412 Major T, Broun 07i new Oenera and 



Paradise Lake, "Wakatipu. 



Discovered by Mr. G. V. Hudson, wliose name has been 

 given to it. 



Group Melandryidge. 



DoxoziLORA, gen. nov. 



Body elongate, almost parallel-sided, very Eucnemid-like. 

 Head not deflexed and concealed. Eyes distinctly facetted, 

 transverse, subreniform, their greatest bulk at the sides and 

 below. Epistome "svith fine curvate suture. Labrum trans- 

 verse and quite exposed. Paljn short, the lat)ial especially ; 

 the maxillary not serrate, terminal joint subcultriform. An- 

 tenna inserted in cavities just in front of the eyes, reaching 

 backwards nearly to the apex of metasternum in the male, 

 shorter in the female, filiform ; basal joint moderately stout, 

 second about half the length of the third ; joints 3-10 

 elongate-obconical, terminal slightly longer than tenth. 

 Thurax much narrowed anteriorly, Mnth distinct basal foveae, 

 posterior angles rectangular but not acute. Elytra of nearly 

 same width as thorax at the base, very slightly attenuate 

 posteriorly. Anterior coaa contiguous, the prosternal 

 process not extending between them, with trochanters; the 

 intermediate not prominent, the narrow mesosternal process 

 interposed. Metasternum transversely convex, elongate, with 

 a central groove behind the middle. Abdomen composed, of 

 five nearly equal segments. Legs rather short. Tibiee 

 slender, the apical calcar of the anterior stout, those of the 

 others small and slender. Tarsi elongate and slender, 

 penultimate joint of the anterior not truly bilobed but exca- 

 vate aboA'e, basal joint longest ; in the posterior pair the first 

 joint is nearly double the length of the other three combined. 

 Claics divergent, distinctly dentate near the base. 



The small typical species is very different from our New- 

 Zealand Orchesia allies from no. 710 to 717 inclusive; 

 Ctenophdron bears but little resemblance, whilst no. 708 

 more nearly resembles the Australian Talayra. From all 

 the other genera of the true ISIelandryidse this is distin- 

 guished by the distinct tooth near the base of each claw. 



Doxozilor a punctata, sp. n. 



Body slightly nitid, black, clothed with fine ash-coloured 

 pubescence ; antennae and tarsi fuscous. 



Head immersed up to the eyes, nearly vertical in front, its 

 punctuation moderately fine and close but rather shallow. 



