OF NEW ZEALAND. 1327 



on one side. There is one setigerous puncture on either side of the 

 middle of the last abdominal segment. 



$ . Length, 6J ; breadth, 2 lines. 



Dusky Bay, Otago. One specimen. 



Group-ANISOD ACT YLID^E . 



Zabronothus. 



Nov. gen. 



Body nearly oblong -oval. Mentum with a distinct, simple 

 median tooth. Palpi elongate and slender, with acuminate terminal 

 joints ; second articulation of the labial strongly bisetose, longer 

 than the third. Eyes not at all prominent. Front tarsi of the 

 male with the three basal joints dilated, the second and third 

 cordiform, their soles with squamae and some long hairs; these 

 three joints moderately, but not acutely, prolonged at the inner 

 extremity : intermediate tarsi simple. Tibia not asperate, the 

 front pair armed with a robust calcar ; the posterior strongly 

 arcuate in both sexes, somewhat dilated apically, with two long 

 spurs. There are two orbital setce, two very long ones on the 

 forehead, and six on the large truncate labrum. Mandibles stout, 

 obtusely dentate medially. Thorax transversely subquadrate, finely 

 marginated, resting on the elytral base ; it bears one seta on each 

 side near the middle. Scutellum large, simple. Elytra broader 

 than thorax, with marginal punctiform impressions, their striae 

 sharply denned ; they are narrowed but only feebly sinuated pos- 

 teriorly. Epipleurce with carinate outer and inner margins, these 

 converge behind, without a distinct oblique groove. The antenna 

 extend backwards beyond the base of the thorax, their three basal 

 joints are glabrous, the third about equals the fourth in length. 

 There are two setae near the middle of the four basal segments of 

 the abdomen. 



The genus may be located in the Anisodactylidae at present. It 

 agrees in some respects with Zolus, as regards the structure of the 

 sternum for instance. 



2333. Z. StriatulllS, n.s. Nigro-piceous, slightly nitid ; legs, 

 antennae, palpi, labrum, and mandibles pitchy-red, tarsi red ; body 

 moderately convex, not broad. 



Head about half the width of the thorax, without well-marked 

 impressions. Thorax one-fifth broader than long, widest near the 

 middle, about as much narrowed in front as it is behind, moderately 

 rounded laterally, very slightly sinuated towards the rectangular 

 but not at all prominent posterior angles, side margins narrow, apex 

 subtruncate, base medially emargmate ; dorsal groove rather fine, 

 not attaining the apex ; basal foveae elongate and sulciform but quite 

 indistinct, placed between the middle and the sides, the discoidal 

 sculpture obsolete. Elytra finely margined, humeral angles only 

 slightly dentiform, their sides moderately rounded ; they have fine, 

 23 PTS. v., vi. 



