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robust, obconical, with three or tour conspicuous elongate bristles ; 
claws with large membranous laminez ; posterior similarly 
formed but longer. 
The structure of the tarsi suggested the separation of the fol- 
lowing species from Dasytes. 
1394. Halyles nigrescens, n.sp.—Shining, brownish-black, legs 
and four basal joints of antennz pale testaceous; clothed with 
semi-erect pallid hairs ; moderately elongate, sub-depressed. 
Head broad, quite as broad as thorax, forehead with two 
rounded fovez, its surface glossy, nevertheless finely linearly 
sculptured ; eyes large and prominent, causing the head to appear 
unusually broad. Antenne elongate, considerably longer than 
head and thorax, stout, basal joint incrassated apically, 2nd 
short but stout, 4th rather smaller than 3rd or 5th, 11th elongate 
oblong. Prothorax broader than long, base and apex truncate, 
strongly rounded laterally, impressed transversely in front and 
behind, the basal impression bent and terminating in a deep fossa 
near the middle of each side ; very densely sculptured, apparently 
minutely granulated, the granules, however, flattened above. 
Elytra broader than thorax, widest behind the posterior femora, 
transversely punctate-rugose. Legs moderate ; tarsi shorter than 
tibiz, their fifth joint twice as broad as the others, not so long as 
they are conjointly. Claws appendiculate. 
Length, 11% ; breadth, 3 line. 
I found only one at Waitakerei. 
1395. Halyles brevicornis, n.sp.—Black, glossy, legs and labrum 
castaneous, antenne piceous. 
Head rather small, indistinctly bi-impressed in front, its 
sculpture dense but indefinite, seeming to consist of minute de- 
pressed granules. Prothorax transversal, narrower in front than 
behind, indistinctly impressed on the middle of the apex trans- 
versely, more so on the sides, the basal depression bent forward 
and ending in a cavity near the middle at each side; its whole 
surface is excessively finely sculptured, but with many quite 
evident though rather shallow punctures. Hlytra broader than 
thorax, gradually dilated posteviorly, transversely punctate-ru- 
gose. Legs moderate. Antenne short, as long as head and 
thorax, 3rd articulation a little longer than 4th, joints 4-10 sub- 
quadrate, 11th oval, longer than the preceding ones. 
Broader than the typical species, the eyes being smaller 
causes the head to appear narrower ; the antennz are decidedly 
shorter, and their last joint quite oval and pointed ; and the 5th 
tarsal joint is not quite so much expanded towards the extremity. 
Length, 1% ; breadth, 3 line. 
One, also from Waitakerei, 
1396. Halyles semidilutus, n.sp.—Elongate, sub-depressed, 
rather densely clothed with fine grayish hairs, shining black ; 
elytra infuscate-black, with the suture and apices testaceous, as 
are also the legs and four first antennal joints. 7 
Head minutely and densely granulated. Prothorax trans- 
verse, of the normal form, its sculpture similar to that of the © 
