84 ( OI.KOl'TKItA. 



the wliolr apical sciili>tuic is irii'^iilai-, the iiiar;_M nal |iuiic-tat iuii is 

 haitllv at all coarser than the dorsal, ami the coimimii siinMith lateral 

 space does not reach the shoulder. 



Antennae pubescent from the 4th joint onwards. I^e^'s moderately 

 slender ; intermediate til)iac as]torate, and with sli^ditly pi-ominent 

 outer angles. 



I'liderside shining; its sides, as I'ai- as the 2nd ventral .st<j;iiient, are 

 punctate, the prosternum most distinctly; the liead is feebly sculptui'cd, 

 but bihind the mcntum lias a pair of well-marked sotigeri»us punctures; 

 the last ventral segment is finely transversely striate and bijninctate at 

 each side of the apex. 



We possess no similarly sculptured species. On the right elytron the 

 inner costa is trifoveate, but on the other is entirt-. 



Length. 20 mm.; breadth, 6 mm. 



Hump liidge. Okaka, Southland. 1 am indebted to Mr. Alfred 

 Phil])ott for the oidv specimen, which lie IouimI. oh the 2Stli Deceinlter, 

 1910. at a height of" 3,500 ft. 



(iroup Axrii(iMi:Mn.\i:. 

 3391. Anchomenus libitus sp. nf»v. Anchomenus lionelli. .M;iii. N.Z, 



( 'oleopt .. p. 20. 



Oblong, rather slender, slightly convex, moderati'ly nit id; fusco- 

 niger. lateral margins and chatmels castaneous; antennae, legs, and 

 trochanters testaceous, tarsi and pal})i a little more rufescent ; numdibles 

 and labrum piceo-rufous. 



Head smooth, bipunctate alongside each of the in'ominent eyes, 

 frontal impressions elongate; labrum deeply incurved. Thorax of 

 almost equal length and breadth, widest just before the middle, more, 

 yet hardly sinuously, narrowed behind than in fi'ont, posterior angles 

 rectangular but not acute, base and apex subtruncate ; lateral margins 

 distinct and slightly refli-xed, the channels moderately concave; disc a 

 little convex, feebly transversely striate, the median groove fine and 

 attaining both base and apex, neiir the front there is a well-ma>ked 

 impression at each side of the middle ; l)asal fossae large and deep, with 

 shallow anterior piolongations. Klytra oblong-oval, nearly thrice the 

 length and double the breadth of the tliorax, gradually yet considerably 

 nariowed towards the base, their apices roundid, the posterior contrac- 

 tion obli(|ue but hardly percej)til)ly sinuate: they are only slightly 

 convex, with fine, almost impunctate striae .iiiii distinct scutellar 

 striolae ; interstices nearly ipiite plane, the "tid tripunctate. Tarsi 

 elongate, the basal joint of the anterior and all but the terminal of the 

 others bisculcate, 2nd joint of the anterior ol)long, .'ird and 4th cordi- 

 form. Terminal ventral segnaMit, at the ajiex. with a single setigerous 

 puncture at each side of the middle. 



.1. .^n/i/irn/iit/s, 2()(>>t, also from Sonthland, is more robust, with 

 posteriorly sinuate-angustate elytra, and, irrespective of coloration, 

 may be recognizeil by the convex bicuivate vertex jijst before the eyes, 

 so that it is distinctlv marke<l off from the de)>ressed fiontal poition of 

 the head. 



cj. I/englh. 10 mm.; l)readth, .'Jimni. 



Ilakapoua. Southland. De.scril)ed Iroin ;i NioLrle mali-. found Iiv 

 Mr. A. Philj.ott on the 1st March. 1011. 



