Coleoptera from N'ew Zealand. 199 



Group Lucanidae. 

 Mitophyllus cyUndricus, sp. n. 



Subparallel, moderately transversely convex, a little 

 shilling; red, the tarsi and antennae paler; sparingly clothed 

 with decumbent yellow hairs. 



Head shorty closely punctured, the forehead almost quite 

 truncate, and with a more or less distinct margin. Mandibles 

 short, much curved apically. Eyes prominent, rotundate, 

 finely but distinctly facetled. Antenncp short, their basal 

 joint with pale slender setaj ; club short, finely pubescent, its 

 third joint shorter and thicker than the second. Thorax one 

 third broader than long, slightly narrowed towards the front, 

 its sides minutely crenate and hardly at all curved ; base 

 feebly sinuate, with obtuse angles, the anterior subacute; the 

 surface is moderately closely and coarsely punctured. Scu- 

 tellum punctate. Elytra parallel-sided, as wide as the thorax 

 at the base, the shoulders slightly rounded ; their sculpture is 

 somewhat ill-defined, consisting of shallow striae and punc- 

 tures ; the spaces between the punctures are more or less 

 raised transversely, so that the surface appears a little rugose 

 Legs pilose ; front tibise curvate and finely denticulate or 

 crenate externally, with an apical spine, and a straight one 

 between it and the middle ; the intermediate arched and 

 asperate, but without any distinct central spine ; the posterior 

 nearly straight. 



The unspotted surface, subcylindrical outline, and small 

 size will prevent its being mistaken for any of its allies. 



$ . Length 3f , breadth If line. 



Wellington. Mr. J. H. Lewis found two specimens under 

 the bark of a liimu ; one of these he sent to me. 



Mitophyllus angusticeps, sp. n. 



Subovate, slightly convex, opaque ; smoky black, tarsi 

 piceous, antennae and palpi pitchy red ; sparingly and irregu- 

 larly clothed with elongate, depressed, pale testaceous scales. 



Head very elongate and narrow, coarsely punctured, quite 

 closely behind the eyes. Mandibles rather short and flat, 

 bifid at apex. Eyes subdepressed, free, remote from tlie 

 thorax. Antennw short, the basal joint long and curvate, 

 with a few elongate, erect, pale setae ; seventh slightly pro- 

 duced inwardly; club finely pubescent, its terminal joint 

 thickest. Thorax nearly twice as broad as it is long, base 

 bisinuate and wider than the front, its sides only moderately 

 rounded, the angles obtuse; it is more finely punctured than 



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