236 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Geodephagous 



Section B. Mesoihoracic epimera not reacJiing the middle coxce. 



Subfamilj Broscik^. 



Mecodema scidpturatum, Blanchard, Voj. au Pole Sud, Zool. 

 vol. iv. p. 34, t. ii. f. 14. 



Mecodema Hoioittn^ Casteln. Trans. R. Soc. Victoria, pt. ii. 

 vol. viii. p. 159 { = rectolineatu7n^ Putz. Stett. Zeit. 1868, 

 p. 317). 



Mecodema rectolineatum^ Casteln. I. c. p. 160 ; Putz. Annali 

 del Mus. Civ. di Genova, vol. iv. p. 4. 



Mecodema impressum, Casteln. ?. c. p. 161 ; Putz. I. c. p. 4. 



Mecodema lucidwn, Casteln. /. c. p. 160 ; Putz. /. c. p. 5. 

 " Dunedin." 



Mecodcmxi crenicolley Casteln. I, c. p. 160 ; Putz. I. c. p. 6. 

 "Auckland." 



Mecodema simplex, Casteln. I. c. p. 160 ; Putz. I. c. p. 7. 

 "Auckland." 



Mecodema alternans, Casteln. I. c. p. 161. 



Mecodema crenaticoUe, Eedtenbacher, Reise d. Novara, Coleopt. 

 p. 11. 



I have not yet seen anj species of Mecodema from the 

 neighbourhood of Christchurch. 



Metaglymma tihiale. 



Maoria tibialis, Casteln. I. c. p. 163. 



" Moljneux River ; in the mountains." 



Metaglymma monilifer, Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. vol. iv. 

 p. 79 (1867). 

 Near Christchurch. Discovered by Mr. Fereday. 



Metaglymma punctatum, Putz. I. c. p. 8. 

 Maoria punctata, Casteln. I. c. p. 164. 

 " Dunedin ; in the mountains." 



MetaglymTna morio, Putz. I. c. p. 9. 

 Maoria morio, Caateln. I. c. p. 164. 

 Otago. 



Metaglymma elongatum, Putz. I. c. p. 9. 

 Mecodema elongatum, Casteln. /. c. p. 162. 



