Species of New-Zealand Coleoptera. 405 



of equal size ; 5-9 moderately serrate ; tenth as long as the 

 preceding, but less dilated at the apex ; eleventh elongate- 

 oval and acuminate. 



Fern. — Thorax shorter and relatively broader. 



Length 2^ ; breadth | line. 



Central Otago. One pair of this handsome species from 

 Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Dasytes anacharis, sp. n. 



Rather narrow, elongate, not dilated posteriorly, slightly 

 nitid, sparingl}'^ clothed with fine suberect, greyish pubes- 

 cence ; cyaneous, antennae and tarsi piceo-fuscous, legs 

 piceous tinged with blue. 



Head densely and minutely sculptured, with a few very 

 small punctures and two broad iuterocular impressions; it is, 

 eyes included, rather wider than the front of the thorax. 

 Antenna pubescent, joints 3 and 4 nearly twice as long as 

 broad, the terminal rather slender. Thorax about as long as 

 broad, much constricted in front, lateral margins distinct 

 except in front, posterior angles rounded ; its surface densely 

 and minutely sculptured, and with some distant small punc- 

 tures. f::^cuttllwn black. Elytra elongate, subparallel, only 

 slightly expanded behind, somewhat broader than thorax at 

 the base, shoulders moderately elevated ; their punctuation 

 close and fine yet distinct, the interstices indistinctly rugose. 

 Tarsi as long as the tibise ; claws castaneous, with distinct 

 membranous appendages. 



Underside shining, blue, minutely punctate, with distinct 

 pubescence. Metasternum distinctly broadly medially 

 grooved behind. 



When compared with D. oreocharis, its nearest ally, its 

 distinct elytral punctuation is at once apparent, the body is 

 uniformly blue without any green tinge, and the head and 

 thorax are rather broader. In D. oreobius the punctures are 

 quite shallow. 



Length 2|-3| ; breadth |-1 line. 



My three specimens were given to me by Mr. E. W. 

 Anderson, without any indication of locality. 



Group CleridaB. 

 Phymatophoea luguhris, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrow, slightly glossy, fuscous black; legs 

 pale brown, base of femora and the knees fusco-testaceous. 

 Head (including the large and prominent eyes) rather 



