34 G Major T. Broun on new 



Anchomenus macroccdis, sp. n. 



Subdeprcssed, subopaque, black; legs piccous ; palpi, 

 mandibles, antennae, and tarsi dark infuscate red. 



Thorax subquadrate, a fifth broader than long, a little 

 wider before the middle than elsewhere, base truncate, apex 

 widely but not deeply emarginate, so that the anterior angles 

 arc slightly prominent; its sides gradually narrowed but 

 hardly perceptibly sinuated behind, moderately rounded 

 anteriorly, posterior angles rectangular; the central furrow 

 extends from base to apex, the former is longitudinally 

 strigose, the front impressh n not well marked, the di.sk feebly 

 transversely striate; basal fossae very large, occupying 

 almost the whole area from the lateral margins to near the 

 central groove and prolonged forwards to the middle, and 

 continued still further as a narrow shallow impression near 

 each side. Elytra oblong-oval, slightly wider behind the 

 middle than elsewhere, distinctly narrowed towards the 

 rounded shoulders, a good deal obliquely contracted poste- 

 riorly, apices rounded ; their stria? fine, but distinct and 

 apparently quite impunctate, interstices broad, nearly flat, 

 the third rather feebly tripunctate. 



This is closely allied to A. otagoensis ; the coloration differs 

 and the basal thoracic impressions are materially different, as 

 in that species they are simple though large fovea? with 

 shallow anterior prolongations. 



£ . Length 5^-G; breadth 2 lines. 



The Hermitage, Mount Cook. 



Two males from Mr. H. Suter. 



Anchomenus xanthomelus, sp. n. 



Glossy, nigro-piceous; the labium, mandibles, and margins 

 of thorax and elytra rufescent ; antenna?, palpi, and legs 

 ilavescent, sometimes pallid. 



Head ovate, smooth, with well-marked frontal impressions. 

 Thorax cordiform, slightly longer than broad, widest at the 

 middle, moderately rounded towards the obtuse anterior 

 angles, much sinuated behind ; at the base, however, the 

 sides are straight, with acutely rectangular angles ; basal 

 fossa? large and deep and extending forwards as curvate 

 impressions which become obsolete towards the front; basal 

 region depressed, the longitudinal groove well-marked 

 medially, but less so near the base and apex ; the curvate 

 frontal impression feeble ; there are several short longitu- 

 dinal stria; near the basal margin. Elytra oval, obliquely 



