OP NEW ZEALAND. 1349 



8-10 transverse ; the eleventh nearly as large as the preceding two 

 taken together. 



Closely allied to No. 1170, which, however, has shorter antennae 

 and coarser pnnctures on the head. 



Length, 2 ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Boatman's. Three examples from Mr. Cavell. 



2364. M. laetus, "-s- Oval, elongate rather than broad, con- 

 vex, glossy ccneous, legs red, tarsi fulvescent, antennae reddish, their 

 basal joints darkest. 



M. coruscans is the nearest ally, this species, however, is much 

 larger ; the head is coarsely punctured ; the thorax is moderately 

 closely and finely, but quite distinctly, punctured ; the scictelhim is 

 smooth and triangular, not transverse ; the elytra with sculpture 

 similar to that of the thorax. Leqs finely pubescent, middle tihicz 

 strongly curved on the outside, the anterior thick, this thick outer 

 face grooved. In my specimen of M. coruscans the external edge 

 of the front tibiae is sharply defined, and the tarsal groove is in front 

 of it. 



Underside finely punctured and pubescent. In a reversed ex- 

 ample the fifth ventral segment is deeply emarginate at the ex- 

 tremity. Tarsi as in M. nigralis. 



Antenna' with the second joint nearly as long and thick as the 

 basal one, gradually narrowed ; 3-5 slender, the third slightly 

 longer than the second ; 6-10 increase in thickness, tenth sub- 

 quadrate ; eleventh about as long as the preceding two. 



Length, 2f ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Westland. Mr. Cavell has given me two specimens, both found 

 at Boatman's. 



Group— COPRID^ . 



Saphobius (Gen., p. 255). 



2365. S. CUrvipeS, i^-s- Broad, subovate, a little shining, 

 glabrous ; elytra pale-castaneous, head and thorax almost fusco- 

 piceous and somewhat bronzed, both with broadly rufescent mar- 

 gins ; legs rather paler than elytra. 



Head bidentate in front, rather uneven above, its punctuation 

 moderately close and rather shallow. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 its sides regularly but slightly curved, somewhat suddenly, but not 

 greatly, narrowed near the front ; its dorsal channel broad near the 

 base, but indistinct in front, there is an impression on each side, 

 near the middle, the sculpture close and shallow. Elytra obsoletely 

 striate, minutely and densely sculptured throughout. 



Front tibi(B moderately long and slender, gradually widened, 

 almost quite regularly curved along the inside, with two teeth on 

 the outside, in addition to the dentiform apical prolongation. 



Quite unlike *S'. fulvipes (another Napier species), and, indeed, 

 different from any other described as yet. 



Obs, — The abdomen in this genus is capable of retraction, so 



