572 COLEOPTERA 



lelis; tubera antennifera fortiter oblique elevata. Palpi articulis ter- 

 minalibus baud dilatatis. Antenna subtiliter ciliatse, scapo gracile, 

 clavato, quam articulo tertio vel quarto longiore ; articulus quintus pre- 

 cedente et sequente longior. Thorax antice constrictus, supra insequa- 

 lis, baud distincte tuberculatus, spina lateral! validissima. Elytra 

 costata, apice acute rotundata. Pedes modtce elongati ; femora vix 

 incrassata. Prosternum inter coxas exsertas angustum ; acetabula inter- 

 media extus aperta. 



Founded on Cerambyx strigipennis, Westwood, which White referred 

 with doubt to Phlyctcenodes, but which differs in all essential points from 

 that genus. The much shorter maxillary palpi, long square muzzle and 

 elongated scape are the most obvious structural peculiarities. 



looi. L. Strigipennis, Westwood; Arc. Ent., ii., 27; Phlyc- 

 t&nodes strigipennis, White; Voy. Er. Terr., p. 19. Head broad in front 

 before the eyes, with the face rather oblique and truncated, parts of the 

 mouth small, mandibles short, black at the tip ; palpi short, maxillary 

 scarcely larger than the labial; antenna shorter than the body, first joint 

 clavate, third and several following of nearly equal length, base of the 

 joints black; head with a dark central line, space between the eyes 

 dark-coloured ; thorax constricted near the front margii? and dilated on 

 each side into a short thick conical spine ; disc with four elevated 

 tubercles, the two front placed closer together than the other two; 

 middle of thorax with a dark line ; elytra long, nearly parallel with the 

 suture, five longitudinal streaks on each of pitchy-brown, first not 

 extending to the base, second and fourth united near the tip, third 

 insulated by them, fourth much abbreviated at the base, fifth slender 

 and sub-marginal ; feet slender and simple ; femora very slightly clavate. 



Length, n lines. 



NOTE. I imagine the above characters to have been derived from a 

 specimen of ihefemate sex ; I found two examples (males) at Tairua, in 

 both of which the antennae are decidedly longer than the body, and the 

 discoidal tubercles are obtuse and only slightly elevated, whilst the 

 lateral tubercle is directed backwards; neither exceed six lines in length. 

 The ground-colour is testaceous, and the elytra are rugulose. 



Votum. 



Nov. gen. 



Body elongate, and rather slender. Maxillary palpi long ; the ter- 

 minal joints of both pairs securiform, but not strongly dilated inwardly. 

 Eyes prominent, reniform, coarsely facetted ; placed almost horizontally 

 on the sides of the head, the lesser, emarginated portion being obliquely 

 directed upwards. The head is sub-ovate, muzzle quadrate, vertex con- 

 cave. The antenna are inserted in line with the centre of each eye ; 

 they are longer than the body and finely pubescent ; scape moderately 

 elongated and gradually incrassated ; second joint small ; third and 

 fourth equal, but neither so long as joints five to seven; fifth longest ; 

 the other six decrease in length. 



