500 Mr. D. Sharp's descriptions of ncio genera 



examination I have concluded that it is more probably 

 natural. Except for the characters mentioned above, the 

 insect closely resembles the ? B. dispar. 



A single individual has been sent me by INIr. Edwards 

 from New Zealand, but with no more special locality in- 

 dicated. 



Bryaxis impar, n. sp. Rufescens, nitida, glabra, vertice 

 bifoveolato ; clyjjeo antice transversim impresso ; elytris 

 stria suturali minus profimda. Long. corp. 1 ^ mm. 



Mas, antennis 10-articulatis, art. 9° maximo ; meta- 

 sterno late sed parum profunde impresso ; abdoraine sog- 

 mento basali ventrali apice bituberculato. 



Fem., antennis 11-articulatis, art. 9", lO^que trans- 

 versis ; metasterno abdomineque slmplicibus. 



Antennre stout and short (except for the two terminal 

 joints in the male) ; the basal joint short, its visible part 

 not longer than the 2nd joint ; the 9th joint in the male ex- 

 cessively developed, longer than broad, and on the inside 

 it is a little cut away at the extremity, and the 10th joint 

 in the same sex is only about half the bidk of the 9th ; in 

 the female the 7th and 8th joints are extremely small ; the 

 9th joint is also very short, but much broader than the 8th ; 

 and the 1 0th joint, which is also short and very transverse, 

 is considerably broader than the 9th, the 11th joint being 

 comparatively large. The head is smooth and shining ; it 

 has in the frontal depression two indistinct fovefB, and the 

 vertex has also two very small foveas. The thorax is about 

 as long as broad, smooth and shining, without impressions 

 or fovea;. 



The elytra are very elongate, quite smooth and shining, 

 and show only on each a single fine sutural stria. The 

 hind body is very short and deflexed ; the legs are slender. 



This little species was collected at Auckland, by Mr. T. 

 Lawson. 



Bryaxis grata, n. sp. Hufescens, nitida, fere glabra ; 

 antennfe in utroque sexu ll-articulatte, articulis penidtimis 

 parvis ; clypeo antice ajquali hand impresso ; prothorace 

 ante basin linea curvata impressa, medio desinente ; elytris 

 stria suturali distincta, plicaque intra-humerali obsoleta ; 

 capite subtus medio linea longitudinali elevata valde dis- 

 creta ; pedibus minus elongatis. Long. corp. 1§ mm. 

 (vix). 



Mas, vertice bifoveolato ; metasterno late impresso ; 



