190 Capt. T. Broun on new 
black, the basal half of the elytra testaceous; tarsi and antennz 
fuscous ; sparingly clothed with short and elongate, mostly 
erect, pallid hairs. 
Head broad, closely and rugosely sculptured. yes large 
and prominent. Antenne with slender outstanding hairs, 
first joint stouter than second, 3 to 8 filiform; club laxly 
articulated. Thorax hardly as long as broad, rounded late- 
rally, more narrowed in front than behind; rather closely 
ay with two small impressions on the disk, one 
ehind the other, and one at each side; there is no distinct 
transverse basal depression. /ytra ample, their sides hardly 
at all rounded, broader at the base than the thorax; they are 
slightly impressed before the middle and are closely and 
moderately coarsely punctured. Legs slender ; tarsi narrow, 
their terminal joint about the length of the preceding two, 
claws appendiculate at the base. 
The large rotundate eyes, together with the sculpture and 
coloration, distinguish this species. 
Length %, breadth 2 line. 
Ligar’s Bush, Papakura. One example. 
Group Byrrhide. 
Pedilophorus levipennis, sp. n. 
Oviform, convex ; shining, eneo-piceous, head and thorax 
slightly rufescent ; tibiae red, but with pitchy outer edges, 
tarsi testaceous, antennee pale obscure red. 
Head distinctly but not deeply and not coarsely punctured. 
Thorax narrowed anteriorly, its sides nearly straight, its sur- 
face with moderately fine and not closely placed punctures. 
Scutellum minute, longer than broad. /ytra nearly smooth, 
with very few minute indistinct punctures and some irregular 
but hardly perceptible longitudinal striz. Hemora rather 
slender and compressed. Front tibie slightly curved exter- 
nally, with very shallow tarsal impressions. 
Metasternum rather flat, very finely and distantly punctate ; 
it is a little raised and truncate between the middle coxe. 
Abdomen with minute sculpture and pubescence. 
The scutellum differs from that of Morychus coruscans, 
Pascoe, and the sculpture and appearance differ. 
Length 12, breadth 1 line. 
Mount Pirongia. One, December 1892. 
