346 Major T. Broun on new 



AncJiomenus macrocoelis, sp. n. 



Suhdepressed, subopaque, black; legs piceous ; palpi, 

 mandibles, antennas, and tarsi dark inl'uscate red. 



Thorax subquadrate, a fifth broader than long, a little 

 wider before the middle than elsewhere, base truncate, apex 

 widely but not deeply eniarginate, so that the anterior angles 

 are slightly prominent; its sides gradually narrowed but 

 liardly perceptibly sinuated behind, moderately rounded 

 anteriorly, posterior angles rectangular; the central furrow 

 extends from base to apex, the former is longitudinally 

 ptrigose, the front impressi( n not well marked, the disk feebly 

 transversely striate; basal foss?e very large, occupying 

 almost the whole area from the lateral margins to near the 

 central groove and prolonged forwards to the middle, and 

 continued still further as a narrow shallow impression near 

 each side. Eli/tra oblong-oval, slightly wider behind the 

 middle than elsewhere, distinctly narrowed towards the 

 rounded shoulders, a good deal obliquely contracted poste- 

 riorly, apices rounded ; their stride fine, but distinct and 

 apparently quite impunctate, interstices broad, nearly flat, 

 the third rather feebly tripunctate. 



This is closely allied to A. otagoensis ; the coloration differs 

 and the basal thoracic impressions are materially different, as 

 in that species they are simple though large foveas with 

 shallow anterior prolongations. 



($ . Length 5^-6 ; breadth 2 lines. 



The Hermitage, Mount Cook. 



Two males from Mr. H. Suter. 



Anchomenus xanthomelus^ sji. n. 



Glusst/j nigro-piceous; the labium, mandibles, and margins 

 of thorax and elytra rufescent ; antennas, palpi, and legs 

 flavcscent, sometimes pallid. 



i/eaf/ ovate, smooth, with well-marktd frontal impressions. 

 Thoi'QX cordiform, slightly longer than broad, widest at the 

 middle, moderately rounded towards fln^ obtuse anterior 

 angles, much sinuated behind ; at the base, however, the 

 sides are straight, with acutely rectangular angles ; basal 

 fossai large and deep and extending torvvards as eurvate 

 impressions which become obsolete towards the front; basal 

 region depressed, the longitudinal groove well-marked 

 uiediallyj but less so near the base and apex ; the curvatc 

 frontal impression feeble; there are several short longitu- 

 dinal strife near the basal margin. Elijtra oval, obliquely 



