Species of Neio-Zealand Coleoptera. 3-19 



AncJiomenus soph'onitis, sp. n. 



BorJy piceo-nigev, slightly nitid ; tintennai, palpi, and legs 

 rufescent. 



Bead broadly oviform, the vertex seems convex, owing 

 to two curved frontal depressions uniting with the lateral 

 furrows; labrum red, widely incurved. Thorax suhquadrsLte, 

 about one-sixth broader than long, widest at, or before, 

 the middle, rounded there, moderately narrowed towards tiie 

 front, with a long but not deep sinuation behind, the sides 

 near the base almost straight, posterior angles rectangular 

 but not acute ; its surface obsoletely transversely striate, 

 l)asal fovese large, prolonged forwards and gradually be- 

 coming fainter ; the longitudinal sulcus passes the frontal 

 impression, but in the male does not reach tiie smooth base ; 

 in the female the base is not perfectly smooth. Elytra 

 oblong-oval, a little transversely convex ; posterior sinu- 

 osities long but not deep, apices obtusely rounded ; their 

 striae distinctly impressed and very finely punctured, the 

 sides behind tlie posterior femora somewhat explanate and 

 rufescent ; interstices very sh'ghtly convex, the third tri- 

 punctate. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi grooved above, second joint oblong, 

 narrowed toAvards its base, third subcordate ; the two hind 

 ])airs distinctly grooved. Apex of terminal ventral segment 

 with two setigerous punctures at eacli side of the middle. 



Female. — Tarsi distinctly grooved, three punctures each 

 side of last segmetit, elytral apices subtruncate. 



The rather detiuite limitation of the vertex in front, the 

 more convex hind body with deeper sulci, and the structural 

 difference in the third tarsal joint of the male are good 

 distinguishing characters for its separation from A. otagoensis, 

 in which the third joint of the anterior tarsus of the male is 

 quite oblong. 



Length 5 ; breadtli 2 lines. 



West Plains, Invercargill. 



One pair from Mr. A. Thilpott in October 1894. 



Ctenognathus littorellus, sp. n. 



Body black ; head and thorax somewhat glossy, elytra less 

 so, labrum and mandibles red ; antennse, palpi, and le^-s 

 vuio-testaceous. 



Head oviform, small, vertex moderately convex, frontal 

 impie.sbions well marked. Thorax cordate, lenfth and 

 breadth equal, widest at the middle, rounded there, moderately 



