174 Capt. T. Broun on new 



eighth of the same breadth as the seventh and ninth, longer 

 than the former, shorter than the latter, yet not quite quadrate ; 

 ninth large, slightly longer than it is broad, a little longer at 

 one side than at the other, scooped out near one side under- 

 neath ; tenth conical, about as large as the ninth ; the last 

 four or five joints thickly pubescent and slightly asperate. 



Underside indistinctly punctate, pubescent, castaneo-rufous. 

 Front trochanters spined. Metasternum slightly flattened, 

 but not depressed, in the middle. Basal segment of abdomen 

 with two small median tubercles ; second nearly twice the 

 length of the third or fourth in the middle ; fifth broadly 

 impressed. 



This, without doubt, is very much like No. 1476, but the 

 ninth antennal joint of B. ylahrata is larger, the eighth is 

 shorter, being strongly transverse, joints 3 to 5 also differ a 

 little, and the antennal tubercles are rather more prominent. 



^ . Length ^, breadth ^ line. 



Mount Pirongia. Two males only, Dec. 1892. 



Bryaxis diver sa, sp. n. 



Nitid, dark red, legs and elytra chestnut-red, tarsi and 

 palpi fulvous ; sparsely clothed with minute, indistinct, pale 

 hairs, those on the hind body are, however, more easily seen. 



Head short and broad, rounded behind, with two well- 

 marked interocular fovese, the forehead depressed and obso- 

 letely foveate; antennal tubercles rather flat and widely 

 separated. Eyes well developed. Thorax rather longer than 

 broad, widest just before the middle, its sides well rounded 

 there, narrowed behind ; its surface free from sculpture. 

 Elytra suboblong, large, moderately convex, with fine sutural 

 stri«. Hind body short, convex, much deflexed, so that the 

 large basal segment only is at all horizontal. Ze^s moderate; 

 front tibiae a little swollen inside near the middle, and distinctly 

 pubescent towards the extremity, the posterior somewhat 

 arched and thickened towards the apex, and evidently pilose 

 there ; tarsi with the basal joint small, the second quite the 

 length of the third, the basal joints of the posterior with 

 slender elongate setee underneath. 



Male. — Antennce 10-articulate, moderately slender; first 

 joint cylindric, rather longer and stouter than the second ; 

 third rather longer than broad ; fourth short and bead-like ; 

 fifth only a little longer than broad, distinctly larger than 

 the contiguous ones ; sixth subquadrate ; seventh transverse ; 

 eighth shorter, but not narrower, than the preceding one ; 

 ninth large, oblong, its base and apex nearly quite truncate. 



