406 Major T. Broun on neio Genera and 



wider than the broadest part of the thorax, very coarsely 

 and closely punctured so tliat the intervals are quite linear. 

 Thora.v nearly as long as it is broad, obtusely dilated 

 laterally behind the middle, more abruptly narrowed behind 

 than in front ; its sculpture like that of the head, except 

 that on the disk the interstices are perceptibly broader, the 

 apex is infuscate and more finely and distantly punctured, 

 before the middle there are two small, smooth, slightly 

 raised spots and two less distinct ones near the base ; it is 

 sparingly clothed with outstanding elongate greyish hairs. 

 Scutellam opaque. Elytra hardly double the breadth of 

 thorax at the base, their sides slightly and widely incurved ; 

 their punctuation coarser than that on the thoracic disk, 

 but somewhat seriate near the suture ; apex somewhat 

 depressed and with the fine grey pubescence rather con- 

 centrated there. 



Underside with fine pubescence, ventral segments shining 

 blue, the bi'east more infuscate, coxae testaceous ; meta- 

 sternum convex, with fine transverse linear sculpture at the 

 sides and base. 



AnienncE elongate, reaching to beyond the base of thorax, 

 the basal eight joints are shining fuscous above, but the first 

 two or three are testaceous underneath, and the long club is 

 quite dark and opaque, but in a reversed specimen testaceous 

 below. Palpi testaceous, the apical joints are, however, 

 usually fuscous. 



There is but one species, P. airata, at all like this, but it 

 is only about half as hirge, it has no scutellar depression, 

 and the elytral punctuation is continued almost to the 

 extremity of tiie apices, where there is no concentration of 

 pubescence, their sides are very nearly straight and just 

 appreciably and gradually narrowed towards the shoulders, 

 and the thorax is proportionally longer. 



Length 2|-3 ; breadth ^ line. 



Taparoa, near Howick. Described from three examples in 

 my own collection. 



Phymaiophcea apical e, sp. n. 



Elongate, slightly nitid, sparingly pilose, elytra more 

 thickly ; head and thorax piceo-f uscous, the front of the 

 latter somewhat rufescent; elytra fuscous, apex fulvescent, 

 the shoulders and two more or less distinct marks near the 

 middle of each paler; legs fuscous, knees paler, front tibiae 

 somewhat violaceous; antennae and palpi pale brown. 



Head very closely and distinctly punctured^ the intervals 



