306 Capt. T. Broun on new 



sion behind the eyes ; the inter- antennal furrow is not deep, 

 and there is no longitudinal groove between the side of the 

 forehead and the mandible. Eyes small but prominent. 

 Labrum rounded. Thorax elongate (3f millim. long by 4 

 broad), only slightly wider before the middle than it is else- 

 where, very gradually narrowed posteriorly, its sides but little 

 curved and only indistinctly marginated, the hind angles 

 obtuse and indistinct; the surface is smooth, the central 

 channel is rather fine and does not reach the apex, the basal 

 fossse are small and punctiform and are about as far from the 

 sides as they are from the base. Elytra oblong-oval, finely 

 margined, the shoulders rounded ; on each elytron there are 

 eight rather fine stria?, they are only feebly impressed near 

 the smooth base, the eighth does not extend as far forwards 

 as the middle thigh ; they are only finely punctured, the 

 sculpture becomes coarse and irregular behind. 



The antenna} reach backwards to the middle of the thorax, 

 their five or six terminal joints bear more fine pubescence 

 than do those of M. monilifer. The external apical prolon- 

 gation of the front tibice extends about as far as the apex of 

 the basal joint of the tarsi, the outer extremity of the middle 

 pair is angularly produced to the same extent as that of 

 M. monilifer, the posterior are only slightly incrassate. The 

 terminal joint of the maxillary palpi is moderately slender. 



There is no species of Metaglymma like this ; it looks more 

 like Castelnau's Oregus incequalis. The thorax is very 

 similar, there being no abrupt posterior contraction ; the 

 space beyond the eighth elytral stria and also the marginal 

 channel are nearly smooth, there being only some shallow 

 punctures. 



Length 7^, breadth 2£ lines. 



Christchurch. Found by Mr. Suter in his garden. 



Group Licinidae. 



Dichrochile cephalotes, sp. n. 



Subdepressed ; the head, thorax, and scutellum dull pitchy 

 black, with dense minute granular sculpture ; elytra shining, 

 violaceo-piceous, the margins paler ; the legs and basal joint 

 of the antenna? pale brown, joints 4 to 11 of these latter 

 darker, opaque, and pubescent. 



Head large, as long (mandibles exclusive) but not as 

 broad as the thorax ; the sides but little rounded and only 

 slightly narrowed behind the eyes j there are four more or 

 less evident interocular punctures. Eyes only moderately 



