On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 379 



XLIX. — Descriptions of new Col eoptera from New Zealand. 

 By Captain Thos. Bkoun. 



[Continued from p. 312.] 



Group Anisodactylidae. 

 Lecanomerus pallipes } sp. n. 



Subdepressed, oblong-oval, shining ; piceo-fuscous, the 

 palpi, antennae, and the sides and apices of the elytra testa- 

 ceous ; the sides of the thorax narrowly bordered with fusco- 

 testaceous ; the labrum, mandibles, and elytral suture 

 rufescent ; legs very pale yellow. 



Thorax one third broader than long, its sides regularly 

 rounded, so that the base and apex are of about equal width ; 

 posterior angles curvate and quite obtuse . ; the slender basal 

 margin is obsolete near the middle ; the dorsal groove is not 

 deep and it is abbreviated ; there is hardly any trace of basal 

 fossae. Elytra oblong-oval, with fine simple striae ; the inter- 

 stices broad and plane. 



This most nearly resembles No. 98 ; it is a little less con- 

 vex, the thorax is not straight, or nearly straight, behind the 

 middle and appreciably wider near the front than it is at the 

 base, as is the case in L. fuliginosus ; the elytra are more 

 oblong, less narrowed posteriorly, and a little flatter above; 

 the legs are thinner and very much paler, and the hind tibiae 

 are less curvate. 



J 1 . Length 2ij, breadth 1 line. 



Dyer's Pass, Canterbury. Mr. Suter sent me a specimen 

 in June 1893. 



Group Hydrophilidae. 



Cyloma Stewarti } sp. n. 



Convex, ovate-oblong, glabrous, shining; fuscous, the 

 front of the head, sides of thorax, the shoulders, sides, and 

 apices of elytra, and a large transverse space on the top of 

 the posterior declivity fusco-testaceous ; the legs and palpi of 

 nearly similar pale colour ; antennae and tarsi yellowish, club 

 dull and slightly infuscate. 



Bead narrowed in front of the eyes, distinctly and rather 

 closely punctate, much more finely in front ; clypeus trun- 

 cate. Eyes prominent, distinctly facetted. Thorax trans- 

 verse, gradually narrowed towards the anterior angles, which 

 are rounded, its sides finely margined, the base slightly 



