288 Capt. T. Broun on new 
LI.—Deseriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 
By Captain THos. Broun. 
[Continued from p. 195. } 
Group Elaterida. 
Chrosis eximia, sp. n. 
Body moderately elongate, rather broad, shining, sparsely 
clothed with short brassy hairs; head, thorax, and antenne 
pitchy black, elytra rufo-piceous. 
Head wneven, irregularly punctured. Antenne short, 
reaching the base of the thorax; third joint slightly longer 
than the fourth, one third longer than the second. Thorax 
evidently longer than broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, 
but with a deep notch at each side before the middle ; poste- 
rior angles divergent, the space near each is broadly de- 
pressed; its surface finely and distantly punctured, with pale 
yellow or ash-coloured pubescence. /ytra gradually nar- 
rowed posteriorly, apices truncate ; they are striate, the outer 
striae only are distinctly punctured, interstices finely punc- 
tured. 
Prosternum punctate, its flanks nearly smooth, but near the 
sides and front rather closely punctured. Abdomen finely 
punctured, more distinctly and closely near the sides and on 
the fifth segment, with numerous erect black hairs. Cowal 
lamina much longer near the base than at the sides, with a 
small deep notch near the trochanter. 
C. impressa is most like this species; the punctuation of 
its elytral interstices is closer, coarser, and rugose. C. reversa 
has impunctate prosternal flanks; in C. barbata they are 
closely punctured. 
Length 93, breadth 23 lines. 
Capleston, Westland. 
Described from an example found by Mr. A. T. Cavell. 
Group Diaperide. 
Menimus vicinus, sp. n. 
Oval, not short, moderately convex, sparingly clothed with 
minute greyish hairs, most easily seen near the sides; mode- 
rately shining, rufo-piceous, the legs, antenne, and the 
margins pale red. 
Liead minutely yet quite distinctly, but not closely pune- 
