172 Capt. T. Broun on new 
Male,—Antenne elongate, second joint obviously longer 
than the exposed part of the first; third a little longer than 
the following one; fifth rather longer than fourth ; seventh 
shghtly longer than eighth, which about equals the ninth; 
tenth transverse, yet not much broader than the preceding 
one ; eleventh large, acuminate. 
Underside chestnut-red, its pubescence short. Head ob- 
tusely elevated along the centre, depressed near each side. 
Mesosternum with a small tubercle in front of each middle 
coxa. Metasternum broadly depressed, more deeply behind, 
the sides of the depression appear elevated behind. Abdomen, 
along the middle, appears as if it were broadly depressed 
throughout when viewed sideways; when examined from 
behind the apical depression of the basal segment is seen to 
be limited in front by an angulate elevation, this elevation, at 
its outer angles, seems to be tubercular ; fifth segment deeply 
depressed in the middle, each side of this cavity has an obtuse 
tubercle ; there is a short, broad, apical segment. 
Female.—Mesosternum with two tubercular elevations, 
Metasternum and abdomen simple, the basal segment of the 
latter large, 2 to 4 very short in the middle; fifth longer than 
the intermediate ones, its apex is limited by a very fine in- 
curved suture, so that there seems to be a sixth segment. 
Antenne shorter than those of the other sex, eleventh joint 
large, less acuminate, joints 3 to 5 rather longer than those 
next to them. 
At first sight I supposed this to be B. grata, Sharp. It 
is a small insect, but, notwithstanding, it can be easily 
identified if the underside be carefully examined. ‘The meso- 
sternal elevations are more distinct in the female than they 
are in the male, a circumstance that will materially aid in the 
recognition of that sex. 
Length 3, breadth nearly 2 line. 
Ligar’s Bush, Papakura; eight examples. Mount Pirongia, 
Waikato ; two males. 
Variety, Hunua Range, Drury. Interocular fovez absent. 
Bryaxis allocera, sp. n. 
Red, head and thorax darker, tarsi and palpi fulvous; body 
nearly glabrous, shining, not at all short. 
Head broad, nearly as large as the thorax, rounded behind, 
vertical in front, not prolonged ; it bears two rather small and 
shallow foveee between the eyes, the frontal impression is 
broad and very shallow. Thorax widest before the middle, 
with two indistinct basal fovee. Hlytra large, convex ; 
