ArELANDHYIDAK. 117 



Underside rather more glossy than the dorsum, of the same colour. 

 When comjiuied with the typical species it will be noticed that this has 

 the mesostei-iial pi-ocess broadei- and less convex behind though quite 

 carinate in front; the middle of the prosternum, instead of being smooth 

 and shining, is rather dull and finely and closely punctate; the abdomen 

 lias .") segments oidy, the last being longer tlian the 4th and ti'uncate 

 at the apex : in b.)th sjDecies the posterior coxal laminae are nearly 

 straight, and extend but little forwards at the sides. 



Length, 11mm.; breadth, l^mm. 



Wellington. A single specimen from Mr. G. V. Hudson, niai-ked 

 1.36a. 



Ohx. — It may be considered an aberrant species till other examples 

 can be found of both sexes; at any rate, there is no other place for it 

 at present. 



Lyperocharis gen. no v. 



lindv aiehed ;il)(>vr, uiiinterrnjitedly elongate-oval. tincly piihescent ; 

 species minute. 



Head inmierced up to the eyes, just visible .above, the forehead pro- 

 longed and incurved in fi-ont, clypeus indistinct, labruni prominent, 

 its apex rounded. Thorax rather broader than long, curvedly narrowed 

 from the base onwards, its apex rounded, the base medially truncate, 

 but with its almost rectangular angles resting on the shoulders. 

 Scutellum absent. Elytra of the same width as thorax at the base, apices 

 distinctly rotmded singly, so that the last abdominal segment is visible. 



Eyes small, widely distant above, tapering downwards, feebly emargin- 

 ate in front. Antennae inserted in foveiform, but not deep, cavities 

 in front of the eyes, ll-articulate, gradually yet considerably in- 

 crassate from their 7th joint onwards, they are ratlier longer than the 

 head and trorax. Maxillary |)alpi with larg*.' sid)secui-ifoiiii or ti i- 

 angular terminal joints, I'nd small and f] iangular, '\vi\ shdrtei- aitd 

 broader. 



Legs moderately elongate; tibiae not asperate, the posterior pair 

 considerably yet gradually expanded apically, much thicker and as long 

 as the others; their une(]ual pectinate spurs as hmg as the tibiae and 

 sliglitly exceeding the basal tarsal joint, the terminal is slightly longer 

 tlian the penultimate, the last three united arc liardly the length of the 

 1st, the spurs of the other pairs are very small; anterior tarsi not 

 expanded, all tlieir joints, the apical included, of about equal breadth, 

 2—4 transverse, the basal i-ather larger; none of the penultimate joints 

 bilobed; claws slender. 



Prosternum strongly incurved, with distinctly marked-off flanks, the 

 f)ont margins of the cotyloid cavities in contact witli the prosternal 

 apex, the moderately bi'oad process separating the oblong, oblique coxae 

 extends Ijehind tlieni, and i-ests on the broad frontal poi-tion of tlie meso- 

 sti'rnal ]ii-ocess, which, between the coxae, is not as broad as tlie pro- 

 sttrnal. Metasteiinim elongate, laterally cfimpressed, carinate and finely 

 sulcate, witliiiut episterna. Suture of posterior coxal lamina very 

 obli(|ue. cxtemling fiom the coxa to before the mi<ldle and outsidi' of the 

 metasteniuni. Al)d(imi'ii eumposid of .") se^'mi'uts. Tniclianters distinct. 



Indeiieiiileiitly of miiior sti'uctural details, this genus is lendered 

 remaikal)ly distinct not only by tlie i-obust subclavate antennae, but 

 also l)v the absence of the scutellum and metatlmracic epi.stei-na. This 

 is the only instance knowji to me in which botli of these characteristics 

 are ladviim-. (hounh Alh>rrhesi(i is also witliont tlic scutellum. 



