OF KEW ZEALAND. 873 



tubercles large, but ratber obtuse and not tufted. Antennc^ slender, 

 tbird and fourtb articulations long. 



Tbis species sbould be placed near tbe preceding one, 



Leugtb, 2|- lines ; breadtli, f . 



One sample in my own collection. Waitakerei Eange. 



Group— EROTYLID^ . 

 Gryptodacne (p. 640). 



1554- 0. vittata, n.s. Sub-oblong, convex, shining, rich dark- 

 brown ; the sides of the thorax and half the width of each elytron, 

 except a largo lateral spot near the middle, fusco-ferruginous ; legs 

 ferruginous, antennae red ; sparsely-clothed with minute, semi-erect, 

 coarse yellowish hairs. 



Head trigonal, with a few moderately-coarse punctures at each 

 side, its middle part quite smooth. AntenncB as long as head and 

 thorax, bearing fine yellow hairs, formed as in C. syiitketica. Pro- 

 thorax sub-quadrate, the sides very slightly curved, posterior angles 

 rectangular, base bisinuate, emarginated and depressed behind the 

 eyes, transversely impressed at the base, moderately distantly punc- 

 tured, the middle smooth. Scutcllum smooth. Elytra with rectangular 

 shoulders, from thence gradually narrowed posteriorly, with nume- 

 rous rows of fine punctures. Legs stout ; iibics straight, gradually 

 dilated towards the extremity. Underside pitchy-brown, the sides 

 and apex rufescent ; the sides and prosternum with confluent punc- 

 tures ; i^roccss of prosternum quite truncate behind, with raised 

 margins ; vietasterniim with a few large punctures on the sides, its 

 middle part minutely punctated ; abdomen finely punctured, with 

 rather long, straight, yellowish hairs. 



Differs from G. synthetica in coloration ; the middle of the head 

 and thorax smooth, and the anterior tibiae not curved externally as 

 in that species. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, f. 



Wellington : Mr. P. Stewart- Sandager. 



Group -GRYPTOCEPHALIDiE. 



Bryobates. 



Nov. gen. 

 Body sub-conical, moderately convex. Head large, immersed 

 nearly to the eyes. Eyes large, not prominent, wdth distinct facets, 

 truncate inwardly. Palpi short, stout ; the terminal joint of the 

 maxillary minute, conical. Antennce inserted on the forehead rather 

 behind the front part of the eyes, filiform but robust, not so long 

 as the body ; basal articulation elongate and somewhat pyriform ; 

 second shortest, yet not much abbreviated ; joint 3-10 about equal, 

 the intermediate rather longer than the others, eleventh oviform. 

 Protliorax transverse, quadrangular, very slightly curvedly narrowed 

 behind, base rounded, posterior angles nearly obsolete, anterior 

 depressed, margiuated. ScuteUum'bYOQ,&\y triangular. Elytrawider 

 than thorax at base, gradually but very considerably distended behind, 



9 PT. IV. 



