1338 COLEOPTERA 



minent tubercles which exist in T. armatus are wanting in this 

 species. 



Length, ; breadth, quite line. 



Moeraki. One example, from Mr. Sandager. 



Bryaxis (Gen., p. 124). 



2346. B. platynqta, n-s. Shining, red, head and thorax rufo- 

 piceous, tarsi and palpi yellowish-red. 



Very much like B. inflata and B. sharpi ; at once differentiated 

 from the former by the absence of the curvate thoracic impression, 

 and from the latter by the darker colour, more deflexed hind-body, 

 and the form and sculpture of the head, which is less convex, and 

 not dilated laterally near the eyes ; besides the fovea near each eye 

 there is a depression on the middle in front, and there is also a 

 small round fovea on the vertex. The elytra are distantly punctured. 

 The hind-body is broader than the elytra, the three basal segments 

 are about equal, the third is quite deflected, and the fourth is 

 slightly prominent, but not tuberculate, at the middle. 



Antenna elongate and pubescent ; second joint one-third shorter 

 than, but as broad as, the cylindrical basal joint ; 3-7 longer than 

 broad, the fifth distinctly longer than the contiguous ones ; eighth 

 abruptly shorter than seventh ; ninth quadrate, shorter but slightly 

 broader than the seventh ; tenth larger than ninth ; eleventh large, 

 ovate, acuminate. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, quite f line. 



Mangawhare, Northern Wairoa. One example, from Mr. G. C. 

 Munro. 



Group-SCYDJVLEJNIDJE. 



Scydmsenus (Gen., p. 144). 



2347. S. elongellus, n.s. Nitid, moderately thickly covered 

 with suberect yellow hairs, those on the head and thorax paler and 

 less conspicuous ; elytra and legs of a paler red than the thorax or 

 head, tarsi fulvescent. 



Almost quite similar to S. princeps in form and structure ; rather 

 smaller, paler, and with more conspicuous pubescence. Thorax with- 

 out distinct basal impressions, but, like the elytra, with a few fine 

 distant punctures. Legs elongate and moderately stout, claws much 

 bent. Third joint of maxillary palpi long, gradually thickened, 

 thicker than the second, the terminal invisible in my specimen. 

 Antenna elongate, joints 1-7 longer than broad, third shorter than 

 those next to it, eighth a little shorter but stouter than seventh, 

 ninth and tenth twice as broad as the eighth, eleventh ovate. 



The pygidium is pubescent : this fact, together with the smaller 

 size and paler colour, will enable it to be distinguished from S. 

 edwardsi. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Mangawhare, Northern Wairoa. One, found by Mr. G. C. Munro. 



