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as the first ; the third is obconical but slender, and nearly as long as the 

 second ; the ninth is a little larger than the eight ; tenth very broad, 

 rather narrow at the base ; eleventh large, rounded, not quite so broad 

 as the tenth, pubescent. Palpi with large terminal joints. The legs 

 are red ; the tibi^ are curved externally, and are densely but very finely 

 ciliated. The other characters are similar to those of the preceding 

 species. 



Length, i\ line. 



I have only one example, which I found at Tairua ; it is rather larger 

 than my specimen of the other species. 



Rytinotus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body very elongate, sub-parallel, transversely convex, tubercular. 

 Maxillary palpi short and robust, their apical joint truncated at the 

 extremity. Anteinnv about as long as the prothorax, inserted at the 

 sides in front of but separated from the eyes ; they are eleven-jointed, 

 the club three-jointed. Labrum transverse. Eyes large, elongate, con- 

 stricted in the middle ; the upper and larger portion circular, visible 

 from above, the lower rounded, but not circular ; they are coarsely 

 facetted, and placed vertically at the sides of the head. Legs moderately 

 long ; fe?nora inflated ; tibia: flexuose ; tarsi four-jointed, the three basal 

 joints of nearly equal size, and, conjointly, not longer than the elongate 

 terminal joint ; claws simple. Coxce equidistant ; the anterior separated 

 by a carinated lamina, the intermediate by a plane mesosternal process, 

 and the posterior by a porrected process of the first abdominal segment ; 

 the two front pairs are sub-globose, the posterior sub-cylindric. The 

 head is somewhat elevated at the sides, the central portion in front 

 depressed, almost flat, and a little dilated laterally in front of the eyes. 

 The prothorax is longer than broad, transversely convex. Elytra 

 elongate, as wide and about twice as long as the thorax. EpipleurcB of 

 moderate width. 



This form approaches Enarsus in some respects, yet is quite distinct 

 from it ; the antennal cavities are not very obvious, and there is no 

 groove along the inner margin of the eye, as in that genus ; the antennal 

 club is not so well defined, the ninth articulation being somewhat 

 obconical in shape. 



The only exponent of the genus known to me, is densely clothed 

 with minute scales. 



364. R. squamulOSUS, n.s. AfttenncB rather densely squamose, 

 club pilose ; the basal articulation is stout, only its apical half exposed ; 

 second short ; third rather larger than the others, slender at the base ; 

 fourth larger than fifth ; joints five to eight about equal; ninth distinctly 

 larger than eighth, obconical ; tenth transverse, broader than the pre- 

 ceding, rather loosely articulated ; eleventh joint rounded, closely 

 adapted to but not so large as its predecessor. The sculpture of the 

 head is not very perceptible, but consists, apparently, of rounded some- 



