174 Capt. T. Broun on new 
eighth of the same breadth as the seventh and ninth, longer 
than the former, shorter than the latter, yet not quite quadrate ; 
ninth large, slightly longer than it is broad, a little longer at 
one side than at the other, scooped out near one side under- 
neath ; tenth conical, about as large as the ninth; the last 
four or five joints thickly pubescent and slightly asperate. 
Underside indistinctly punctate, pubescent, castaneo-rufous. 
Front trochanters spined.  Metasternum slightly flattened, 
but not depressed, in the middle. Basal segment of abdomen 
with two small median tubercles; second nearly twice the 
length of the third or fourth in the middle; fifth broadly 
impressed. 
This, without doubt, is very much like No. 1476, but the 
ninth antennal joint of B. glabrata is larger, the eighth is 
shorter, being strongly transverse, joints 3 to 5 also differ a 
little, and the antennal tubercles are rather more prominent. 
6. Length 4, breadth } line. 
Mount Pirongia. ‘Two males only, Dec. 1892. 
Bryaxis diversa, sp. n. 
Nitid, dark red, legs and elytra chestnut-red, tarsi and 
palpi fulvous ; sparsely clothed with minute, indistinct, pale 
hairs, those on the hind body are, however, more easily seen. 
Head short and broad, rounded behind, with two well- 
marked interocular fovez, the forehead depressed and obso- 
letely foveate; antennal tubercles rather flat and widely 
separated. Hyes well developed. Thorax rather longer than 
broad, widest just before the middle, its sides well rounded 
there, narrowed behind; its surface free from sculpture. 
Elytra suboblong, large, moderately convex, with fine sutural 
strie. Hind body short, convex, much deflexed, so that the 
large basal segment only is at all horizontal. Legs moderate; 
front tibiee a little swollen inside near the middle, and distinctly 
pubescent towards the extremity, the posterior somewhat 
arched and thickened towards the apex, and evidently pilose 
there; éarsi with the basal joint small, the second quite the 
length of the third, the basal joints of the posterior with 
slender elongate setee underneath. 
Male.—Antenne 10-articulate, moderately slender ; first 
joint cylindric, rather longer and stouter than the second; 
third rather longer than broad; fourth short and bead-like ; 
fifth only a little longer than broad, distinctly larger than 
the contiguous ones; sixth subquadrate ; seventh transverse ; 
eighth shorter, but not narrower, than the preceding one; 
ninth large, oblong, its base and apex nearly quite truncate, 
