400 Major T. Broun on neiv Genera and 



Lewisiella capito, sp. n. 



Body transversely convex, suboblong, not pubescent, with 

 some minute brassy setne only, subopaque, piceous black, 

 antennpe pitchy red, club opaque, densely minutely pubescent. 



Head relatively lar^e, nearly as broad as front of thorax, 

 coarsely irregularly punctate : clypeus very obtuse, almost 

 truncate in front, its frontal margin less elevated and reflexed 

 than that of L. modesta. Antenna siiort, second joint nearly 

 as long as exposed portion of first, joints 3 and 4 about 

 equal in length, the latter slightly stouter, each longer than 

 broad, neither very elongate ; fifth short, only slightly pro- 

 duced inwardly, not pubescent ; • club triarticulate, rather 

 short. Thorax strongly transverse, its sides nearly straight, 

 without distinct marginal channels, but flattened near the 

 anterior angles, apex widely emarginate, base widely but 

 not deeply bisinuate and resting on the elytra, posterior 

 angles nearly rectangular but ol)tuse, the margins closely 

 and distinctly punctured, no doubt, in perfect examples, 

 fringed with coarse short setae; its surface with rather 

 shallow, distinct, but not coarse punctures, all much finer 

 than those on the head, none very close to each other, there 

 is an indistinct dorsal stria. Scutellum smooth. Elytra 

 ovate-oblong, very slightly rounded laterally, obliquely 

 truncate at the extremity towards the suture, the pygidium, 

 however, entirely concealed ; the suture is just perceptibly 

 elevated posteriorly ; their striae rather shallow, their 

 punctuation also not c'.early defined ; interstices distantly 

 punctured. 



The five ventral segments of nearly equal length, on a 

 different level than the metasternum, so that they are not on 

 the same plane as the epipleurse, they are sparingly punc- 

 tured and setose, basal segment almost longitudinally rugose. 

 The metasternum short. Femora grooved underneath. 



Suptrficially very different from L. modesta, owing chiefly 

 to the almost uncontracted front of the thorax and large 

 head, but without well-marked structural cha acters that 

 Mould warrant generic sejiaration from Lewisie'la. 



Length 6; b:eadth 3 lines. 



Old Man Range, Otago, elevation 4000 feet. A single 

 specimen from Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Odontria prcelatella, sp. n. 



Testaceous ; a transverse inter-ocular space, some irregular 

 marks on the thorac.c disk, the serial elytral punctures and 



