FK1!<)M))AK. l.")! 



to 4,200 ft., and returned at 9 p.m. on tlnj l'8(]i October, i:)li>. w itli a 

 considerabk' number of species. 



Ci-oup Anisodactyi.idae. 



3511. Lecanomerus labralis sp. nov. Lecanomerns Cluuidoir, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 46. 



01)long, moderately convex and nitid ; piceo-niger ; labrum, man- 

 dibles, and thoracic margins pitchy-red; the margins of elytra Ijehind 

 tlie posterior femora fusco-rufous; the legs, palpi, and basal joints of 

 antennae fulvo-testaceous, ren)aining joints infuscate. 



Head nari'ower than thorax, nearly smooth; labrum as long as bi'oad. 

 Thorax only a fourth broader than it is long, widest near the middle, 

 its sides finely but distinctly margined, gently rounded, jiosterior angles 

 obsolete, base and apex subtruncate; the su)-face almost smooth and un- 

 impiessed, tliere being only an abbreviated and rather slight groove along 

 tlie centre. Elytra oblong, rather broader than the thorax and fully 

 twice its length, slightly wider near the hind thighs than at tlie base, 

 their sides a little flattened or expanded behind, only very feebly sinuate 

 near the ajiices; their striae are regular, sharjjly impressed, and im- 

 jiunctate; with broad, plane interstices, on each of the 3i-d there is a 

 small puncture in line witli the posterioi- femora; there are no scutellar 

 striae. 



Male. — Tarsi, intermediate and anterior, only moderately dilated, the 

 "iiid joint of the latter pair rather longei- but liardly broader than the 

 transverse 3rd, 4th distinctly smaller and not lobate; hind tiljiae 

 slightly curved and, like the middle pair, l)eai'iiig several spiniform 

 setae. 



Dift'eii-ntiated from 95, 97, and 1565 by the presence of punctures 

 on the 3rd elytral interstices, the more elongate labrum, and details of 

 sculptiu'e and coloration. It most nearly resembles 1565. 



(J. Lengtli, 5 mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Epsom, base of Mount F]den. A single specimen obtained amongst 

 decaying leaves on tlie rough scoria in December, 1911. 



3512. Lecanomerus incertus sp. nov. 



01)long-oval, only moderately convex, shining; nigro-jiiceous; the 

 labrum, mandibles, and apex of thorax lufesceut ; tlie legs, palpi, and 

 basal joints of antennae more or less fusco-testaceous, joints 3 to 11 of 

 these latter infuscate and distinctly pubescent; the elytral margins 

 broadly fulvo-testacenus behind but more nan-owly rufescent towards tlie 

 base. 



Head, including the large prominent eyes, sliglitly broader than front 

 of thorax, with a small interocular fovea; labrum transverse. Thorax 

 a third broader than long, base and ajiex subtruncate, its sides finely 

 margined, moderately rounded in front, very gradually narrowed back- 

 wards, posterior angles rounded and obsolete; the central stria almost 

 reaches the base and apex, but there ai'e no other perceptible impres- 

 sions. Elytra oblong-oval, widest in lino with the hind thighs, hai-dly 

 at all sinuate towards the extremity, almost thrice the length of the 

 thorax and rather broader than it is at the base; their striae simple, 

 narrow, and distinct; interstices broad, plane, and impunctate. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi In-oadly dilated, Ijasal joint small and sub- 

 triangular, 2nd largest and semicircular, 3rd e(iually broad but shorter 



