COLEOI'TKltA. 



a tVw f('('l>l«- impiTssioiis jicross the disc. Ehidn ()l)long, slightly oviform, 

 not (l('i)rt'ssiHl : iiiodcrati'ly punctate-striatt', the outer 3 striae on each 

 indistinct, the sutural 2 converge at the l)ase and unite at the apex ; the 

 ])iinitation of the fith and 7th almost ceases near the hind tliighs. l)ut in 

 the others it extends a little further ; interstices j)laiu'. the 3rd tripiinctate. 



.]/<//<'. — Basal joint of anterior tarsi hroadly ohlong, tlie 2nd distinctly 

 prominent at the inner extremity. 



Undouhtedlv near B. tckapoensc, hut, independently of the violaceous 

 surface, differuig by the rather broader and more strongly rounded thorax 

 and more convex elvtra. B. otlcmialum, from the same locality, is more 

 slender, with tiattened and almost elongate-cordate and more finely sculp- 

 tured elytra. 



Length. 2] lines ; Invadth, I line. 



A single specimen, Imuight from the Lake Tekapo region l)y Mr. T. F. 

 Cheeseman. 



3028. Anillus monticola sp. nov. Gen., Lacordaire, Hist, des Ins. 

 Colcopt.. toni. i, p. 380. 



(ilahrous. nitid, testaceous, elytra slightly and irregularly infuscate ; 

 the body a little convex. 



Head oblong, nearly as long as but much narrower than the thorax, 

 apparentlv smooth, the frontal foveae well marked and rather large ; the 

 pallid transverse men\l)ranous space between the forehead and subtruncate 

 labrum straight and sharply margined in front. MandibU's stout and 

 elongate, acute and arched at the extremity. Eijcs minute, situated at the 

 sides, midwav between the antennae and thorax. Antennae slender and 

 elongate ; basal joint short and stout ; joints 2 5 cylindric, decreasing in 

 length, the 2nd being a third longer than the 5th ; 8-10 oviform, each 

 longer than broad ; the terminal rather longer than 10th. Thorax of about 

 equal length and breadth, cordiform, widest near the front, rounded there, 

 gxaduallv narrowed backwards, posterior angles somewhat obtuse, base and 

 apex subtruncate ; there is a fine dorsal groove, the basal foveae are 

 shallow and indefinite, and a few minute punctures are discernible in front, 

 the lateral margins are distinct. Elytra regularly oblong-oval, with rounded 

 shoulders ; they are broader than the thorax, with well-defined and some- 

 what explanate margins ; they are broadly rounded at the apices, and cover 

 the terminal al)dominal segment ; the suture is fine but distinct ; there are 

 no striae, but 3 or 4 discoidal series of distant, fine, shallow punctures may 

 be seen with the aid of the microscope. Leijs elongate : the anterior femora 

 remarkal»lv incrassate. the tibiae gradually thickened, apparently unarmed 

 and not einarginate inwardly ; the other tibiae simple, their tarsi elongate 

 and slender. 



The presence of eyes, though mere specks only, should p('rlia])s exclude 

 this species from Anilhis. 



? . Length, | lin»; ; breadth, jj line. 

 Mount Pirongia. A single specimen only. 



(iroup Li;iiiii).\i".. 

 3025>. Demetrida lateralis sp. nov. Gen.. Man. \.Z. Coleopt., p. CA. 



Depressed, broad, shining, black, the legs and lateral margins of thorax 

 somewhat infuscate rufo-piceous, tarsi and antennae pale ferruginous, ter- 

 minal joints of the palpi much paler, mandiiiles and labrum pitchy-red. 



Head, eyes included, as broad as the thorax, with a few fine punctures 

 wtiicli are most pi'nept ililc near the eyes, the elonyate frontal im])ression8 



