OP NEW ZEALAND. 1137 



short, entire, not expanded and without membranous appendage, 

 tifth longest ; claws well developed. Prosterniuii not reduced, its 

 flanks marked off by raised sinuous sutures ; its process narrow, 

 acuminate, not extending beyond the coxae. Mesosterimm plane, 

 not emarginate in front. Metasternum moderate, its intercoxal 

 suture distinct. Abdovieu with five segments, and a small supple- 

 mentary anal segment, the basal appearing very short in the middle. 

 Coxic large and prominent, elongate, the front and intermediate dis- 

 tinctly but not widely separated, the posterior larger (longitudinally)' 

 than in Atopida and its allies. 



This genus is remarkably distinct, and should, I think, be placed 

 between the Elateridce and the Dascyllidcr. The specimen at my 

 disposal does not permit a careful examination of the mentum, &c. 



2018. B. urquhartij «-s. Gastaneo-Jnscous, a little shining; 

 the legs, coxa^, and two basal joints of the antennje testaceous ; 

 remaining joints, and the tarsi, somewhat infuscate ; pubescence 

 dense, fine, yellow. 



Head small, transversely impressed between the eyes. Aiiieniice 

 pubescent, basal joint thick and rather short ; second small, barely 

 half the length of the third, which is about as long as each of the 

 following seven ; these serrate inwardly but not prolonged at the 

 extremity. Thorax convex, one-third broader than long, consider- 

 ably narrowed anteriorly ; front angles depressed, indistinct, the 

 lateral margins becoming vague in front ; base widely bisinuate ; the 

 sides curvate, so that the posterior angles, though acute, are not in 

 the least divergent or projecting ; its surface is moderately distantly 

 and finely granulated. Scutelliivi rather large, subcordate, with a 

 deep notch in front, finely granulate. Elytra not much broader 

 than the thorax, a good deal narrowed apically ; their striae rather 

 broad and shallow, not very regularly impressed ; the interstices, 

 near the base, minutely and distantly granulate, the sculpture be- 

 coming closer behind. Legs with rather coarse short hairs; tarsi 

 nearly as long as the tibiae. 



Underside fuscous, pubescent ; middle of prosternum, in front, 

 finely transversely strigose, the flanks granulate ; metasternum con- 

 vex, grooved behind ; abdomen minutely granulate ; epipleurcB of 

 moderate width. 



Length, 2i- lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Mount Te Aroha, Thames. Named in honour of its discoverer, 

 Mr. A. T. Urquhart. 



Group-DASCYLLIDiE. 

 Ample ctopus. 



Nov. fjcn. 



{Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc, 1886, p. 103.) 



Corpus parvum, ovale ; caput subtus inflexum ; antennae parvae, 



undecim articulatse, articulis quatuor basalibus majoribus, laxe arti- 



culatis, articulis 5-10 perbrevibus. Prosternum nullum; iiieso- 



