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depressed, their punctuation more or less serial. Hind-body rather 

 larger than the elytra, finely sculptured. 



VAE. Interocular foveae small, sixth antennal joint nearly as 

 broad as the seventh, the body more uniformly pale-brown. 



Length, ; breadth, nearly J line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. Two examples. 



Group-PSELAPHID^J. 



Tyrus (Gen., p. 121). 



2459. T. Spinipes, n.s. Shining, head, thorax, and abdomen 

 rufo-piceous, elytra red, legs more or less infuscate, middle of femora 

 almost piceous, antennae pale-red, palpi and tarsi yellow. 



Head with rather small interocular foveae, with pale hairs near 

 its sides ; the tubercles, in the male sex, rather small and flat, ap- 

 pearing to unite across the forehead, in the female with a broad, 

 shallow interval between them, similar to what is usual in Bryaxis. 

 Eyes prominent. Palpi (maxillary) short, the basal joints with short 

 slender stalks, the terminal largest and rather broad. Antenna 

 finely pubescent, stout, longer than the head and thorax; basal 

 articulation not twice the length of the second, both cylindric ; third 

 very slightly shorter than fourth, which is about the same length as 

 the sixth or seventh ; fifth slightly longer than the adjoining ones ; 

 eighth a little shorter than seventh ; ninth and tenth rather longer 

 than broad ; eleventh largest. Thorax constricted in front, disc 

 convex, near the base there is a curved impression which is deeper 

 at the sides, the pubescence is like that of the head. Elytra narrowed 

 near the shoulders, longer than they are broad ; the sutural striae 

 broad and deep at the base, the intrahumeral impressions well 

 marked ; the hairs are slender, mostly erect, and yellowish. Hind- 

 body convex, of moderate length, with yellowish pubescence. Legs 

 elongate, tibiae slightly bent, the posterior, however, are straight, 

 and, on the inside, at about one-third of their length from the apex, 

 are armed with a distinct spine. 



Female. Antennae with joints 3-6 about equal, the fifth slightly 

 longer, seventh and eighth short, ninth and tenth not longer than 

 broad. 



The head is similar in shape to that of T. mutandus, but the 

 tubercles and maxillary palpi are essentially different. From T. 

 armatus it differs by the absence of the very prominent spines on 

 the metasternum, and by the tibial spines being higher up, besides 

 differences already pointed out in the descriptions. 



Length, f ; breadth, f line. 



Riccarton Bush, Christchurch. One of each sex, found by Mr. 

 Suter. 



Euglyptus. 



Nov. gen. 



Palpi short; second joint of the maxillary elongate, its long 

 basal portion slender, the apical clavate ; third short, not as thick 



