170 Capt. T. Broun on new 
joint, however, is not quite as short. Sternum and tibie 
unarmed. 
Hunua Range, three different localities; four males and 
two females. 
Tychotyrus curvipes, var. 
Colour uniform pale red, tarsi and palpi yellow. The 
apices of the elytra are a little obliquely truncate towards the 
suture. The posterior tibie are distinctly and regularly 
curved from the base to the apex. 
3. Length 1, breadth 3 line. 
Hunua Range, Maketu. One specimen. 
The genus will include the following species. The male 
characters are indicated below as an aid to the identification 
of the species :— 
T. armatus. Metasternum with a spine in front of each hind 
coxa; posterior tibia slightly flexuous, with a spini- 
form process near the inner extremity. 
T. spinipes. Femora infuscate, in both sexes. Metasternum 
with a spiniform process behind each of the middle 
coxee ; posterior tibia straight, with a spine on the 
inside about one third of the length from the apex. 
Antenne more widely separated ; their tubercles flatter ; 
the forehead broader. 
T. mutandus. Male not known with certainty as yet. 
Startes foveata, sp. n. 
Body a little shining, dark red; sparsely clothed with 
short yellowish hairs, those along the sides of the elytra much 
finer and more numerous ; tarsi and palpi yellowish red. 
Head \onger than broad, not as wide as the thorax, rounded 
behind the eyes; vertex convex, interocular fovee large, 
becoming confluent in front, so as to form a continuous de- 
pression there. Thorax widest just before the middle, more 
eradually narrowed behind than in front; the surface indis- 
tinctly punctured, there is a large central fovea near the base, 
and another at each side near the hindangle. ytra broader 
than long, somewhat narrowed towards the base, shoulders 
not at all prominent ; their surface with ill-defined sculpture, 
sutural strie well marked; along the middle of each elytron 
there is another broad stria which, however, becomes obsolete 
near the extremity, the interval is almost carinate. Hind 
body much deflexed, its large basal segment only being hori- 
zontal. Legs of moderate length, simple. 
