390 COLEOPTERA. 



Aiitemiae 8-articulate, 2nd joint as thick as the basal but not half its 

 length. 4:th as long as 3rd, its base attached to the apex of the 3rd, but being 

 a little thicker it appears, but only just perceptibly, to project backwards ; 

 club densely pubescent, with elongate leaflets. 



Distinguisliable from E. aenealis (2806) and Sharp's Sericospilus advena 

 (1987) by its distinctly more anteriorly narrowed head, more rounded sides 

 of thorax, truncate apices of elytra, by their more regular substriate sculp- 

 ture and less uneven surface. It may be at once separated from 1987 by 

 the structure of the 4th antennal joint. 



o- Length, 10 nmi. ; breadth, 4| mm. 



Stewart Island. I am indebted to Mr. A. Philpf)tt, of Invercargill, for 

 a specimen found by him during January, 1914. 



3846. Odontria obsoleta sp. nov. Odontria White, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 265. 



Subovate, only slightly convex, opaque ; of a pale greyish-chestnut hue, 

 the head and legs more or less light castaneous ; the thorax, scutellum, and 

 base of elytra thickly covered with very long decumbent hairs of about the 

 same colour as the derm ; remainder of wing-cases with more slender 

 suberect pubescence ; the outstanding lateral setae are numerous and 

 somewhat ferruginous. 



Head very coarsely punctate, less closely behind ; clypeus with reflexed 

 margins, .subtruncate in front. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, 

 widest near the middle, nearly straight behind, with obtuse angles, gradually 

 and slightly narrowed towards the subacute anterior angles ; base bisinuate, 

 apex Avidely but not deeply emarginate ; its punctation very fine and 

 distant. Elytra widest behind the posterior femora, with subtruncate 

 apices ; their striae shallow and indistinct, the punctation fine and obsolete. 



Antennae rather short, their 3rd and 4th joints of about equal length, 

 the latter the thicker, 5th very short. 



Underside indistinctly sculptured, abdomen fusco-testaceous ; sternum 

 thickly clothed with elongate pubescence. 



In 1667 (0. sandageri) the pubescence is less slender but shorter. In 

 2514, which is most like 1667, the cl}'peus is strongly rounded from one 

 eye to the other. The present is recognizable by its pale colour and obsolete 

 sculpture. 



$. Length, 14 mm. ; breadth, 7|- mm. 



Scarcliff, west of Mount Algidus. My specimen is one of Mr. T. Hall's 

 captures on the 20th October, 1913. 



Group LUCANIDAE. 



3847. Mitophyllus mandibularis sp. nov. Mitophyllus Parry, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt. , pp. 252 and 1112. 



Oblong, slightly convex, subopaque ; fusco-piceous, legs piceo-rufous, 

 the tips of the palpi and the basal joints of antennae and tarsi more 

 rufescent. 



Head rather narrower than front of thorax, obtusely prominent just 

 before the slightly convex eyes ; it is closely and distinctly but not coarsely 

 punctate. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, its sides gently rounded, 

 a little more curvcdly narrowed in front than behind, anterior angles not 

 pioininciit, the base moderately bisinuate, with obtuse angles ; disc mode- 



