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four basal joints of the anterior and intermediate /¢ars7 a little 
dilated among the males. 
1349. Necrophilus prolongatus, n. sp., Sharp—(Ent. Mon, 
Mag., July, 1881, p. 47.) 
Niger, nitidus, levigatus, antennarum bast rufescente, brotho- 
racis lateribus late testaceis ; elytris ad apicem attenuatis, ultra 
abdominis apicem prolongatis, subtiliter striatis, strits in partem 
prolongatum profundtoribus et fortiter punciatis. 
Long. 10, lat. 434mm. 
Antenne with the five basal joints piceo-rufous, slender, and 
shining, the apical five abruptly broader than the others, fuscous 
black, densely pubescent and opaque. ead closely and finely 
punctured, even in front; the clypeal suture indistinct, angulate 
in the middle. Thorax rather strongly transverse, the front 
angles extremely rounded off and indistinct, and not projecting 
farther forwards than the middle of the front margin; the disc 
sparingly and obsoletely punctured, the explanate yellow sides 
more distinctly punctured. /dytra rather narrow and elongate, 
with their apices prolonged, and the prolonged portion abruptly 
bent down ; they are rather finely striate, but the interstices are — 
somewhat convex, and the 7th is elevated at the shoulder ; the 
striz are provided with fine distant impressions or punctures ; 
on the apical, and more especially on the lateral-apical portion, 
the sculpture becomes deeper and coarser, so that the outer stria 
bears some very large deep impressions. On the under-surface 
it is seen that this apical portion of the wing-cases projects quite 
beyond the hind-body. The two individuals described are 
females. 
The species appears structurally very similar to the European 
and North American species of /vecrophilus, and the peculiar form 
and sculpture of the wing-cases would not at present justify its: 
being treated as a distinct genus. 
Greymouth, Helms. 
ANISOTOMID. 
Posterior core contiguous. Maxillary palpi not much 
longer than the labial. Prothorax narrowed anteriorly. Hind 
trochanters small, placed within the axis of the femora. Tarsi 
variable. Metathoracic parapleurae partly or entirely covered by 
the lateral margins of the elytra. . 
Clambus, Fisch. de Waldh.—Lacord. His. des Ins. Col., tom. 
LD: 222, 
Ligula corneous dilated towards the front, its apex rounded. 
Lobes of the mawille sub-equal; the inner the larger, ciliated 
inwardly and at the extremity ; the external filiform, very slen- 
der, pubescent at the apex. Labial palpi with the basal joint 
very short, 2nd pyriform, 3rd rather shorter, globose and acumi- 
nate; Ist joint of the maxillary also short, joints 2-4 globuliform, 
4th pointed. Mandibles terminating in two sharp elongate hooks. 
Labrum very small, concealed below the clypeus, Head very 
broad, narrowed and obtuse in front, deflected. Antenne 9Q-arti- 
