OF NEW ZEALAND. 837 



FAMILY— LUCANID^ . 

 Group — ^ SAL ID iE. 



Ceratognathus (p. 252). 



14SS. C. macrocerus, ''-s. Oblong, slightly convex, sub- 

 opaque, blackish, spotted with elongate white scales. 



Head finely and distantly punctured ; eyes prominent ; man- 

 dibles very small. Prothorax transversal, its sides a little explanate, 

 nearly straight behind, but narrowed towards the protuberant front 

 angles, base bisinuate, posterior angles rectangular ; the discoidal 

 sculpture similar to that of the head ; the lateral coarser ; it bears 

 numerous white scales (depressed), formmg small spots. Scutellum 

 squamose. Elytra slightly broader than thorax and twice its 

 length ; each side of the suture gradually elevated towards the 

 posterior declivity, sub-striate, their whole surface finely punctated,' 

 the punctures occasionally forming double rows but with punctated 

 interstices, so that these rows are not very regular ; they bear many 

 semi-erect, elongate white scales, the spots composed sometimes 

 of one, sometimes of four scales. Anterior tibicB closely denticulated, 

 and armed with a median and apical teeth externally ; the other 

 pairs distantly denticulate and setose. i4nie;witsrelatively very long, 

 their three terminal articulations as long as head and thorax, hirsute, 

 linear. Eemarkable for the diminutive mandibles as contrasted with 

 the large antennse. 



$ . Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, ii. 



I captured my specimen near Helensville (Kaipara). 



1489. C. fusculus, U.S. Sub-opaque, fuscous, covered with 

 yellowish-grey scales, antennae and tarsi ferruginous ; oblong, slightly 

 convex. 



Head small, closely and coarsely punctated ; mandibles small, 

 porrected ; eyes not very prominent. Prothorax broader than long, 

 a good deal curvedly narrowed towards the front, hind angles almost 

 rectangular ; its surface closely punctured, slightly uneven, and with 

 a rather broad dorsal furrow. Elytra oblong, each with two or three 

 ill-defined grooves near the suture, wholly punctate. Underside 

 closely but not deeply punctured. Front tibice closely denticulated, 

 armed with two teeth, the middle pair similarly armed, the posterior 

 denticulated along their outer edge. Antcnncs short, the last three 

 joints short and stout, pectinate, not at all linear. 



? . Length, 3-3!- lines ; breadth, if- if . 



The two examples before me were found on a kowhai log at 

 Taieri, by Mr. Sydney W. Fulton. 



Group-D ASCYLLID^ . 

 Gyphon (p- 319)- 



1490. C. rectalis, n.s. Narrow, elongate, sub-parallel, not 

 convex, blackish, moderately shining, clothed with fine greyish hairs, 

 legs testaceous, thighs darker, antennse infuscate. 



