944 COLEOPTERA 



their fourth jomt considerably curved, the club distinctly cleft at 

 apex. Antenna moderate, joints 3-7 longer than broad, nearly 

 equal ; eighth slightly shorter than seventh ; ninth larger than 

 eighth, longer than broad ; tenth as broad as it is long ; eleventh 

 elongate, oval. Prothorax rather longer than broad, dilated medially, 

 not obviously punctated, its base finely marginated, the spaces out- 

 side the scutellum densely and finely strigose. Elytra much con- 

 tracted towards the front, bifoveate at base, sutural striae well 

 marked, without discoidal grooves, but with lines of long depressed 

 hairs ; apices slightly sinuate. Hind-body large, smooth. Legs long, 

 tibiae a little dilated apically, rather densely pubescent, the posterior 

 arcuated, and, on the inner face, conspicuously hairy. 



More robust than P. ccecus, its head shorter, yet decidedly more 

 elongate than in any other New Zealand species ; the eyes, also, are 

 not of the orthodox form. 



Length, f line ; breadth, quite ^. 



Near Howick. 



1698. P. fuscopilus, ns. Fulvous; elytra, antennae, and tarsi 

 yellow ; clothed with fine yellow hairs, the posterior portion of the 

 elytra, however, bearing numerous coarser, fuscous hairs. 



In form and sculpture very similar to P.j^ilistriatus, the single dis- 

 coidal stria of each elytron fine and curved ; legs moderately short, 

 tibiae nearly straight ; metasternum convex, slightly impressed behind, 

 its apex pubescent. 



Length, i line ; breadth, f . 



Taken near Howick. 



Bryaxis (p- 124). 



1699. B. fraudulenta, w-s. Rufous; elytra, legs, and antennae 

 paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; sparsely clothed with very fine, short, 

 pallid hairs ; convex, shining, impunctate. 



Head with a broad, shallow, frontal impression, but no foveaa 

 apparently on the vertex. Antennce elongate, basal joint cylindric, 

 not so long as the next two taken together ; third as long as second, 

 narrowed basally ; fourth as long as broad, bead-like ; fifth slightly 

 shorter than second, and nearly as stout ; joints 6-8 sub-transverse ; 

 ninth largest, almost obconical, a little cut away on one side, the 

 apex of that side obtusely prominent ; tenth conical, smaller than 

 the preceding one. Legs long, posterior tibiae abruptly bent inwards 

 at the extremity. Front coxcb finely spinose ; metasternum linearly 

 impressed on the middle ; basal segment of ahdomen large, the second 

 with two small tubercles, the following three very short. 



Eesembles B. dispar to deception; the structure of the antennae 

 is, however, really different, the ninth articulation being very much 

 shorter and broader, the terminal is smaller, and neither of these is 

 concave underneath. There are no long hairs on the body, such as 

 may be seen in that species ; there are no evident foveae on the 

 vertex, and the hind tibiae are different. 



$ . Length, ^ line ; breadth, nearly |. 



Found near Howick. 5 incog. 



