NEW ZEALAND CARABIDA. 289 
Man. N.Z. Coleop., but the aztenne are only 10-jointed, not 11 ; 
the error will seem pardonable when the last two joints are care- 
fully examined under a high magnifying power—the deep inward 
notch and the presence of a suture on the outside of the basal 
portion of the 9th joint appear to mark it off from the larger 
part beyond. In the description the 11th joint must stand for 
roth. The terminal joints may be thus characterised :—oth 
enormously developed, its basal portion appearing as if it formed 
a distinct joint, transverse, and quite twice the breadth of the 
8th ; it is then strongly produced outwardly, so as to be quite 
six times broader than the 8th, and is deeply notched or hollowed 
on-the inner side; 1oth large, cordiform. 
1348. Euplectus tuberigerus, n. sp.— Shining, head and thorax 
red, elytra and hind-body slightly infuscate, legs, antennz, and 
palpi fulvescent ; pubescent. 
Flead convex, vertex bi-foveolate, rather coarsely punctured, 
the middle least so. Prothorax about as long as broad, rounded 
laterally ; with a large fovea near each side prolonged forwards, 
a transversal impression near the base appearing to unite with 
the former, and a longitudinal cavity on the disc; its surface is 
less coarsely sculptured than the head, particularly on the dor- 
sum ; it bears some short, brassy hairs. //lytra longer and broader 
than thorax, their sides slightly rounded, each with an entire 
sutural and abbreviated striz, the latter broad at base but atten- 
uated at the middle ; they bear numerous short brassy hairs and 
seer densely but finely punctulated. zzd-body rather shorter 
than elytra, the three dorsal segments equal, the others more 
abruptly deflexed, the 3rd protuberant medially ; clothed like 
the elytra. Legs stout, tibia arcuated externally. Antenne 
pubescent, stout, as long as head and thorax ; 2nd joint as long 
as exposed part of the Ist; 3rd smaller than 2nd ; joints 4-8 
moniliform ; 9th and ioth transverse, much larger than the pre- 
ceding ones; 11th, large, ovate, pointed. 
The chief peculiarity of this species consists in the structure 
of the third abdominal segment ; this is gradually raised towards 
the middle, thereby assuming the form of an apical protuberance. 
Length, 34 line; breadth, nearly ¥%. 
I found my specimen somewhere near Whangarei Harbour. 
SILPHIDA. 
Necrophilus, Lacord.—(Hist. des. Ins. Col. tom. I, p. 205.) 
Allied to Sz/pha, more particularly to Szlpha atrata, but 
exhibiting the following differences :— 
Ligula rather more emarginated. Internal lobe of the max- 
tlle unarmed or destitute of spines at the extremity. Pa/fz more 
filiform. JVandibles simple at apex. Amtennce moderate, rather 
stout, 3rd joint nearly always longer than the basal one, joints 
2-6 sub-moniliform, 7-11 forming a club, gradually widened and 
serrate. Prothorax transversal, narrowed and emarginated in 
front, truncate at base. Intermediate core contiguous. The 
