78 [September, 
NEW SPECIES OF INSECTS FKOM THE PEOVINCE OF CANTERBURY, 
NEW ZEALAND, COLLECTED BY R. W. FEREDAY, ESQ. 
BT H, W. BATES, F.Z.S. 
(Concluded from page 56.) 
COPTODEBA ANTIPODUM, n. sp.* 
C. brevis, depressa, punctata, nitida, piceo-ferruginea, fulvo- 
pubescens ; thorace rufo, elytris fuscis, marginibus posticis macvila 
elongata discoidali prope suturam, alteraque rotundiori juxta angulum 
Buturalem, rufo-testaceis. 2| lin. 
Rather sbort, depressed, rather closely and finely punctured on 
the elytra, punctures more scattered on the head and thorax. Head 
finely strigose, labrum, palpi, and antennae paler rufous, the latter 
thickening from base to apex. Thorax much broader than long, anterior 
margin strongly incurved, posterior margin produced in the middle 
portion ; anterior angles rounded, posterior scarcely distinct ; colour 
rusty-red. Elytra clothed with laid tawny pubescence, and marked 
with indistinct ribs, blackish-brown, with the posterior half of the 
lateral margins, an elongate spot before the middle near the suture, and 
an obscure rounded spot near the sutural angle, reddish-testaceous. 
Eody beneath shining, and, with the legs, pale pitchy -rufous ; denticu- 
lations of the tarsal claws small and few in number. 
One example. Belongs to the division Agonocheila of Baron 
Chaudoir. 
Metagltmma, nov. gen. {Garahidce, Broscini). 
Similar to Broscus in general form. Head not narrowed behind 
the eyes, the latter prominent. Antennae short, reaching to one- 
third the length of the thorax, and composed (with the exception of the 
first joint) of nearly globular, equal-sized joints. Mentum slightly 
concave, tooth narrow, curved inwards towards the oesophagus, apex 
bifid ; lateral lobes very broad at the summit. Maxillae terminating 
in a thick hook curved nearly at a right angle ; ligula not longer 
than the mentum, rounded at apex ; paraglossae horny, not longer 
than the ligula and adherent. Palpi short and thick, terminal joints 
sub-cylindrical, truncated ; penultimate of the maxdlaries one-half the 
length of the preceding and terminal joints. Mandibles broad, strongly 
curved near the apex. Thorax similar in form to that oi Broscus, but very 
abruptly narrowed towards the base ; separated from the elytra by a 
* This and the following descriptions are supplementary to those published in the preceding number. 
The number of joints ot the male anterior tarsi in the genus iSpMKax clothed beneath with a brush 
pi liaiis was slated a.:- four ; tliis jb u misprint, it should be three. 
