OF NEW ZEALAND. 579 



1012. B. SpillOSUS, Redten.; Voy. Nov., ZooL Fiisco-niger tomento 

 brevi subtus cinereo, supra fusco dense obtectus ; capite bi- thorace 

 quadri-spinoso ; elytris antice sparsim punctatis, marginis lateralis dimidio 

 antico obtuse bicostato, costis punctis profundis, seriatis limitatis. 



Long., 20-4 lin. 



I have not yet seen this species. 



1013. B. Simpliceps, n.s. Fusco-castaneous, antennae and tibiae 

 rufo-castaneous. The head is rounded and rather elongated behind, the 

 muzzle short and quadrate, mandibles prominent, strong. The eyes are 

 reniform, coarsely facetted and placed laterally near the middle part of 

 the head. The antennas, are inserted in line with the anterior portion of 

 the eyes. There is a continuous dorsal impressed line on the head, the 

 vertex is somewhat concave and the surface is rugosely sculptured, with- 

 out however any tuberculate elevations. The thorax is longer than 

 broad, constricted anteriorly, with a strong acute lateral tubercle inclined 

 upwards at each side, and two discoidal sub-erect acute tubercles situa- 

 ted in front of them ; its surface is uneven and rugosely sculptured. 

 Scutellum transversely triangular. The elytra are elongate, slightly 

 convex transversely, not much compressed laterally, with not very pro- 

 minent humeral angles ; they are wider at the base than the prothorax, 

 from thence sub-parallel to the middle, where they are widest, but the 

 posterior half is wider than the anterior ; the apices are individually 

 rounded and not at all produced or spinose ; the sculpture is more or 

 less irregular and rugose, with indications of three costae on each. The 

 body is almost destitute of clothing, there being only very fine scarcely 

 perceptible pubescence on the sides and apex, and a few fulvous hairs 

 on the tibiae and antennae. The pro- meta- and meso-sterna as well as 

 the lower part of the head are sculptured in the same way as the super- 

 ficies, and are sparingly pubescent. 



My specimen, which was found by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, is, unfor- 

 tunately, very much mutilated, three legs, all the tarsi, and half of the 

 antennae being broken. 



The absence of spines on the head, and inelegantly formed elytra, 

 indicate a form quite different from the typical species. 



Length, nj lines. 



Wairoa, Auckland. 



Psilomorpha. 



Saunders : Trans. Ent. Soc., Ser. 2, i, 80, 1850. 



Head produced in front into a short snout, with the sides somewhat 

 approximating at the apex. Eyes large, round, situated immediate!) 

 beneath the insertion of the antennae. Antennce. longer than the body, 

 filiform, eleven-jointed ; first joint long, clavate; second short, rounded; 

 third, fourth, and fifth long, gradually increasing in length ; sixth, 

 seventh, eighth, and ninth equal to fifth ; tenth and eleventh shorter 

 than fifth. Thorax long, cylindrical, swelling out at the base. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, gradually tapering to a rounded point, as long 



