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Techmessa, g. n. {(Edemeridce). 



Mentum transversely quadrangular. Last joint of maxillary 

 palpi cultritbrm, aeute at apex. Mandibles bifid at apex ; 

 labntm short, slightly sinuously truncated in front. Head 

 short ; ejnstoma broadly and squarely tmncated in front. 

 Eyes large, slightly transverse, entire, more {concohr) or less 

 {telephoroides) strongly prominent. Anteiime inserted on slight 

 prominences in front of, and quite distinct from, the eyes : 

 joint 1 swollen, pyriform ; 2 a little shorter than 8, and both 

 obconic ; 3 not more than half as long as 4 ; 4-10 sub- 

 equal, cylindric {concolor) or elongate-obconic {telephoroides) ; 

 11a little longer than 10, subfusiform. ProtJiorax scarcely 

 wider than long and convex in concolor ; distinctly wider than 

 long, subdepressed, and somewhat unequal in telephoroides ; 

 truncated at base and apex ; sides rounded, abruptly incurved 

 anteriorly, gradually contracted posteriorly, rather strongly__ 

 grooved or margined along the base. Elytra elongate, parallel, 

 scarcely convex, somewhat broadly rounded at apex. Femora 

 sublinear ; tibice armed with two distinct spurs at apex ; the 

 two penultimate joints of the tarsi rather short, expanded, and 

 spongy pubescent beneath. Abdomen of five free joints. 

 Body more {telephoroides) or less {concolor) linear, shortly 

 pilose. 



Of all the published genera of the QEdemeridaj the present 

 seems to me to approach nearest to Cycloderas. It is, how- 

 ever, at once to be distinguished from that genus, and from 

 all the others of the family known to me, by the short third 

 joint of the antennas. 



Technessa concolor, n. sp. 



Black, a little shining ; everywhere rather densely clothed 

 with a shortish, semierect, brownish pile. Head and prothorax 

 coarsely punctured and rugose ; the punctures more crowded 

 on the front of the former and on the sides of the latter : elytra 

 rather strongly and closely ])unctured, and transversely con- 

 fluently rugose : underside and legs brownish black, pubescent, 

 punctured ; antennae (save the three basal joints) and palpi 

 dusky brown. 



Length 3 lines. 



Hah. New Zealand. One example. 



Technessa telephoroides, n. sp. 



Sublinear, depressed, slightly shining ; somewhat thinly 

 clothed with a short, siibdccumbcnt, whitish pile : head and 



