Coleoptera from New Zealand. 179 
Scydmenus cedius, sp. ni. 
Shining, red, tarsi and palpi fulvescent, pubescent. 
Head rather large, about the width of the thorax, its clothing 
yellow, indistinct in front, elongate, moderately coarse, and 
directed backwards. Thorar longer than broad, relatively 
narrow, widest before the middle, much narrowed between the 
middle and the base; with two basal fovew near the middle, 
and one near each hind angle; pubescence yellow, long and 
slender, but coarser and darker near the sides. Hlytra quite 
oval, large, considerably broader at the middle than the thorax, 
but at their base not wider than it is at the base; with two broad 
basal depressions, the shoulders raised, the disk very slightly, 
not distinctly, impressed before the middle ; their clothing pale 
‘yellow, slender, elongate, and upright. Z%b¢@ nearly straight, 
with moderate pubescence. 
Palpi rather slender, the penultimate joint of the maxillary 
not much dilated, fourth short, not aciculate. Ayes moderate. 
Antenne stout, second joint rather longer than the visible 
part of the first, about a fourth longer than the third, but 
rather thicker ; 3 to 5 nearly equal, longer than broad, fourth 
not abbreviated ; sixth and seventh nearly equal, not elongate; 
8 to 10 transverse, loosely articulated, broader than the pre- 
ceding one ; eleventh broadly ovate, not very large. 
Nos. 1901, 1905, and 2348 are most like this species. The 
first is considerably smaller ; in the second the eyes are very 
small and indistinct; in the third the third and fourth joints 
of the antenne are a good deal longer, and the first is evidently 
longer. 
Length 1, breadth quite # line. 
Hunua Range, Maketu. One example. 
Scydmenus allocerus, sp. n. 
Elongate, not narrow, moderately convex, shining, red, 
tarsi yellow, pubescence yellowish. 
Head nearly as broad as the thorax, its hairs moderately 
coarse and extending backwards, they are indistinct in front. 
Thorax longer than broad, widest near the front, much con- 
tracted near the base; with two basal fovez near the middle, 
and a large impression at each side near the hind angle. 
Elytra oval, broad, widest before the middle; with two large 
basal impressions, the shoulders raised, broadly impressed 
before the middle; clothed with pale yellow, slender, out- 
standing hairs. Zvbie nearly straight, finely pubescent. 
Antenne rather short, gradually incrassate ; first joint but 
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