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and the club broader than in B. contractus, the legs more slender, and 

 the thorax differently shaped. 



A single specimen has been sent me from Tairua by Captain Broun. 



Group PYCNOMERID^E. 



Hind coxa distant. Abdominal segments of equal size. Last joint 

 of the palpi not needle-shaped. 



Pycnomerus. 



Erichson ; Lacord. Hist, des Coleop., Tom. ii.,/. 379. 



Mentum quadrate, or a little narrowed in front. Ligula horny, 

 transversal, emarginated anteriorly. Lobes of the jaws horny, the inner 

 small, ciliated within : the outer wider, rounded underneath, arched and 

 ciliated at the end. Palpi robust, the last joint of the labial briefly- 

 oval ; that of the maxillary of the same form but longer. Mandibles 

 large, very much arched, sometimes singly, sometimes bidented at the 

 end. Labrum transversal, rounded in front. Head quadrate, a little 

 elongate, widened at antennal orbits. Antennal furrows sometimes very 

 superficial or absent. Eyes moderate, almost rounded, slightly promi- 

 nent. Antenna short, composed of eleven, ten, or eight joints; their 

 club composed in the first case of two joints, of one only in the others. 

 Prothorax quadrate, sub-equilateral, or a little elongate, and slightly 

 narrowed behind. Scutellum punctiform. Elytra elongate, sub-parallel. 

 Legs rather short ; tibia slightly dilated at their extremity, terminating 

 with very distinct spurs ; the three first joints of the tarsi short, equal. 

 The two last abdominal segments hollowed behind. 



Body rather long, a little depressed above. 



368. P. SOphorse, Sharp ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., fifty, 1876. 

 P. elongattis, parallelus, piceo-niger, sub-opacus ; prothorace dorso 

 impresso, impressione posterius minus distincte divisa ; elytris sulcatis, 

 sulcis punctatis, punctis distantibus. 



Long, corp., 3^-4! mm. 



Antenna distinctly eleven-jointed, the eleventh joint a good deal 

 narrower than the tenth. Head very coarsely punctured, with a very 

 deep impression on each side in front, the outer margin of which is 

 continued backwards close to the eye as an elevated fold. Thorax 

 about as long as broad, slightly narrowed behind, coarsely and closely 

 punctured, with a rather large impression on the middle, the posterior 

 part of which is indistinctly divided into two. Elytra bearing deep 

 broad striae or grooves, at the bottom of which are deep punctures 

 separated from one another by a long raised interval ; the interstices 

 between the strise are narrow, elevated and impunctate. Underside 

 closely and very coarsely punctured. 



Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun, and indicated as found on the 

 Wood of Sophora tetraptera. 



