114 COLEOPTERA 



2 1 1. L. COmptUS, //.J'. Moderately elongate, robust ; deep glossy 

 black, tibiaj pitchy-red, tarsi yellowish, mandibles red. 



Antennce pilose, their two basal joints red, the former nearly twice 

 the length of the latter, third shorter than first ; joints three to seven 

 more or less infuscate, eight to eleven yellowish, the last larger than the 

 preceding. Head a good deal rounded, with four large punctiform 

 impressions in front, two inter-antennal and two inter-ocular, and two 

 much smaller ones between them, behind the eyes a few rather large 

 punctures, the back part of the head and the neck closely punctate ; eyes 

 moderately large. Prothorax slightly convex, but little longer than broad, 

 truncate at base and apex, somewhat narrowed posteriorly, and rounded 

 laterally ; its dorsal line is smooth, at each side of it there is an almost 

 regular row of moderately large punctures not reaching the base, there 

 are others beyond towards the sides, and the space between these large 

 punctures and the base, though apparently smooth, is finely and re- 

 motely punctulated. Scutellum curvilinearly triangular, punctate. Elytra 

 rather longer than broad, slightly curved laterally, finely margined, and 

 conjointly emarginated behind ; their surface, except the sutural line, 

 is coarsely and closely punctured. Abdomen brownish-black, punctulate, 

 with greyish pubescence. ' Anterior femoi'a incrassated ; tibia clothed 

 with brownish hairs save at the extremity, where the pubescence, like 

 that of the dilated joints of the front tarsi, is of a bright yellowish red 

 colour. 



Length, 5 lines ; breadth, i. 



I have two specimens, one from Tairua, the other near Whangarei 

 Harbour. 



212. L. zealandiCUS, Redten. ,- Voy. Novara, Zool. Rufo-fusca, 

 abdomine obscuriori, antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, subtiliter den- 

 sissime punctata, cinereo pubescens, thorace latitudine sua elytrisque 

 paulo longiori, linea media sub-elevata Isevi. 



Long., 2 lin. ; lat., f. 



213. L. mandibularis, n.s. Somewhat similar in form to L. 

 compti/s, but with the elytra rather shorter than the prothorax ; brownish- 

 red, the head and thorax darker, the tarsi and three terminal joints of 

 the antenucB yellowish, the mandibles red and shining, body moderately 

 glossy. 



AiiteiincE finely pubescent, of nearly equal thickness throughout; 

 their third joint shorter than the first, second a little longer than fourth, 

 ninth and tenth quadrate. Apical joint of maxillary pa/pi excessively 

 short. Head normal, rather broader than the thorax, finely and closely 

 punctured. Frothorax longer than broad, slightly convex, oviform ; 

 with an almost smooth frontal space, the rest of its surface closely, but 

 not at all coarsely, punctured. Elytra a little longer than broad, sub- 

 truncate behind, closely punctured and more or less pubescent. Abdo- 

 men punctulate and pubescent, the fourth and fifth segments blackish, 

 the sixth of a pale chestnut colour. Legs robust. 



L. zealandiciis has a rather smaller, more dully coloured, and 

 pubescent head ; the body generally is more hairy, and the antennse are 

 shorter though similar in structure. 



