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the contrary, prey on the larve of wood-feeding Coleoptera; and these 
species are often slender, elongate, and subeylindrie in form, to enable them 
to penetrate the burrows formed by their victims. It is probable that New 
Zealand species will be found of all these groups. 
Ulonotus brouni, n. sp. | 
U. oblongus, piceus, supra variegatus, inequalis (et in elytris tubercula- 
tus), subtus setulis brevissimis tenuissimisque adspersus ; prothorace 
lateribus bis indentatis ; antennis, tibiis tarsisque rufo-ferrugineis, 
clava, tibiisque in medio nigrescentibus. Long. corp. 4} m. m. 
This species is very closely allied to Tarphiomimetes viridipictus, Woll., 
but is larger, and has the indentations at the sides of the thorax considerably 
deeper, and the sete of the under surface much finer. The surface of the 
thorax and elytra is very similar in the two species (the green nodules of T. 
viridipictus being, I judge, not constant in colour); the surface of the thorax 
is very uneven, but still without distinct nodules ; the elytra bear numerous 
nodules, which, however, are not very distinct, and their colour is a patch- 
work of sober green and grey, with a little black intermixed. 
Three individuals sent from Tairua by Captain Broun. 
Ulonotus asper, n. sp. 
U. piceo-ferrugineus, marginibus dilutioribus, antennis pedibusque rufis; 
oblongus, subdepressus ; prothoracis lateribus trilobatis, lobis duobus 
posterioribus angustis, et bene separatis; elytris crebre asperatis, 
ante apicem tuberculis nonnullis sat elevatis. Long. corp. 81 m. m. 
Antenne, including the club, red. Thorax transversely convex, with 
the surface rough, and showing some indistinct depressions; the front 
angles acute and prominent; at the sides in the middle is a broad and 
deep indentation, and in front of the hind angles there is a second rather 
smaller indentation; the part separating these two indentations is narrow : 
and the third or posterior lateral lobe is, though very prominent, very 
narrow. The elytra are pitchy in colour, with the base and the margins 
pitchy ; their surface is very dull, and is densely covered with very rough 
granules, and a little before the apex there are three or four not very 
distinet tubercles on each ; the lateral margin is finely and densely serrated. 
The legs are entirely red ; and the under surface is nearly destitute of any 
pubescence or scales. 
Tairua: a single individual sent by Captain Broun. 
This species in its form resembles Tarphiomimus indentatus, Woll. ; but 
it cannot be associated with that species, on account of the minute basal 
joints of the tarsi. It much resembles a small Endophleus spinosulus ; and, 
as in that species, the surface on its protected parts is covered with a 
peculiar pale exudation. 
