50 Capt. T. Broun on new 



iiairowcd backwards. Mandibles hifid at extremity. Thorax 

 stroiijrly transverse, fjradually narrowed towards the acute 

 anterior angles, with a sinuation near each eye, so that the 

 middle of the a})ex seems rounded, the punctuation concealed 

 and shallow. Scutellum triangular. Elytra as wide as 

 thorax at the base, their sides nearly parallel, but much 

 curvedly narrowed ])Ostcriorly ; their striae arc sharply im- 

 pressed and impunctate, the interstices are plane and finely 

 coriaceous. 



Femora grooved underneath ; tihi(B straight inwardly, 

 rather slender towards the knees, with about six setigerous 

 denticles along the outside, the anterior with a broad shallow 

 impression along the front for tlic accommodation of the tarsi, 

 the other pairs deeply grooved along the posterior face so 

 that the tarsi, in repose, are almost hidden. Tarsi stout 

 and nearly nude, the terminal joint nearly as long as the 

 preceding four taken together. 



Antenna sparingly iiispid, 2nd joint nearly as long and 

 stout as the exposed part of the 1st; 8rd anrl 4th equal, 

 aboiit tuice as long as broad; 5th and 6th longer tiian 

 broad, but shorter than the preceding; 7th short, 8th and 

 9th transverse, lOth distinctly broader than 9th ; II th large, 

 oblong, closely adapted to the 10th, so these two apparently 

 form the oblong club. 



Underdde opaque, sparsely studded with suberect, short, 

 coarse grey setae. Abdomen, like the breast, with coarse 

 shallow punctures ; the three intermediate segments short, 

 ■with stron"lv curved sutures : the terminal moderatclv long 

 and narrow, the visible central portion of the basal one large 

 and subtriangular. 



Rather smaller and more convex than Nos. 43.2 and 2512, 

 and recognizable by the dense squamosity. The last species 

 (2512) may be separated at once by the quite acuminate 

 terminal joints of the maxillary palpi. 



Length If, breadth 1 line. 



Ophir, Otago. Two specimens found by Mr. Lewis. The 

 measurements are from a " set out " example, the other 

 retracted one is smaller. 



Group Lucanidae. 



Mitophyllus curvidens, sp. n. 



Oblong, moderately convex, slightly nitid, variegate, 

 m.Gstly nigrescent, occasionally tinged with violaceous, the 

 sides of thorax and an elongate space on the elytra ferru- 

 ginous ; irregularly clothed with elongate, depressed, pallid 



