314 COLEOPTERA. 



In Lacordaire's work (1854) seven genera were described. In Gemminger 

 and Harold's catalogue (1868) seventeen genera are enumerated, but, of 

 course, not described. In Wytsnian's new work on Coleoptera, now in pre- 

 paration, the number of genera will doubtless be greatly increased, and 

 until it is issued it is impossible for us in New Zealand to attempt the 

 revision of the numerous species already found to exist here. 



Group NiTIDULIDAE. 



3738. Cyclaxyra impressa sp. nov. Cyclaxyra Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1076. 



Convex, compact, subrotundate, glabrous, shining ; black, head slightly 

 rufescent, the margins of thorax and elytra more distinctly so, legs and 

 antennae castaneo-rufous, club infuscate and opaque. 



Head almost as broad, including the eyes, as the front of the thorax, 

 sparingly and finely yet quite distinctly punctured. Thorax considerably 

 broader than long, the sides shorter than the middle, finely margined and 

 curvedly narrowed anteriorly, the front angles obtuse, the posterior rect- 

 angular, base subtruncate in the middle but oblique towards the sides ; 

 its punctation unevenly distributed, nowhere close, rather finer than that 

 of the head. Scutellum large, smooth. Elytra double the width of the 

 thorax, of the same width as it is at the base, strongly rounded and deflexed 

 behind, their fine margins as distinct there as at the sides ; their punctation 

 is shallow, fine, distant and indefinite, there are no sutural striae, but there 

 is an elongate impression behind the scutellum. Legs moderately slender, 

 with a few fine setae ; anterior tibiae gradually dilated towards the ex- 

 tremity. 



Antennae sparingly pubescent, their 2nd joint as long but not as thick 

 as the 1st ; 3rd elongate, shorter than the preceding but rather longer than 

 the 4th or 5th, both of which are distinctly longer than broad ; joints 6-8 

 shorter ; club abruptly enlarged, oblong, triarticulate. 



Smaller and more rotundate than the type of the genus (1165), more 

 intensely black, but with paler red legs and antennae. The eyes are not 

 distinctly marked off inwardly, the front and middle tarsi are broader, but 

 the basal antennal joint is not as thick, and in 1165 there is no scutellar 

 impression. 



Length, 1* mm. ; breadth, ]|mm. 



Greymouth. One from Mr. J. H. Lewis on the 5th December, 1907. 



Group Trogo.sitidae. 

 3739. Promanus pulchellus sp. nov. Promanus Sharp, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 180. 



Oblong, slightly convex, sparingly clothed with erect, elongate, slender 

 yellow setae ; head and thorax subopaque, infuscate-red, the broad lateral 

 "margins of tlie latter, and the legs, more or less testaceous ; elytra nitid, 

 the sides and extremity testaceous, the dorsum fusco-violaceous, but about 

 half of the area covered with irregularly formed, indistinctly raised, some- 

 what aeneous-green spots. 



Head about half the width of thorax ; densely, coarsely, but not deeply 

 punctured, with very narrow interstices. Eyes large and prominent. 

 Thorax almost twice as broad as long, its sides broadly explanate, obsoletely 

 serrate, gradually curvedly narrowed anteriorly, with obtuse angles ; apex 

 widely emarginate, the base obhque towards the sides ; disc with a large 



