OF NEW ZEALAND. 1415 



Capleston. Named in honour of its discoverer, Mr. A. T. Cavell, 

 to whom I am indebted for many interesting beetles. 



2463. P. sulcicollis, n.s. Slender, elongate, narrowed ante- 

 riorly, shining, nearly glabrous, chestnut-red, legs red, the tarsi, 

 antennae, and palpi somewhat fulvescent. 



Head elongate, the anterior half almost abruptly narrower than 

 the posterior, distinctly, but finely and closely, sculptured; the 

 tubercles are somewhat flattened backwards, and the intervening 

 channel, when viewed sideways, does not appear to extend beyond 

 them ; behind that point there are two foveae which seem to extend 

 forwards along the outside of the tubercles ; the hinder portion is 

 more convex, with a groove along the middle. Eyes seemingly 

 obsolete ; what I take to represent them are only smooth dark specks, 

 situated at the sides and front of the broader part of the head. 

 Maxillary palpi slender and elongate, the second joint thickened 

 apically, the terminal basally, but in a less degree, the club one- 

 fourth of the length. Antenna moderate, the basal joint nearly half 

 the length of all the others taken together ; second nearly as stout, 

 about one-fourth the length of the first; fifth and sixth slightly 

 longer than the contiguous ones; ninth and tenth rather small, 

 about as long as they are broad, not one- third wider than the 

 eighth ; eleventh large, acuminate, with greyish pubescence. Thorax 

 longer than it is broad, narrowed before and behind, the middle very 

 finely sculptured, with a longitudinal groove extending nearly its 

 whole length ; the base is apparently truncate, with a transverse 

 depressed space between it and the wing-cases. Elytra very much 

 narrowed towards the shoulders; their basal half concave, deeply 

 hollowed in front, the sides, though not really on a higher plane 

 than the hinder portion, appear sharply elevated ; the sutural striae 

 are fine, and the pubescence is very minute. Hind-body large, with 

 minute scattered hairs; across the base, however, the pubescence is 

 dense and spongy. Legs long, simple ; tarsi moderately thick. 



Metasternum broadly impressed between the distant coxae ; 

 behind these there is a dense mass of yellowish pubescence. 



This is, I think, a very curious species. The remarkably long 

 basal joint of the antennae, and the sulcate thorax, will enable it to 

 be identified. 



Length, f- ; breadth, quite J line. 



Mount Pirongia. Picked out of leaf-mould collected by Mi\ 

 A. T. Urquhart ; one example only. 



Bryaxis (Gen., p. 124). 



2464. B. COnspicua, n.s. SJwiing, nearly glabrous, pitchy- 

 red, elytra chestnut-red, legs paler, tarsi yellowish. 



Head with two interocular foveae, the forehead uneven and de- 

 pressed. Thorax rather longer than it is broad, widest near the 

 middle, somewhat compressed laterally behind but not distinctly 

 foveate, the base finely margined. Elytra longer than broad, 

 slightly narrowed near the shoulders, the sutural striae fine. Hind- 



