Broun. — New Genera end Species of Coleoptera. 425 



punctures or striae on the elytra; it must therefore be distinct from 

 this species and P. lewisi. 



Length, 8-9 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



Bold Peak, Wakatipu. Another of Mr. H. Hamilton's discoveries. 



Group Copridae. 



.'52:32. Saphobius lepidus sp. nov. Saphobius Sharp, Man. N.Z. Coleopt.> 

 p. 255. 



Subquadrate, moderately nitid, bearing short, rather fine, flavescent 

 setae, which on the elytra! interstices are disposed in almost regular 

 duplicate series; nigrescent or rufo-piceous, legs dark rufous, antennae 

 and palpi rufo-testaceous. 



Head narrowed towards the front, bidentate there, rather coarsely 

 and closely punctured. Thorax twice as broad as long in the middle, 

 widely emarginate and with acute angles in front, the sides nearly 

 straight for two-thirds of their length, then obliquely narrowed an- 

 teriorly, the base slightly rounded, its angles, nevertheless, nearly rect- 

 angular; with shallow oviform impressions rather than punctures, these 

 are not very close, and each has a short seta proceeding from it, there 

 is only a slight longitudinal depression behind. Elytra of exactly the 

 same width as the thorax at the base, broadly rounded posteriorly, and 

 covering the pygidium; on each there are 6 lines, which can hardly be 

 termed striae. 



Tibiae finely setose, the anterior curvate, gradually dilated, obliquely 

 truncate at the extremity and with acutely prominent external angles, 

 there are 2 more denticles on the outer edge. Intermediate and hind 

 tarsi well developed, the anterior slender and abbreviated, so that during 

 repose they do not extend outwards as far as the external angle of the tibae. 



Antennae inserted below the sides of the head; their elongate basal 

 joint, which is as long as the following five combined, is therefore partly 

 concealed from above; 2nd conical, stouter than the 1st; 3rd and 4th 

 small; 5th and 6th somewhat transversal; club moderate, pubescent, 

 triarticulate. 



Underside shining, piceous, with minute setae, the sternum coarsely 

 punctate, abdomen finely, metasternum nearly smooth on the middle. 



In other species the eyes, though not at all prominent, are quite dis- 

 cernible above; they extend downwards, and are situated at the back 

 part of the head just inside the thoracic angles, but in this species they 

 are almost invisible above, though well developed underneath; these 

 organs, therefore, and the neatly arranged setae on the elytra, will enable 

 this species to be identified. 



Length, head exserted, 4 mm.; breadth, 2 J mm. 



Erua, near Waimarino. Found amongst decaying leaves on the 

 ground (elevation, 2,500 ft.), January, 1910; and sent during March 

 by Captain H. S. Whitehorn, of the Geological Survey Department, 

 amongst vegetable matter collected at the head of the Retaruke River, 

 about five miles from Erua. 



Group Melolonthidae. 



3233. Odontria nitidula sp. nov. Odontria White, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 265. 



Convex, subovate, shining; testaceous; the vertex, middle of thorax, 

 and tibial teeth more or less infuscate; forehead rufo-castaneous, spar- 



