NEW ZEALAND COLEOPTERA 303 
breviated one between it and the middle, the base is nearly trun- 
cate, with a tooth-like projection on each side of the scutellum. 
Female, length, 5 ; breadth, 1% lines. 
One of Mr. T. F. Cheeseman’s captures on Mount Arthur. 
1372. Cryptohypnus sandagervi, n. sp.—Black, a little shining, 
antenne, palpi, and labrum more or less rufescent, femora fus- 
cous, tibice and trochanters reddish-castaneous, apical segment 
of abdomen of a chestnut colour ; clothed with short grayish hairs. 
Head punctulated, otherwise unimpressed. Pvothovax barely 
as long as broad, sides obtusely rounded, incurved before the 
hind angles; these latter ridged, acute, slightly divergent, but 
little produced beyond the base, with an inner carina ; canalicu- 
late, finely and distantly punctured, more closely on the sides ; 
base tri-sinuated, the median incurvature dentate at each side. 
Elytva depressed, obviously striated, the grooves distantly punc- 
tured, interstices rugulose. Underside rather dull, blackish- 
brown, densely, but finely, sculptured and pubescent. Antenne 
longer than head and thorax, pubescent; 2nd and 6th joints 
about equal, the intermediate differing but little from one another, 
except that the 3rd is the stoutest. 
The male has a rather longer thorax, with its posterior angles 
just perceptibly prolonged, so as to be visibly elongated beyond 
the basal line. 
Allied to No. 523 and 522, larger than either, differently 
coloured, with punctures in the elytral striz. 
Female, length, 4% ; breadth, 1% lines. 
The pair I possess are from Wellington, where they were 
taken by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager. 
1373. Somemus vectus, n. sp.—Elongate, parallel, sub-depressed ; 
glossy black, antennez fuscous, legs fusco-testaceous ; pubescence 
fine, rather dense, obscure yellow. 
Head coarsely punctured, forehead obtusely rounded. Antenne 
elongate, sub-serrate ; 2nd and 3rd articulations equal, short, 
and, conjointly, half as long as the 4th, joints 4-10 longer than 
broad. Pvothorax elongate, nearly twice as long as broad, just 
perceptibly narrowed anteriorly, posterior angles prominent, 
scarcely divergent ; its punctation moderately coarse and close, 
Elytva slightly attenuated apically, finely, yet distinctly, striated, 
the outer grooves, and those before the middle only, punctured ; 
interstices rugulose. 
If it were not for the slight attenuation towards the extremi- 
ties the body would be quite parallel-sided. The three basal 
joints of the antenne taken together barely equal the fourth in 
length. The sculpture of the elytral interstices is more obvious 
than the punctures in the strie. The legs are long and slender. 
The species seems to be allied to S. flavipes only. 
