NEW ZEALAND SCYDMANID A. 385. 
1662 : Coxelus grossanus, nu.sp.—-Oblong, convex, fuscous, sides and 
apex of thorax rufescent, sparsely hairy. The sides of the thorax are 
more explanate and more sinuously narrowed behind than in any other 
species. 
Length, 14; breadth, } line. 
Dunedin. Mr. T. Chalmer. 
1663 : Pycnomerus arboreus, n.sp.—Nigro-piceous, not parallel, 
scantily clothed with minute grayish hairs. Antenne 11-articulate. 
Allied to, but differing from, P. ellipticus in having the 6th elytral 
interstices curtailed. 
Length, 12; breadth. 2 line. 
Near Howick. 
ELMIDA. 
1664: Hydora nitida, n.sp.- Like H. picea (No. 1173), more 
glossy ; the elytra not depressed before the middle, more strongly punc- 
tured, and with narrower, slightly raised, intervals. 
Length, 14 ; breadth, } line. 
Taieri. Mr. 8S. W. Fulton. (Sent as No. 124.) 
1665: H. obsoleta, n.sp.—-Larger than No. 1173 ; covered with 
very short cinereous (sometimes greenish) hairs; elytra more evidently 
depressed before the middle, but without distinct punctuation beyond 
that point. 
Length, 2; breadth, # line. 
Taierl. Mr. 8. W. Fulton. 
LUCANIDA. 
1666: Ceratognathus gibbosus, n.sp.—Oblong, black, covered with 
white and pale grayish-brown, depressed scales. Sutural region of 
elytra considerably elevated. 
Female :—Length, 44 ; breadth, 24 lines. 
Parua, Whangarei Harbour. Mr. Crisp. 
Oxzs.—Lacordaire treats Mitopyllus as a synonym of Ceratognathus, 
had it been otherwise I would have placed this species and C. macrocerus 
in the former genus, 
MELOLONTHID. 
1667 : Odontria sandageri, n.sp.—Ovate, convex, thorax rufo-casta- 
neous, elytra obscure testaceous. Elytra clothed with very short, pallid 
hairs, the sides with longer ones. 
Male—Antenne ; 4th joint angularly produced and spiniform near 
the base and nearly equalling the Ist in length ; joints 5-8 nearly equal, 
finely pubescent. 
Length, 64 ; breadth, 34 lines. 
Mokohinau Island. Mr. P. Sandager. 
HELOPIDA. 
1668: Adeliwm hanseni, n.sp.—Oblong, oval, convex. Somewhat 
similar to A. bullatwm, less glossy, hind-body more oblong and with 
simple striz. 
Length, 74 ; breadth, 34 lines. 
Preservation Inlet. Mr. Hansen. 
