1878. . 81 



NEW COLEOPTEEA FEOM NEW ZEALAND. 

 BT D. SHAEP, M.B. 



(Concluded from p. 52). 



Ch(ERODES COIfCOLOE, n. sp. 

 Sotundato-ovalis, convexus, fere unicolor, pallide testaceus, snhnitidus ; 

 pedihus j^osteriorihus minus incrassatis. Lonxj. 6^ mm., lat. 4f mm. 



Though excessively similar to C. tnicliyscelides, White, I think 

 this is a distinct species ; in C. trachyscelides, unicolorous unspotted 

 forms are rare, whereas in G. concolor I have not seen a spotted indi- 

 vidual, though I have received two or three dozen specimens ; C. con- 

 color is only about half the size of White's species, and has the legs 

 much thinner, and there seems to be scarcely any difference in the 

 intermediate tarsi of the two sexes, whereas in G. trachyscelides, ^ , the 

 middle tarsi are much dilated. 



Sent by Prof. Hutton, in numbers, from Otago. 



RhIPISTENA LUGUBEIS, 11. sp. 

 Elongata, angustula, nigra, opaca, dense subtilissime punctata et fusco- 

 pubescens ; prothorace antrorsum fortiter angustato, hasi profunde bisinuato, 

 angulis posterioribus sub-prolongatis, ad humeros applicatis ; elytris elongatis 

 et angustis, apicibus vix dehiscentibus et sub-aciimmatis. 



Ziong. 6 mm., lat. Ij mm. 



The 1st joint of the antennae is longer and rather thicker than 

 the 2nd ; the 3rd is longer than the 1st, but similar to it in form, the 

 4th joint is stout, quite as long as broad, the other seven joints very 

 short, but each giving off an appendage, and of these the first four or 

 i}ve are each as long as the three basal joints. 



' I have received a mutilated individual of this species from Capt. 

 Broun, as No. G3, and am informed that he has found only two 

 individuals. 



I give below the characters, so far as I can see them, of this 

 interesting species, which seems to be a very interesting form of 

 Bhipipliorides, but to connect that family with the Mordellides ; if the 

 antennae and head were hidden, the insect might readily be passed 

 over as a slender Mordellistena. 



Antennae short, eleven-jointed, the four basal joints moderately long and stout, 

 the other seven very short, but each giving off a long slender lobe ; their insertion is a 

 long way from the front of the clypeus near the eyes, which are somewhat emarginate 

 on their inner edge. Head, when extended, with its posterior part laid on the apex 

 of the thorax. Mandibles visible from the front ; labrum small but visible between 



