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rim. The elytra are elongate-oval, coarsely punctured in slightly im- 

 pressed rows ; the punctures and striae abruptly ceasing at about two- 

 thirds the length, except the sutural and marginal striae ; the sutural 

 stria is, as usual, a little recurved at the apex, and the hook thus 

 formed is distinctly separated by a smooth ridge from the recurved 

 marginal stria. 



112. B. anchonoderum, Bates; Ent. Mon. Mag., February, 1878. 

 Elongato-ovatum, senescenti-nigrum,politum, palpis, antennis, pedibusque 

 piceis ; thorace rotundato, angulis posticis haud explanatis, anguste 

 foveatis, supra lateribus subtiliter alutaceis ; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 striis prope apicem paulo debilioribus, interstitio tertio bipunctato. 



Mas. Tarsorum anticorum articulis duobus basalibus dilatatis, apice 

 intus productis. * . . 



Variat colo're supra aeneo. ^ ***$* / x "~^ * 



Tairua, near Auckland ; two examples (Captain Broun). 



Belongs apparently to the same group as B. parviceps; but the 

 thorax is quite different in shape, being more broadly and regularly 

 rounded at the sides, and rather abruptly narrowed at the base ; the 

 lateral margins very narrow, without projection at the hind angles, which 

 are, nevertheless, rectangular. The frontal furrows are broad, deep, 

 and simple. The head is rather small, and the eyes only moderately 

 prominent. The back of the head and the sides of the thorax are very 

 finely shagreened, and there are some wrinkles on the disc of the latter. 

 The elytra are elongate-ovate, rather convex ; the striae are tolerably 

 deep, and only a little less impressed on nearing the apex, the first and 

 second are indeed deeper near the apex, the second flexuous, and 

 joining the recurved apex of the first; the seventh is distinct ; the punc- 

 tures are moderately large, but become much fainter towards the apex. 



113. B. eustictum, Bates; Ent. Mon. Mag., February, 1878. 

 Elongato-ovatum, supra seneum, politum ; palpis, antennis, pedibus- 

 que rufo-piceis ; thorace late rotundato, angulis posticis distinctis, 

 marginibus postice nullomodo explanatis, foveolis basalibus angustis ; 

 elytris ovatis, grosse punctato-striatis, striis 2-7 ante apicem evanes- 

 centibus ; interstitio tertio punctis duobus, anteriori maximo, notato. 



^Tairua, near Auckland ; four examples (Captain Broun). *^<rv^., /^ 



Very closely allied to B. anchonoderum ; differing only in its rather 



smaller size, its broader thorax and relatively shorter elytra, the con- 



spicuously larger anterior puncture on the third elytral interstice, and 



the obliteration of all the middle strise before the apex. 



114. B. callipeplum, Bates; Ent. Mon. Mag., February, 1878. 

 Elongato-ovatum, nitidum, aeneum, antennis basi, pedibus, elytrisque 

 flavo-testaceis, his pone medium plaga communi angulata fusco-senea ; 

 thorace rotundato-cordato, basi angustato, laevi, angulis posticis nullo 

 modo explanatis, subobtusis, vix foveatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, striis 

 versus basin vix impressis, tertio tri-punctato. 



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