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the length of, but nearly as broad as, the contiguous ones ; 

 joints 7 to 11 moderately dilated. Thorax transverse, much 

 curvedly narrowed anteriorly ; front angles obtuse, the poste- 

 rior nearly rectangular. Scutellum small. Elytra of the 

 same width as the thorax at the base, gradually narrowed 

 behind. Pygidium covered. Legs short. Femora not 

 clavate. Tihke with small terminal spines, the middle and 

 hind pair more or less finely spinulose externally. Tarsi 

 elongate, slender, five-jointed. 



Prostermim deeply emarginate at apex. Anterior coxae, 

 prominent and contiguous ; middle pair distinctly separated, 

 not at all prominent ; the posterior subcontiguous. Meso- 

 sternum with a fine curved central carina. Metasternum of 

 moderate length, transversely convex. EpipleunB broad at 

 the base, linear beliind. Abdomen composed of five nearly 

 equal segments. 



The sternal structure differs much from the CJioleva allies. 

 The broad hatchet-shaped apical joints of the maxillary palpi 

 are characteristic. Though Camiarus has nearly similarly 

 formed palpi, the flanks of the prosternum are not hollowed, 

 as they are in Bmosilpha. 



Bceosilpha rufescens, sp. n. 



Shining, reddish ; tarsi and palpi yellow ; pubescence 

 yellow, conspicuous, but not coarse. 



Head nearly vertical in front, smooth. Anfennre inserted 

 near the inner and front margins of the eyes, pubescent; 

 joints 7, 9, and 10 equally broad, seventh rather larger than 

 these others. Thorax nearly twice as broad as it is long, its 

 base feebly bisinuate, the anterior angles rounded and de- 

 pressed, margins indistinct; the surface apparently quite 

 smooth. Elytra Math lateral margins, the sutural strias 

 definite ; their sculpture is moderately fine, appearing puncti- 

 form or irregularly transversely strigose, according to the 

 way in which it is examined. 



Underside rufescent, shining; abdomen finely sculptured 

 and bearing distinct yellow hairs ; the metasternum smooth. 



Length 1 , breadth quite ^ line. 



Mount Pirongia; one example, March 1894. A second 

 specimen was found at Tarukenga, near Rotorua. Both were 

 taken from decaying leaves on the ground. 



Mesagyrtes. gen. nov. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, closely covered with 

 depressed pubescence. Antennce not as long as the head and 



