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( i| ,,,) ( lOSSONIDAE. 



.3333. Pentarthrum impressum Broun. 



3334. .. . tenebrosum Broun. 



Group Anthribidae. 



3335. P^ugonissus turneri Broun. 



3336. ,, sylvanus Broun. 



3337. Anthribus cornutellus Broun. 



3338. ,, levinensis Broun. 



3339. „ obscurus Broun. 



3340. ., wairirensis Broun. 



Group Cerambyctdae. 



3341. Didymocantha media Broun. 



3342. .. oedemera Broun. 



3343. ., fuscicollis Broun. 



Group Lam Hi) a i;. 



3344. Somatidia thoracica Broun. 



3345. ,. uodularia Broun. 



3346. ,, piscoidea Broun. 



( rroup Lamiidae — continued. 



3347. Somatidia posticalis Broun. 



3348. „ corticola Broun. 



3349. ., pinguis Broun. 



3350. Tetrorea niaculata Broun. 



3351. Hybolasius cupiendus Broun. 



3352. ,, tumidellus Broun. 



3353. ,, rugicollis Broun. 



Group Eumolpidae. 



3354. Pilacolaspis angulatus Broun. 



3355. „ latipennis Broun. 



Group Galerv/ctdae. 



3356. Luperus simmondsi Broun. 



3357. ,, foveigerus Broun. 



3358. „ o'cormori Broun. 



3359. „ atrip 3nnis Broun. 



Group Erotylidae. 



3360. ( Iryptodacne ocularia Broun. 



Gkoujp Cnehacanthidae. 



3164. Mecodema o'connori sp. nov. Mecodema Blanchard, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 7. 



Robust, moderately convex, shining, elytra less so; black, legs and 

 antennae rufo-piceous, palpi more rufescent. 



Head large, including the mandibles, a fourth longer than the 

 thorax, with a series of fine punctures across it behind the prominent 

 eyes, near which, and on the forehead, the rugae are well marked and 

 longitudinal. Ihorax with crenulate margins, which are a little ex- 

 panded in front; it is slightly broader near the apex than at the 

 middle, and considerably curvedly narrowed behind, so that the base is 

 but little more than half the breadth of the frontal portion, just at the 

 obtusely rectangular angles the sides are almost straight, the apex is 

 slightly but widely incurved, the base truncate, its length is a fourth 

 less than the width; the mesial groove is well marked and ends at the 

 transversal impression near the apex, the basal fossae are deep, placed 

 close to the sides, extend a little inwards, and are limited behind by the 

 raised basal margin; the disc is finely transversely striate, the base and 

 apex longitudinally but indefinitely, near each side there 'is a shallow 

 foveiform impression. Elytra, oblong-oval, gently narrowed towards the 

 base, which, notwithstanding, is rather broader than that of the thorax; 

 their striae are well marked, the 5 nearest the suture, on each, are 

 closely and distinctly punctured, with plane, broad interstices; near the 

 sides the striae are deeper and broader, and their punctures rather 

 coarser and somewhat transversal, with narrower and more convex inter- 

 stices; the smooth space outside the 8th stria is rather narrow, and is 

 not prolonged forwards much beyond the posterior femur. 



Antennae pubescent from the 5th joint onwards. Legs relatively 

 rather slender, the anterior and intermediate tibiae with moderately 

 prominent external angles. 



Underside black, a little nitid, nearly smooth, the terminal ventral 

 segment finely transversely striate, unipunctate at each 'side of the 

 middle, at the extremitv. 



