Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 349 



Anchomenus sophronitis, sp. n. 



Body piceo-niger, slightly nitid ; antennae, palpi, and legs 

 rufescent. 



Head broadly oviform, the vertex seems convex, owing 

 to two curved frontal depressions uniting with the lateral 

 furrows; labrum red, widely incurved. Thorax subquadrate, 

 about one-sixth broader than long, widest at, or before, 

 the middle, rounded there, moderately narrowed towards the 

 front, with a long but not deep sinuation behind, the sides 

 near the base almost straight, posterior angles rectangular 

 but not acute ; its surface obsoletely transversely striate, 

 basal fovea; large, prolonged forwards and gradually be- 

 coming fainter ; the longitudinal sulcus passes the frontal 

 impression, but in the male does not reach the smooth base ; 

 in the female the base is not perfectly smooth. Elytra 

 oblong-oval, a little transversely convex ; posterior sinu- 

 osities long but not deep, apices obtusely rounded ; their 

 striae distinctly impressed and very finely punctured, the 

 sides behind the posterior femora somewhat explauate and 

 rufescent ; interstices very slightly convex, the third tri- 

 punctate. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi grooved above, second joint oblong, 

 narrowed towards its base, third subcordate ; the two hind 

 pairs distinctly grooved. Apex of terminal ventral segment 

 with two setigerous punctures at each side of the middle. 



Female. — Tarsi distinctly grooved, three punctures each 

 side of last segment, elytral apices subtruncate. 



The rather definite limitation of the vertex in front, the 

 more convex hind body with deeper sulci, and the structural 

 difference in the third tarsal joint of the male are good 

 distinguishing characters for its separation from A. otayoensis, 

 in which the third joint of the anterior tarsus of the male is 

 quite oblong. 



Length 5 ; breadth 2 lines. 



West Plains, Invercargill. 



One pair from Mr. A. Philpott in October 1894. 



Ctenoynathus littorellus, sp. n. 



Body black ; head and thorax somewhat glossy, elytra less 

 so, labrum and mandibles red ; antennae, palpi, and le»-s 

 ruf.>-testaceous. 



Head oviform, small, vertex moderately convex, frontal 

 impressions well marked. Thorax cordate, length and 

 breadth equal, widest at the middle, rounded there, moderately 



