OF NEW ZEALAND. 1137 



short, entire, not expanded and without membranous appendage, 

 fifth longest ; claws well developed. Prosternum not reduced, its 

 flanks marked off by raised sinuous sutures ; its process narrow, 

 acuminate, not extending beyond the coxae. Mesosternum plane, 

 not emarginate in front. Metasternum moderate, its intercoxal 

 suture distinct. Abdomen with five segments, and a small supple- 

 mentary anal segment, the basal appearing very short in the middle. 

 Coxa large and prominent, elongate, the front and intermediate dis- 

 tinctly but not widely separated, the posterior larger (longitudinally) 

 than in Atopida and its allies. 



This genus is remarkably distinct, and should, I think, be placed 

 between the Elaterida and the Da&cylUda. The specimen at my 

 disposal does not permit a careful examination of the mentum, &c. 



2018. B. urquharti, n.s. Castaneo-fuscous, a little shining; 

 the legs, coxae, and two basal joints of the antennae testaceous ; 

 remaining joints, and the tarsi, somewhat infuscate ; pubescence 

 dense, fine, yellow. 



Head small, transversely impressed between the eyes. Antennce 

 pubescent, basal joint thick and rather short ; second small, barely 

 half the length of the third, which is about as long as each of the 

 following seven ; these serrate inwardly but not prolonged at the 

 extremity. Thorax convex, one-third broader than long, consider- 

 ably narrowed anteriorly; front angles depressed, indistinct, the 

 lateral margins becoming vague in front ; base widely bisinuate ; the 

 sides curvate, so that the posterior angles, though acute, are not in 

 the least divergent or projecting ; its surface is moderately distantly 

 and finely granulated. Scutellum rather large, subcordate, with a 

 deep notch in front, finely granulate. Elytra not much broader 

 than the thorax, a good deal narrowed apically ; their striae rather 

 broad and shallow, not very regularly impressed ; the interstices, 

 near the base, minutely and distantly granulate, the sculpture be- 

 coming closer behind. Legs with rather coarse short hairs ; tarsi 

 nearly as long as the tibiae. 



Underside fuscous, pubescent ; middle of prosternum, in front, 

 finely transversely strigose, the flanks granulate ; metasternum con- 

 vex, grooved behind ; abdomen minutely granulate ; epipleurse of 

 moderate width. 



Length, 2J lines ; breadth, J- line. 



Mount Te Aroha, Thames. Named in honour of its discoverer, 

 Mr. A. T. Urquhart. 



Group DASCYLLID-ffi. 



Amplectopus. 



Nov. gen. 



(Sharp; Trans. Eoy. Dub. Soc. t 1886, p. 403.) 

 Corpus parvum, ovale ; caput subtus inflexum ; antennas parvae, 

 undecim articulatae, articulis quatuor basalibus majoribus, laxe arti- 

 culatis, articulis 5-10 perbrevibus. Prosternum nullum ; meso- 



