On new Coleoptera from Xew Zealand. bil 



LXXIT. — Descriptions of a new Genus and Four Species of 

 Coleoplera from New Zealand. By Cant. T. BliOUN, 

 F.E.S. 



Group Cnemacanthidse. 



Metaglymma Doullii, sp. ii. 



Elongate, nitid, black ; aiitennte, legs, and labrum piceo- 

 rufous. 



Head narrowed anteriorly, not constricted behind tlie 

 small but very prominent eyes, witli irregular ruga3 near 

 these ; e])ietonie truncate, with three or four wrinkles ; 

 labrum medially incurved, with five punctures. Antennce of 

 moderate length, the last six joints sparingly pubescent. 

 Thorax rather narrow^ 2 lines long by 2.] broad, its sides 

 very gently rounded and a good deal, but not abruptly, 

 narrowed behind, posterior angles obtuse; its surface smooth, 

 with the usual groove along the middle, basal fovea? small, 

 not transverse, and placed close to the angles ; lateral rims 

 not explanate. Elytra oblong-oval, their strire deep, even 

 near the suture ; the punctures are coarse and the transverse 

 intervals between them rarely attain the level of the longitu- 

 dinal interstices ; the inner three interstices are moderately 

 wide, the others become narrower ; the apical sculpture is 

 also deep, but more irregular. Pygidium smooth, 



Tibice stout ; tiie outer angle of the anterior does not reach 

 the apex of the basal tarsal joint, that of the intermediate is 

 moderately, the posterior but little expanded. 



Underside almost quite smooth and shining, with three 

 punctures at each side, at the extremity, of the last ventral 

 segment. 



In J7. monilifer the lateral margins of the thorax are 

 flattened, with well-marked transverse fovea-like sculpture. 



Although I have not seen Dr. Sharp's M. sulcatum 

 (no. 1764), 1 consider the present species its nearest ally; it 

 is, however, distinct therefrom, as in the former the head is 

 without sculpture and the hind body is parallel-sided. 



^ . Length 8^, breadth 3 lines. 



^orlh Canterbury. 



One example from the Rev. Alexander Dl)u11, in whose 

 honour it has been named. 



Metaglymma minor, sp. n. 



Piceous black, rather dull ; legs and antennse pitchy red. 

 Plead smooth ; labrum rounded and punctate in front ; 



