Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 3-A7 



sinuate posteriorly, apices slightly prolonged, shoulders 

 rounded ; they are evidently striate, the stride, however, are 

 scarcely perceptibly punctured, interstices slightly convex, 

 the third tripunctate. Tarsi with two grooves above and 

 another along each side. 



In A. helmsi the elytra are more narrowed posteriorly, with 

 more prolonged apices. A. sandageri may be recognized by 

 the projecting base of the thorax: the front tarsi also differ; 

 in A. sandageri the second joint is quite oblong, whereas in 

 this species the corresponding joint, as well as the third, is 

 much narrowed towards the base. 



S. Length 4f ; breadth If lines. 



Manawatu Gorge. 



One, discovered by Mr. W. W. Smith. 



Anchomenus intermedins, sp. n. 



Body rather elongate, nitid, piceo-niger; margins of 

 thorax and elytra fusco-rufous ; legs pale testaceous ; the 

 palpi, tarsi, and basal three joints of antennas fulvescent, 

 remaining joints fusco-rufous and opaque. 



Head oviform, smooth, inter-antennal impressions moderate; 

 labrum widely incurved. Eyes large and prominent. An- 

 tennae elongate, attaining the middle thighs, third joint 

 slightly longer than fourth. Thorax apparently elongate, in 

 reality one-sixth broader than long, rather wider before the 

 middle than elsewhere, moderately rounded towards the 

 obtuse front angles, slightly and gradually narrowed back- 

 wards, posterior angles rectangular but not acute, base 

 subtruncate, apex a little incurved ; discoidal groove well 

 marked throughout, the angulate frontal impression more or 

 less distinct ; basal fossee large, prolonged, but becoming- 

 shallow halfway along each side, so that the lateral margins 

 seem elevated behind ; the disk convex, with feeble striai 

 across it, sometimes there are longitudinal ruga; at the base. 

 Elytra elongate, oblong-oval, moderately convex, the sutural 

 region somewhat elevated posteriorly; with well-developed, 

 very finely punctured strise, interstices broad and slightly 

 convex, the third tripunctate. 



Legs long and slender ; the anterior tarsi of the male but 

 little expanded, basal two joints oblong, third shorter than 

 second and more narrowed towards its base, fourth deeply 

 eniarginate, the two hind pairs distinctly grooved. 



Just intermediate between A. integratus and A. xantlio- 

 melus. The thorax is more like that of the former, but 

 differs in being less sinuate behind: whilst the elytra, instead 



