O-k-i Capt. T. Broun on 



eyes prominent. Antennce all but nude and shining, bearing 

 only a few slender outstanding haiis. Thorax much con- 

 tracted near the base, 2^ lines broad by 1| long, very slightly 

 rounded laterally ; apex truncate, a little emarginate medially 

 at the base, the sides (margins) expanded and somewhat 

 flattened, but narrow at the basal angles, which are obtuse ; 

 its surface is smooth, having only the common median sulcus 

 and moderately long fossae. Elytra oblong-oval, narrower at 

 the shoulders than on top of the hind slope ; moderately 

 punctatc-striate ; the discoidal striaj and punctures are rather 

 shallow, those near the sides are coarser, but not deep; the 

 interstices are simple. 



Legs stout, the outer apical prolongation of the anterior 

 tibia does not extend beyond the middle of the first tarsal 

 joint, the intermediate tibige are moderately and the hind pair 

 slightly thickened at the extremity. 



Underside nearly smooth and as red as the femora. 

 Terminal ventral segment with two punctures on each side of 

 the middle at the apex, the intermediate with four punctures 

 at the middle. 



This species looks like a small M. monilifer, wliicli, how- 

 ever, has a series of about twelve punctures across the 

 extremity of the penultimate ventral segment, with stouter 

 legs and more strongly develojjed tibial angles, larger but less 

 convex eyes, and slight differences of sculpture. 



cJ. Length 7, breadth 2^ lines. 



North Canterbury. 



One from the Rev. A. DoulPs collection. 



Group Heleidae. 



Cilihe costella, sp. n. 



Ojiaquej fuscous black ; antennae, palpi, and tarsi pitchy 

 red ; oblong, only slightly oviform, moderately convex. 



Head densely, moderately coarsely, and irregularly punc- 

 tured, most coarsely on the lateral spaces before the eyes ; 

 vertex convex; epistome emarginate, but less so than in 

 C. opacula. Thorax 3^ lines broad by 2^ long, including 

 tiic front angles, distinctly marginate at the sides, these only 

 slightly curved, almost straight behind the middle, narrowed 

 anteriorly, with a feeble sinuosity near each front angle; 

 this latter is prominent and its tip appears incurved, the 

 base is bisinuate, with rectangular angles ; disk moderately 

 convex, the sides somewhat flattened but not obviously 

 concave, the whole surface coarsely and reticulately punc- 



