New Zealand Coleoptera. 



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The following is a list of the genera and species 



Caeabid^. 



Scopodes nigrinus. 



SlLPHID^. 



Choleva higubris. 

 Trogositid^, 



Grtjnoma regularis. 



COI.YDIID^. 



Tariyhiomimus loollastoni. 

 Chorasus (n.g.) siibccrctts. 

 Acosmetus reitteri. 

 Byiirhivm. 

 Nosodendron zealandicam. 



LUCANID-E. 



Ceratogna thus dUpar. 



SCAKAB.EID.E. 



Sericosidlus (n.g.) advena. 

 Anobiid.5!;. 



Mesanobium (n.g.) debile. 



MALArODEKMliS. 



Dasytes helmsi. 



Dasi:illid«. 



Cyphon variegatus. 



ffiDEMEEIUai:. 



Techmessa distans. 

 Rhyncophora. 

 Rhinorhynchus (n g.) zealan- 



dicus. 

 Anagotus (n.g.) helmsi. 

 Pentarthrum lielmsianiim. 



LONGICOKNES. 



Didymocantha robusta. 

 Somatidia helmsi. 

 Xi/lotoles }iuttoiii. 

 Hi/bolasius deplaiiatus. 

 Tetrorcea scllata. 



„ discedens. 

 Mesolamia (n. g.) marmorata. 



I'^YTOPHAGA. 



Chalcolampra specidifera. 

 Allocharis (u. g.) marginata. 



Scopodes nigrinus, n. s. 



GraciUs, nigerrimus, subopacus, parum sculpturatus, 

 antennis articuHs 2—4 plus minusve testaceo-tinctis ; 

 oculis valde promiuulis ; thorace subtiliter strigoso, baud 

 nitido, profunda canaliculato, angulis posterioribus 

 obsoletissimis ; elytris irregulariter parum _ profunda 

 striatis, versus suturam foveohs tribus parvuHs. Long. 

 4 mm. 



Head rather narrow for this genus, but the eyes 

 excessively prominent, the space between them not great, 

 somewhat finely, but very definitely, strigose. Thorax 

 small, the surface only obsoletaly strigose, with a channel 

 along the middle, which, seen in one direction, appears 

 very deep, and with anterior transversa depression, the 

 front angles very rounded, the lateral margin very 

 distinct, and bearing in front of the middle an angular 

 prominence, behind this narrowed in a straight line to 

 the base, and there the margin is very slightly turned 

 inwards, becoming quite obsolete close to the angle. 

 Elytra with the surface uneven, owing to indefinite 

 striation, and with three very indistinct impressions near 

 the base. 



Grey mouth ; No. 188, Helms. 



