Coleoptera from Neir Zealand. 237 



Veronatus amplus, sp. ii. 



Suhopaqiie, ferruginous, very finely and closely punctured, 

 covered with fine short yellow pubescence. 



Head large, the gense obtusely dilated behind the eyes and 

 extending outwardly a little beyond them ; it is rather con- 

 vex ; between the eyes there is a large, scarcely elevated, 

 triangular space, the apex of which extends backwards ; this 

 part is less closely sculptured and pubescent than the portion 

 behind it. Anteniice filiform, reaching backwards beyond the 

 middle thighs, their first joint thick, second very short, the 

 third about one third shorter than the fourth. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long, its sides finely margined and nearly straight, 

 the front angles much rounded, the posterior better defined 

 but obtuse ; the middle of the base and apex are broadly 

 rounded ; ihere is an indistinct central groove near the 

 middle ; halfway between the dorsal stria and the side there 

 is a distinct transverse depression ; the pubescence is unevenly 

 distributed. Elytra very indistinctly tricostate, with some 

 large ill-defined impressions near the sides ; the clothing is so 

 arranged as to cause a somewhat maculate appearance. 



This is much larger than No, 567 ; the thoracic depressions 

 and more rounded and differently sculptured head will lead 

 to its recognition. The mandibles are short, and during 

 repose are curved inwards just in front of the labrum ; this is 

 more exposed than in V. longipalpis. The sides of the thorax 

 appear broader and flatter. The membranous space between 

 the forehead and labrum is larger. 



Length 5^, breadth 2^ lines. 



Nelson. One example was caught on Mount Arthur by 

 Messrs. Cheeseman and Urquhart. 



Cyphon McKerrowiy sp. n. 



Oviform^ not narrow, convex, shining ; black, thorax 

 reddish yellow, elytra with a large pale yellow spot on the 

 sides before the middle and two small contiguous ones close 

 to the suture near the apex ; pubescence ash-coloured on the 

 dark parts, yellow elsewhere ; legs and antennse variegated 

 fuscous. 



Head finely punctured. Thorax strongly transverse, the 

 middle of the base and apex obtusely rounded, its surface 

 finely and distantly punctured. Scutellum large, triangular. 

 Elytra not impressed, finely punctate, with an indistinct 

 sutural stria on each near the middle. Antennm stout, third 

 joint barely half the bulk of the fourth, the latter rather 

 longer than the fifth. 



