Coleoptera from New Zealand. 189 
The bald surface, ten-jointed antennx, grooved femora, and 
the remarkable antennal cavities render the recognition of 
this genus easy. It should be placed near Chorasus, from 
which, however, it is quite distinct. 
Archeoglenes costipennis, sp. n. 
Ochraceous, slightly nitid, the base and sides of the thorax 
darker ; the anterior angles, however, are paler and semi- 
transparent. 
Head with coarse shallow punctures, not quite as wide as 
the front of the thorax. Antenne with short pubescence ; 
second joint quadrate, stout, longer than the exposed part of 
the first; joints 3 to 8 of equal thickness, transverse, third 
slightly longer than the following one, ninth very short and 
‘broad, tenth obtusely rounded, as broad as the ninth but 
nearly twice its length. Thorax moderately convex, some- 
what raised, smooth, and glossy in front of the base; the 
punctures before the smooth part are rather coarser and more 
distant from one another than those near the sides; the 
marginal channels are well-marked, the lateral margins are 
rather thick, entire, and not much rounded, so that the front 
and base are of about equal breadth; along the base there is 
a distinct transverse depression, with a fovea in the middle. 
Elytra oblong; the side margins near the shoulders are some- 
what explanate, the apical margins are well-developed; they 
are striate-punctate, the suture is slightly raised, outside the 
third row of punctures on each elytron there is a distinct 
costa, the interstices beyond this are more or less elevated, the 
alternate ones most distinctly, so that there seem to be three 
costa on each. Tvbiw with fine sete only; their external 
apical angle appears to be as distinct as the inner one. 
Underside pale brown, more or less coarsely punctured, the 
epipleuree with two series of punctures, 
Length 3, breadth # line. 
Mount Pirongia, one, December 1892; Hunua Range, one, 
1890. 
Near Whangarei Harbour I found a specimen about fifteen 
years ago; but as it was difficult to manipulate, I thought it 
better to defer its description until other examples could be 
obtained. It lives on the ground amongst decaying leaves. 
Group Lathridiide. 
Corticaria terricola, sp. n. 
Ovate, broad, somewhat convex, slightly nitid; nearly 
