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Strongly marked. T/iorax nearly as long as broad, its surface shining 

 and impunctate, but bearing several large shallow depressions, the sides 

 divided by deep irregular indentations. Elytra with the shoulders quite 

 rounded, bearing six rows of coarse punctures, and with the sides 

 elevated, the elevated part limited from the sutural portion by some large 

 impressions, and its sculpture consisting of a few fine granules. Tarsi 

 elongate, their basal joint much more elongate than in B. planatiis. 



Obs. — This interesting insect might be made the type of a new 

 genus, for the broad epipleurae seem to distinguish it abruptly from the 

 other species described ; but I think it better to call it at present a 

 Brontes. The two individuals sent me by Captain Broun were (as other 

 species of Brontes often are) entirely covered with a thick coat of matter, 

 probably the result of the drying of the decaying sappy matter seen 

 under bark, and thus their sculpture was entirely concealed. 



Tairua ; two individuals sent by Captain Broun, with the informa- 

 tion that they were found under bark. 



Parabrontes. 



Rcdtcnhacher; Voy. Novara, Zool. 



Antennce i i-articulatse, ante oculos insertse, filiformes, articulo i'"*^ 

 incrassato, sequentibus duobus longitudine jequali. Labruni semi- 

 rotundatum, antice ciliatum. Mandibulce vix prominentes, intra apicem 

 dente magno, obtuso armatae. Maxilhz malis duabus cornels, externa 

 clavata, apice valde barbata, interna breviore et angusta, apice setis 

 crassis, unciformibus armata. Palpi maxillares malas parum superantes, 

 articulo ultimo fusiforme, duobus mediis brevioribus et crassioribus. 

 Labium mento transverso, profundissime emarginato, lobis lateralibus 

 antice acutis, ligula antice dilatata, emarginata, parum setosa. Palpi 

 labiales crassi, articulo ultimo subsecuriforme. Tarsi pseudo-triarticu- 

 lati, articulo primo quartoque minimo. 



386. P. silvanoides, ^(^^^^/j^. ; Voy. Novara, Zool. Fiiscus cmereo- 



pubescens, ore pedibusque testaceis, capite thoraceque ruditer punctatis, 

 elytris punctato-striatis. 



Long., 2f ; lat., i'". 



Waikato. 



Note. — This form somewhat resembles a Cryptamorpha in general 

 outline ; the basal joint of the antennce is larger ; the second short and 

 moniliform ; the third not much larger than the second but sub-quad- 

 rate. The head is somewhat rugosely punctured, with a depressed line 

 near each side, which has fine, smooth, elevated margins. The thorax 

 has protuberant front angles, the sides are rounded, almost denticulate, 

 and rather abruptly narrowed behind ; its surface is rugosely sculptured. 

 The third tarsal joint is minute. 



I found two or three specimens at Tairua, but I have only one 

 remaining in my collection. 



