288 Capt. T. Broun on new 



LI. — Descriptioyis of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 

 Bj Captain Thos. Broun. 



[Continued from p. 195.] 



Group ElateridsB. 

 Chrosis exinita, sp. n. 



Boch/ moderately elongate, rather broad, shining, sparselj 

 clothed with short brassy hairs ; head, thorax, and antennae 

 pitchy black, elytra rufo-piceous. 



Head uneven, irregularly punctured. Atifennce short, 

 reaching the base of the thorax ; third joint slightly longer 

 than the fourth, one third longer than the second. Thorax 

 evidently longer than broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, 

 but with a deep notch at each side before the middle ; poste- 

 rior angles divergent, the space near each is broadly de- 

 pressed ; its surface finely and distantly punctured, with pale 

 yellow or ash-coloured pubescence. Elytra gradually nar- 

 rowed posteriorly, apices truncate ; they are striate, the outer 

 striae only are distinctly punctured, interstices finely punc- 

 tured. 



Prosternum punctate, its flanks nearly smooth, but near the 

 sides and front rather closely punctured. Abdomen finely 

 punctured, more distinctly and closely near the sides and on 

 the fifth segment, with numerous erect black hairs. Coxal 

 lamina much longer near the base than at the sides, with a 

 small deep notch near the trochanter. 



C. impressa is most like this species ; the punctuation of 

 its elytral interstices is closer, coarser, and rugose. C. reversa 

 has impunctate prosternal flanks; in G. barhata they are 

 closely punctured. 



Length 9^, breadth 2^ lines. 



Capleston, Westland. 



Described from an example found by Mr. A. T. Cavell. 



Group Diaperidae. 

 Menimus vicinus^ sp. n. 



Oval^ not short, moderately convex, sparingly clothed with 

 minute greyish hairs, most easily seen near the sides ; mode- 

 rately shining, rufo-piceous, the legs, antennas, and the 

 margins pale red. 



head minutely yet quite distinctly, but not closely punc- 



