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Major T. Broun on new 



Abdominal bands somewhat narrower, suffused 

 with turquoise-blue ; second segment flat, 

 with no transverse depression, fourth (except 

 at base) with large punctures ; abdomeu 

 generally with very large and distinct punc- 

 tures. "(Boulder, Colorado, one, July 6, 1908, 

 picked up on the pavement, struggling with 

 a worker Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, Cress., 

 T. D. A. Cockerell; one, July 14, Paul M. 

 Dean.) N. universitatis, sp. n, 



Females. 



Larger ; lateral hind margins of first abdominal 

 segment green ; mesothorax very sparsely 

 punctured, except at sides. (Washington 



State.) N. melanderi, Ckll. 



Smaller ; lateral hind margins of first abdominal 



segment not green or blue 1. 



1. Wings greyish ; truncation of metathorax 



less strongly punctured ; first abdominal 



segment with well-separated but numerous 



punctures; mesothorax closely punctured. 



(Las Cruces, N. M., Sept. 6, Townsend; 



Eincon, N. M., Sept. 14, Ckll.) N.foxii, L>. T. 



AYings brownish ; truncation of metathorax 



more closely punctured ; first abdominal 



segment shining, with very sparse small 



punctures ; mesothorax with larger puuc- 



tures, irregular in size and irregularly 



spaced; punctures of third abdominal seg- 

 ment minute, much smaller than in foxii. 



(Mesilla Valley, N. M., toward Organ Mt.-., 



end of September, Ckll., C -i.) A. mesillensis, sp. n. 



The new species has green bands, as in N.foxii. 



University of Colorado, 



Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 



July 15, 1908. 



XXXVII. — Descriptions of neio Species of New-Zealand 

 Coleoptera. By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. 



Geodephaga. 



Group CxEMACANTHLD.i:. 



Mocodema acuductum. 



cognatum. 



lewisi. 



seriatum. 



attenuatum. 



Diglymma tarsilis. 

 Snofru semulator. 

 Oopterus ni^ritulus. 



frontalis. 



sculpturatus. 



Croup Anisodactylida:. 

 Allocinopus ocularius. 



