Genera and Species of New Zealand Coleoptera. 615 



Group Oxytelidae. 

 Ti'ogopldoius maritimus, sp. n. 



Suhparallel, slightly shining, sparsely clotlied with pale 

 yellowish pubescence ; head and abdomen fuscous ; thorax 

 and elytra castaneous, these latter with a large apical space 

 on each, sometimes occupying nearly half of the surface, 

 testaceous ; antennae and legs flavo-castaneous, the basal three 

 joints of the former and the mandibles more rufescent. 



Antennce inserted below distinct prominences in front of 

 the eyes ; first joint stout and equal in length to the following 

 two conjointly ; second and third of almost equal length, 

 fourth slightly shorter than the contiguous ones, eighth and 

 ninth moniliform, tenth subquadrate, eleventh conical. 

 Mandihles curvate, inwardly dentate. Palpi moderately 

 elongate, penultimate articulation iucrassate and finely 

 pubescent, terminal very short and narrow. 



Head trigonal, rounded behind, rather finely and closely 

 punctate. Eyes globular, only slightly convex, distinctly 

 facetted. Thvrax ]\xs>i about as long as broad, widest before 

 the middle, rounded laterally, more narrowed behind than in 

 front; it is closely and finely punctured, but does not exhibit 

 any well-marked impressions. Elytra quadrate, incurved at 

 base, apices truncate ; the suture is a little elevated, the 

 sculpture on the dark portion is like that of the thorax, but 

 becomes finer on the pale parts. Abdomen elongate, with 

 strongly elevated lateral margins, it is very finely punctured, 

 and bears slender elongate pubescence. Legs pilose, tibiai 

 simple ; terminal joint of the tarsi nearly twice as long as 

 the basal two taken together, claws thickened at base. 



Underside fuscous ; coxse pale chestnut. 



Var. — Body longer, the thorax so regularly rounded that 

 the middle appears widest ; the posterior portion of the elytra 

 darker, yet quite evidently paler than the basal half. 



Length If, breadth nearly ^ line. 



Mokohinou Island. 



Three examples from Mr. Sandager. 



Group Lucanidae. 

 Lissotes auriculatits, sp. n. 



Robust, subopaque, fuscous black, sparsely setose. 



Head large, slightly exceeding the thorax in length ; its 

 frontal portion slopes downwards, and appears curvedly de- 

 pressed there, its anterior margin is slightly incurved medially; 



