198 Capt. T. Broun on neid 



extends right across, the basal margin appears asperate and 

 Ciirinilorm. Scutf/fum punctate, rounded beliind. Elytra 

 large, subovate, distinctly but not coarsely punctured ; near 

 each shoulder there is a rather broad oblique impression ; the 

 sutural region is very slightly depressed, but just below the 

 top of the hind slope the depressions or striai are deeper, and 

 at this point the suture is more distinct than it is elsewhere. 

 Legs stout, finely pilose. Tarsi yellow, but infuscate near 

 the extremity ; first joint longer than the second and very 

 slightly prolonged below it ; third quite as long as the basal 

 two, thickened apically ; claws rather large and curved, with 

 basal lobes. 



This most nearly resembles No. 423. 



Var. — Elongate setse on hind body more slender and quite 

 yellow. One was found near Howick several years ago. 



Length |, breadth § line. 



Hunua Range, Drury. One, on the ground, June 1893. 



Group CopridaB. 

 Saphobius tibialis, sp. n. 



Body broadly oval, subopaque, clothed with short, some- 

 times iDent or curled, fulvous setee j fuscous, legs red, antennse 

 and tarsi paler. 



Head moderately bidentate in front, distinctly and closely 

 punctured. Thorax twice as broad as long, its sides nearly 

 straight, but curvedly narrowed in front; its sculpture is not 

 close and cannot be termed punctiform ; it consists of oviform 

 ring-like impressions, with a minute puncture in the middle 

 of each. Elytra gradually curvedly narrowed from the 

 shoulders backwards ; they are feebly striate ; the interstices 

 are broad and plane, with dense, excessively minute, granular 

 sculpture. 



Tihice finely setose, the anterior rather long, slightly curved 

 and feebly tridcntate externally, the apex almost quite trun- 

 cate and considerably prolonged inwardly, so as to be twice 

 the width of the middle portion. 



This is intermediate between S. squamosus and S. setosus as 

 regards size. The inner apical dilatation of the front tibiae is 

 more abrupt, i. e. shorter in the longitudinal direction and 

 more prolonged laterally, than in any other species known 

 as yet. 



^. Length 1|, breadth 1^ line. 



Mount Pirongia, one example ; a second was found near 

 Mr. Kusab's saw-mill at Ohaupo, January 1893. 



