Coleoptera from New Zealand. 305 



Metaglymma modicum, sp. n. 



Glossy, black ; legs, antennae, and palpi pitchy red. 



Head rather large, smooth, constricted behind the eyes, and 

 with a fine linear transverse impression above, the inter- 

 antennal furrow deep. Eyes convex and prominent. Man- 

 dibles estriate, long and stout. Antennce with fine distinct 

 pubescence on the six terminal joints, the basal joint quite 

 red. Thorax about one seventh broader than long, very 

 much but not abruptly contracted behind ; the sides mode- 

 rately rounded, with rather narrow simple margins ; posterior 

 angles rectangular but blunt, the base and apex only slightly 

 incurved ; the disk is smooth and slightly convex, the dorsal 

 groove is not deep and does not reach the apex ; the basal 

 fossae are rather small, deep, and punctiform, they are situated 

 close to the sides but at some little distance from the base. 

 Elytra oblong, narrowed towards the shoulders, broadly 

 rounded behind ; each elytron has eight dorsal, well-marked, 

 closely and distinctly punctured striae; the two sutural are 

 not so deep as the outermost ; the first, third, and fifth inter- 

 stices are a little wider than the others ; the smooth area 

 between the eighth and marginal striae is somewhat convex, 

 the posterior sculpture is coarse and irregular, the base is 

 smooth. The outer extremity of the front tibice is prolonged 

 but not dilated externally, the middle pair are but little 

 asperate and only moderately dilated, and the posterior are 

 smooth and hardly at all incrassate at the apex. 



The fourth (apical) ventral segment has two punctures on 

 each side of the middle at the apex, and each side of the 

 thorax bears about six setae, the normal condition in this 

 genus. The labrum is usually broadly rounded, but in this 

 species it is widely emarginate in the middle. 



This is smaller than No. 2324, its nearest ally ; the thoracic 

 fossae are not large, nor do they extend inwards as in that 

 species ; the legs are more slender and the hind tarsi are more 

 elongate, besides other differences. 



Underside smooth and shining. 



<J . Length 7, breadth 2£ lines. 



Wellington. Mr. J. H. Lewis caught this on the sea- 

 beach. 



Metaglymma oregoide, sp. n. 



Elongate, moderately narrow, slightly convex ; brilliant, 

 pitchy black, the legs, antennae, and palpi piceo-rufous. 

 Head smooth, with a well-marked transverse linear impres- 



