li, NEW ZEALAND BYRRHIDAE. 



double ili<' length. Sctttellum small, triangular. Elytra most convex be- 

 fore the middle, much narrowed, bu1 not vertical behind; their surface 

 slightly uneven, but without definite depressions; the sutural region 

 slightly elevated behind : their sculpture resembles that of the thorax. 



Tibiae moderately finely setose, the anterior unimpressed but obliquely 

 narrowed externally near the apex, the other pairs are slightly arched out- 

 wardlv : the tarsal appendages are moderately developed. Antennae 

 moderately elongate, 2nd joint hardly more than half the size of the 1st. 

 Ith slender and elongate yet distinctly shorter than 3rd. 5th and 6th 

 evidently longer than broad, 7th very slightly longer but nearly as broad 

 as the 8th. 9th and 10th rather broader than long, 11th elongate, about as 

 long as the preceding 2 combined ; club apparently 5-jointed. 



Differentiated by the minute granular sculpture, somewhat uneven 

 elytra, &c. 



Length, H lines : breadth, 1 line. • 



Ligars Bush, Papakura. A solitary individual. 



Pedilophorus StefTahny. 



Bodv convex, oviform ; glabrous or nearly so. Scutellum distinct. 

 Thorax Insinuate at base. 



Section I. 



Anterior tibiae curved, flattened or impressed along the outer portion 

 of the front face. 



3160. Pedilophorus foveigerus sp. now {Fig. 5.) 



( Mossy, viridi-aeneous, the head and the sides and base of elytra rufeseent, 

 legs dark rufous, tarsi and intermediate joints of antennae ferruginous, 

 the terminal joints rather darker, the basal piceo-rufous. 



Head with rather shallow but distinct punctures, and appearing slightly 

 rugose : forehead moderately rounded, not margined. Thorax moderately 

 finely, no! deeply or closely, but regularly, punctured ; its sides finely 

 margined, nearly straight, but gradually narrowed towards the acixte and 

 somewhal prominent anterior angles, the apex widely sinuate towards the 

 -ill'-. Scutellum triangular, rather small, not transverse. Elytra not at 

 all vertical behind, their sculpture like that of the thorax. 



Tibiae with a few slender inconspicuous setae, the anterior rather more 

 curved below the middle than above it, the intermediate strongly arched 

 externally, with small apical spines. Tarsi stout, the appendages of the 

 3rd joints prolonged half-way underneath the 5th. Eyes large, finely 

 faceted, more prominenl in front than behind. Antennae moderately 

 elongate ; 3rd joint slender and elongate ; 1th and 5th also long yet shorter 

 than 3rd : 6th longer than broad, very slightly thicker ; 7th slightly longer 

 than broad, rather thicker than 6th - . 8-10 enlarged, sometimes transversal,. 

 Il'h longer; the club, therefore, appears 5-jointed: the thick 1st joint 

 is free, having a short basal stalk by which it is attached to the head near 

 the iront (,| t he eve. 



Underside Bhining, with some slender yellow hairs on the 5th ventral 



nent. the rest of the pubescence is indistinct. Metasternum finely 



punctate, the more rufeseent abdomen still more so. Terminal ventral 



segment, at the apex, with a well-marked broad fovea, which seems to 



terminate in a short fissure. 



