396 Major T. Broun oyi new Genera and 



rearly obsolete behind the raiddle, there is a short linear 

 impression near each side of the suture but no well-marked 

 stria?. 



Antenna glossy, basal two joints nearly equal, third rather 

 longer than second ; fourth ol)viously shorter than con- 

 tiguous ones ; joints 6-8 become shorter and broader, 

 the eighth being short and about half the width of the 

 ninth ; club opaque, evidently pubescent, large, triarticulate. 

 Eyes transversely oval. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 stout, truncate at apex, larsi elongate, four-joiuted, the 

 basal joint longer than second. 



Underside a little shining, ventral segments piceo-fuscous, 

 finely punctate, with slender greyish pubescence; meta- 

 sternum with a linear impression along the middle which 

 becomes wider behincl, its flanks closely and moderately 

 coarsely punctured ; prosternum distinctly punctured, 

 rugosely at the sides. 



In form and colour somewhat similar to T. serratus, 404, 

 which, however, has the fourth antennal joint relatively 

 longer, the fifth rather thicker than and as long as the third, 

 whilst six to eight are obconical and hardly at all trans- 

 verse. One male only with trimerous tarsi seen in either 

 species. 



? . Length 1 ; breadth | line. 

 Invercargili [Mr. A. Phi/pott) ; six specimens. 



Group Byrrhidae. 

 Pedilophorus pulcherrirnKS, sp. n. 



Compact, convex, oval ; brilliant viridi-aneous, the head, 

 thorax, and base of elytra with naetallic-red reflections, and 

 bearing numerous minute, inconspicuous, greyish setge ; 

 femora piceous, tibiie rufescentj tarsi testaceous, antennae 

 fusco-testaceous. 



Head moderately coarsely punctured, more closely and 

 finely near the eyes. Antem^ce sparsely pilose, basal joint 

 thick, reddish ; second cylmdric, shorter and thinner than 

 first ; third slender, evidently longer than contiguous ones ; 

 4-6 elongate, each rather shorter than its predecessor ; 

 7 and 8 distinctly shorter and broader than preceding ones ; 

 9 and 10 still broader, transverse ; eleventh elongate. 

 Thorax nearly thrice as broad as it is long, its sides finely 

 margined, gradually narrowed towards the front, anterior 

 and posterior angles almost acutely rectangular, apex widely 

 incurved near each side, base obliquely truncate outwardly ; 

 its punctuation nowhere close but as distinct as that of the 



