398 Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
Fam. LUCANID&. 
LIssTOEs. 
Lissotes rufipes, n. sp.—Piceo-niger, femoribus rufis, supra hic inde dense 
fortiterque punctato, punctis squamigeris, areis inter puncta politis. Long. 
15 m.m. 
This is quite similar to L. reticulatus, but is of rather narrower form, and is dis- 
tinguished by the more definite contrast between the punctate and smooth portions 
of the upper surface. The thorax is quite smooth between the punctate spaces ; 
these, in addition to those at the side and front, consist of four discoidal, nearly 
circular depressions, the anterior one on each side being separated from that 
behind it by only a small space; the punctuation along the anterior margin 
extends nearly all across; the disposition of the punctured and smooth areas on 
the wing-cases is the same as in L. reticulatus, but the latter are proportionally 
larger. The sides of the thorax are rather strongly bisinuate ; the prosternal process 
is more dilated and prominent behind the front coxze than it is in L. reticulatus. 
Picton, Helms, two examples. 
Fam. SCARABAID. 
SAPHOBIUS. 
Saphobius setosus, n. sp.—Breviter ovalis, latus, fusco-niger, opacus, supra 
breviter setosus, pedibus piceis, antennis pallide flavis; tibiis anterioribus extus 
ante apicem angulatis, intus valde curvatis, apice obliquo, dilatato. Long. 43 m.m. 
This is readily distinguished from the other species by the setose surface, and 
the peculiar shape of the front tibize ; the latter of these characters may prove to be 
found in the male only. The broad head is densely punctate, bidenticulate in 
front. The thorax is moderately closely punctured, indistinctly depressed along 
the middle behind. The elytra are only obsoletely striate, but the striae can be 
well distinguished, owing to the sete being absent, or nearly so, along their course. 
Greymouth, Helms, two examples in bad preservation. 
PyRONOTA. 
Pyronota lugubris, n. sp.—Ovalis, supra niger, limbo flavescente, subtus 
flavescente abdomine plus minusve nigricante, antennarum basi pedibusque flavis. 
Long. 8 m.m. 
