24 Mr. D. Sharp on the 



Mr. Pascoe to his genus Ifhris, I have used that word as part of 

 its name. In many respects it approaches Colydium elongatum 

 rather closely, and probably, like that species, lives in burrows 

 in wood. 



Bothrideres mcestus, n. sp. 



B. niger, subopacus, antennis tarsisqiie riifescentibus ; prothorace 

 subquadrato, fortiter punctato ; elytris apicem versus costatis. 

 Long. Corp. 4| m. m. 



Nearly as large as B. contractus. Antennse dark red ; joints 

 3-9 small, 10 and 11 forming a broad club, the eleventh nearly 

 as broad as the tenth. Head rathercoarsely punctured. Thorax 

 quite as long as broad, nearly straight at the sides, these not 

 being rounded in front and only very slightly narrowed behind 

 the middle ; the surface is a little uneven, but has no distinct 

 impression, it is rather coarsely punctured, the punctures about 

 the middle being irregularly distributed. Elytra with the 

 alternate interstices narrowed, and a little elevated towards the 

 extremity, and bearing rather fine punctures. Underside rather 

 coarsely punctured. Legs slender. 



A single specimen has been sent me from Tairua by Captain 

 Broun. 



This species has the intermediate joints of the antennae more 

 slender and the club broader than in B. contractus^ the legs 

 more slender, and the thorax differently shaped. 



Pycnomerus sophoroe^ n. sp. 



P. elongatus, parallelus, piceo-niger, subopacus ; prothorace dorso 

 impresso, impressione posterius minus distincte divisa ; elytris 

 sulcatis, sulcis punctatis, punctis distantibus. Long. corp. 3j-4j 

 m. m. 



Antennae distinctly 11-jointed, the eleventh joint a good 

 deal narrower than the tenth. Head very coarsely punctured, 

 with a very deep impression on each side in front, the outer 

 margin of which is continued backwards close to the eye as 

 an elevated fold. Thorax about as long as broad, slightly 

 narrowed behind, coarsely and closely punctured, with a rather 

 large impre3sion on the middle, the posterior part of which is 

 indistinctly divided into two. Elytra bearing deep broad strise 

 or grooves, at the bottom of which are deep punctures separated 

 from one another by a long, raised interval ; the interstices 

 between the striae are narrow, elevated, and impunctate. 

 Underside closely and very coarsely punctured. 



Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun, and indicated as found 

 in the wood of So2')hora tetraptcra. 



