TENEBRIONIDAE. 



AB 



lower level than the apex of the preceding one ; the basal 3 are more dis- 

 tinctly punctured near the sides than on the middle. 



Altogether different from L. priscus ; more nearly approaching L. crassi- 

 cornis but distinguishable therefrom by the less-prominent eyes and an- 

 tennary elevations, distinct (especially in front) marginal channels, finer 

 punctation, and evidently incurved apex, of the thorax. &c. 

 Length, 2J lines ; breadth, quite | line. 

 ■ Waitakerei Range. Two in my own collection. 



3100. Lorelus nigrescens sp. no v. 



Subdepressed, elongate, sparingly clothed with short slender brassy 

 setae, moderately shining ; fusco-niger, shoulders and apices of elytra 

 sUghtly rufescent^ legs pale castaneo-rufous, antennae rather darker red. 



Head closely and moderately coarsely punctured, its sides distinctly 

 thickened and elevated near the antennae. Eyes strongly transverse, not 

 prominent. Thorax about a third broader than long, distinctly margined, 

 widest near the middle, more narrowed, but not sinuate, towards the base 

 than in front, the posterior angles acutely rectangular but not projecting, 

 its punctation like that of the head. Sciitellum broad, punctate. Elytra 

 subparallel, elongate, broader than thorax, nearly plane ; nioderately 

 closely and coarsely punctured, more finely near the extremity. Legs 

 stout.' Tibiae gradually and only slightly dilated towards the apices, and 

 minutely bispinose there. j r v. 



Antennae rather stout, 3rd joint obviously longer than 2nd, 1th and oth. 

 sUghtly longer than broad, 6-8 almost transverse, 9th and 10th evidently 

 larger than the preceding ones, the Uth longer. 



The dark colour, more flattened dorsum, setose surface, thicker a,ntennae, 

 differently shaped thorax, and much less convex eyes distinguish this species 

 from L. priscus. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, | hue. 



Mount Cook. One individual, found by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 



Group Cnodalonidae. 

 3101. Artystona philpotti sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 384. 



Elongate, rather narrow, transversely convex, moderately shining ; head 

 and thorax nigro - piceous ; elytra variable, in some specimens rufo- 

 castaneous, in others more piceous ; labrum, legs, and antennae infuscate 

 red ; palpi paler. 



Head distinctly but not at all closely punctate. Thorax quadrate, 

 slightly transverse, anterior angles rounded, the posterior obtusely rect- 

 angular ; its punctation moderately fine, a little finer than that of the head 

 on some parts, not close, rather distant near the sides and hind angles, 

 usually with 2 punctiform impressions between the middle and the base. 

 ScuteUum finely pimctate. Elytra shghtly wider than thorax at the base; 

 not quite parallel-sided, usually slightly broader behind the middle ; they 

 are finely striate-punctate. interstices with distant serial punctures, not 

 interrupted before the middle ,and only moderately nodose behind, the 

 lateral margins are not broad. 



Underside nitid, rufo-piceous ; pubescence fine, scanty, and yellowish ; 

 flanks of prosternum rather coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured, the 

 sides of the nietasternmn more closely, its central portion impunctate but 

 finely transversely rugose, the epipleurae and sides of ventral segments less 

 closely and much more finely sculptured along the middle, the termuial 

 one slightly obtusely raised medially behind. 



