5S Major T. Broun o;i new 



togjcther, arc shorter than tlic apical one. Palj)i witli sub- 

 ulate terminal joints. 



This may be readily identified by its simple cordiforra 

 thorax. M. Fanvcl's P. punctivcntrls has a shorter bisulcate 

 thorax and lon-jer winj^-cascs. 



Lcnjjth H; breadth jv lines. 



Collected "by Mr. J. H. Lewis at Ocean Beach near 

 Dunedin. 



Group Byrrhidae. 



PedUophorus Lewisi, sp. n. 



Ovate, moderately convex, aneo-niger ; tibiae pitchy red ; 

 tarsi and anteunaj rufescent, the basal joint of these lutter, 

 however, piceons. Body apparently nude, but really bearing 

 some minute greyish settC. 



i/etff/ closely and distinctly punctured, narrowed anteriorly, 

 the forehead subtruncate or obtusely rounded, but not 

 sharply defined in front, the short vertical frontal portion 

 nearly smooth. Labrum punctate-rugose, more or less 

 pilose, lateral grooves deep. Eyes large, evidently facetted, 

 most prominent in front. Tliorax twice as broad as it is 

 long, narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins "well-defined, front 

 angles rectangular and slightly projecting ; its surface closely 

 and distinctly punctured, more eoarsf.ly towards the sides. 

 Scute/htm almost cordit'orrn, distantly punctate. Elytra 

 large, moderately narrowed posteriorly, not so closely 

 sculptured as the thorax, much more distantly and finely, 

 almost obsoletely, punctured towards the apices. Tlie 

 female with six or seven more or less obvious striae on each 

 elytron, the sutural most distinct. The male with two or 

 three short ill-defined striae, and with series of coarse 

 punctures on each elytron. 



'iibice finely pilose, with short terminal spines, the anterior 

 pair grooved along the lateral portion of the frontal face for 

 tlie reception of the tarsi, the external edges of all minutely 

 setose. Tarsi elongate, pilose underneath ; fourth joint 

 small, third prolonged below. 



cJ . Anlenncp elongate, finely pubescent, very gradually 

 dilated from the fifth joint onwards; basal joint st(jut, sub- 

 cylindric, and finely sculptured ; second much shorter and 

 narrower than the first, tapering apically ; third nearly as 

 long as the first, but slender; fourth shorter than the con- 

 tiguous ones ; sixth and seventh longer than broad ; joints 



