498 Mr. D. Sharp's descriptions of ncic genera 



clianteribus anterioribus spina tenui ; abclomine segmento 

 2° ventrali ante apicem tuberculis duobus, apice setifor- 

 mibus subito recurvis. 

 Fern, incog. 



^ Antennas ratlier stout, 1st joint elongate, quite as 

 long as the three following joints together, these scarcelj 

 differing from one another ; 5th joint elongate, inwardly 

 projecting and angulate, joints 9, 10 and 11 forming a 

 distorted club; the 10th joint is broader than the 9th, but 

 has its base cut away on one side, and its apical portion 

 projecting; the 11th joint is large, and it also is irregu- 

 larly formed, its base being broad and oblique, and the 

 articulation not in the middle but on one side. Head 

 depressed in front, so that the antennal tubercles are dis- 

 tinct, and between the eyes with two distinct foveje. 

 Thorax narrow and elongate, longer than broad, the sides 

 prominent in the middle, the base margined; on each side, 

 behind the projecting part of the thorax, and obscured by 

 it, there is a not very easily seen fovea. Elytra longer 

 than the thorax, Avith a fine sutural stria, but otherwise 

 without strife or depressions. The whole of the upper 

 surface is shining, and impunctate, but bears some long, 

 sparing, fine hairs. 



Mr. Edwards has sent me two specimens of this species 

 taken in Ncav Zealand, but with no indication of what 

 part of the islands they were found in. 



Bryaxis dlspar, n. sp. Piceo-rufa, nitida, setis elon- 

 gatis tenuissimis parcius vestita ; vertice bifoveolato, fronte 

 depressa; prothorace simplice, latitudine hand longiore; 

 elytris stria suturali distincta, discoidali nulla. Long. 

 Corp. 2^ mm. 



Mas, antennis 10-articulatis, articulis duobus ultimis 

 extus concavis: trochanteribus anterioribus spina tenui 

 elongata armatis; abdomine segmento 2° ventrali ante 

 apicem processis tenuibus duobus leviter recurvis insigne. 



i Antennas longer than head and thorax, 1st joint 

 scarcely so long as the two following together ; 5th joint 

 longer, but scarcely stouter than the contiguous ones ; 

 8th joint small, scarcely so large as the 7th; 9th joint 

 large, cut away on one side, so as to leave the apical 

 portion prominent on that side; 11th joint large, much 

 broader in one direction than in the other, and with one 

 of the two broad faces impressed or concave. Head with 



