SHarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 44] 
ANENCYRUS (nov. gen. Cerambycinorum). 
Corpus parum elongatum, minus pubescens, thorace elytrisque inzequalibus, illo 
lateribus haud spinosis, his abdomine paulo brevioribus: antennz (femine ?) 
corpore breviores, filiformes. Caput breve, frons verticalis sat elongata. Oculi 
laterales, supra distantes, magni, subtiliter granulati. Coxe anteriores globose, 
acetabulis a prosterno bene separatis, posterius apertis, externe parum prolongatis, 
trochantinis conspicuis. Elytra apicem versus angustata, apicibus oblique truncatis. 
Metasternum convexum, sat elongatum, episternis latis. Abdomen normale, 
segmento basale secundo longiore, sequentibus inter se subzequalibus. Pedes 
modice elongati, femora basi tenue; tarsi posteriores articulo basale sequentibus 
duobus simul sumptis zquale, vix longiore. 
This is another genus which seems to have no near ally, and which it would be 
very difficult to place in Lacordaire’s arrangement. In the New Zealand list it 
will go next to Gastrosarus, to which, however, it is by no means closely allied, being 
different in form and sculpture, haying the front coxal cavities with a broad 
aperture, externally displaying the trochantin, while internally they are separated 
by a well-marked convex process of the prosternum ; the front of the head, too, is 
elongated, instead of displaying the remarkable abbreviation of Gastrosarus. 
Anencyrus discedens, n. sp.—Rufus, femorum basi, elytrorumque costis 
abbreviatis ad basin et ad latera pallide flavis; thorace impunctato, brevissime 
flavo-pubescente, disco obtuse trinodoso; elytris fortiter irregulariter punctatis. 
Long. 11 m.m. 
Antennz slender, not quite reaching extremity of body; 3rd, 4th, and Sth 
joints with a few rather long hairs beneath; the 4th rather shorter than the 3rd 
or 5th, which are about equal; eyes convex, but little distant from the thorax. 
This latter is rather broader than long, with a very large but obtuse prominence 
on each side of the middle, and between them, just behind the middle, with a 
smaller prominence : these protuberances are polished and shining, the rest of the 
surface being covered with a very delicate minute pubescence; this is of a pallid 
colour, the thorax itself being of a darker, more vinous red, than the rest of the 
surface. The elytra are peculiar both in form and sculpture; their basal portion is 
flattened, but bears a short longitudinal elevation near the suture, and from near 
the shoulder there extends backwards a fold or plication, which, on the middle of 
the length, is very abruptly defined and costiform, and then ceases, there being 
external to it at the middle of the elytra, close to the side, a shorter abrupt costa; 
these costee are pallidly flavescent, the rest of the surface being of a tawny-red 
colour; the elytra are evidently narrowed behind and leave the terminal segment 
exposed; the apices not at all spinose; they have a peculiar rough irregular 
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