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sutural striae rather fine, there are no distinct impressions near 
the shoulders. Hind body short above, much deflexed, the 
basal segment longer in the middle than at the sides, scantily 
pubescent. Legs rather long and slender, tibize straight. 
Male.—Antenne 10-articulate; first joint longer and stouter 
than the second ; third nearly as long as the preceding one, 
narrowed towards its base ; fourth short and bead-like ; fifth 
subquadrate ; sixth strongly transverse, nearly twice the 
breadth of the fifth, its point of articulation near the outside ; 
seventh shorter than sixth, nearly as broad, articulated near 
the middle; eighth still shorter, nearly as broad as the seventh, 
articulated at the middle, rather closely applied to the following 
one; ninth very large, its apex oblique, so that the outer side 
is a good deal longer than the inner; tenth conical, not acu- 
minate, narrower than the ninth, so that the inner side is not 
in line with that of the preceding. 
Underside. Metasternum broadly impressed. Front trochan- 
ters (or coxe) with slender spines. Basal segment of the 
abdomen broadly impressed, with an elevation near each hind 
coxa; last segment impressed. 
A moderately elongate species, the elytra and hind body, 
conjointly, form an oval figure. Its nearest allies are BD. syl- 
vicola and B. fraudulenta, but the last six antennal joints 
differ in form. 
3. Length ?, breadth nearly # line. 
Mount Pirongia. One male, found in December 1892. 
Bryaxis setifer, sp. n. 
Shining, red, legs and antenne paler, tarsi fulvous, terminal 
joint of maxillary palpi fuscous; body nearly nude, having 
only a few, very long, erect, slender sete. 
Head \arge, rather broader than the thorax ; uneven above, 
the forehead rather deeply and broadly impressed, the two 
large foveze on the vertex placed near the eyes, when looked 
at sideways they appear to unite with the frontal depression. 
Eyes convex. Thorax small, with a fovea-like compression 
at each side near the base. Hlytra large, suboblong, curvedly 
narrowed near the base, with fine sutural striae. Hind body 
short and deflexed. Legs slender ; tibiee nearly straight, a 
little expanded towards the extremity. 
Male.—Antenne ten-jointed ; second joint nearly the length 
of the first ; third short, hardly longer than broad ; fourth bead- 
like, of nearly the same size as the preceding one; fifth 
broader than long, a little larger than fourth, moniliform ; 
sixth broader than fifth, but not as broad as the seventh ; 
