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]\fale. — Antenncc elongate, second joint obviously longer 

 than tlie exposed part of the first ; third a little longer than 

 the following one ; fifth rather longer than fourth ; seventh 

 slightly longer than eighth, which about equals the ninth ; 

 tenth transverse, yet not much broader than the preceding- 

 one ; eleventh large, acuminate. 



Underside chestnut-red, its pubescence sliort. Head ob- 

 tusely elevated along the centre, depressed near each side. 

 Mesosternum with a small tubercle in front of each middle 

 coxa. Metasternuvi broadly depressed, more deeply behind, 

 the sides of the depression appear elevated behind. Abdomen, 

 along the middle, appears as if it were broadly depressed 

 throughout when viewed sideways : when examined from 

 behind the apical depression of the basal segment is seen to 

 be limited in front by an angulate elevation, this elevation, at 

 its outer angles, seems to be tubercular ; fifth segment deeply 

 depressed in the middle, each side of this cavity has an obtuse 

 tubercle ; there is a short, broad, apical segment. 



Female. — Mesosternum with two tubercular elevations. 

 Metasterniim and abdomen simple, the basal segment of the 

 latter laigc, 2 to 4 very short in the middle ; fifth longer than 

 the intermediate ones, its apex is limited by a very fine in- 

 curved suture, so that there seems to be a sixth segment. 

 Antenrtce shorter than those of the other sex, eleventh joint 

 large, less acuminate, joints 3 to 5 rather longer than those 

 next to them. 



At first sight I supposed this to be B. grata, Sharp. It 

 is a small insect, but, • notwithstanding, it can be easily 

 identified if the underside be carefully examined. The meso- 

 sternal elevations are more distinct in the female than they 

 are in the male, a circumstance that will materially aid in the 

 recognition of that sex. 



Length |, breadth nearly | line. 



Ligar's Bush, Papakura; eight examples. Mount Pirongia, 

 Waikato ; two males. 



Variety, Hunua Range, Drury. Interocular fove£e absent. 



Bryaxis allocera, sp. n. 



B.ed, head and thorax darker, tarsi and palpi fulvous ; body 

 nearly glabrous, shining, not at all short. 



Head broad, nearly as large as the thorax, rounded behind, 

 vertical in front, not prolonged; it bears two rather small and 

 shallow fovese between the eyes, the frontal impression is 

 broad and very shallow. Thorax widest before the middle, 

 with two indistinct basal fovea}. Elytra large, convex ; 



