is un- 

 even or rugose. Hind-body more or less distinctly but finely punc- 

 tured, darker than the elytra, strongly margined laterally, sixth 

 segment narrow, with prominent styles. Legs long and stout, the 

 tibiae with short, erect, slender setae. Tarsi rather coarsely pilose, 

 the anterior with four basal joints expanded ; the posterior slender, 

 their first joint a little longer than the second. 



Length, 3f lines ; breadth, 1 line. 



Howick. Two examples, one of which I sent to M. A. Fauvel, 

 who was kind enough (about ten years ago) to give me the above 

 name for it. I give a description so that the following species may 

 be associated with it. 



