188 Capt. T. Broun on new 



denuded with the point of a needle ; it was covered with 

 greyish sappy matter. 



Length 1, breadth j line. 



Mount Pirongia. Two specimens were obtained in De- 

 cember 1892. 



Arch^.OGLENES, gen. nov. 



Bod^ glabrous, moderately transversely convex, sub- 

 cylindric. i/eac? immersed nearly to the eyes, without lateral 

 prominences ; the margins, however, are a little thickened 

 and form an obtuse curve across the forehead. Lahrum 

 subquadrate. Mandibles bifid at apex. Maxillary palpi 

 short, with broadly oval terminal joints. Eyes free, convex, 

 rather large, with coarse facets. Antennce very short, 10- 

 articulate, inserted below the edge of the forehead ; cluh 

 abruptly biarticulate. Thorax broader than long^ with simple 

 lateral margins; base and apex subtruncate, the anterior 

 angles obtuse and but little projecting, the posterior rectan- 

 gular. Scutellum short. Elytra slightly broader than the 

 thorax at the base, closely applied thereto. Legs moderately 

 elongate; front femora grooved underneath, the grooves with 

 carinate edges ; tihice laterally compressed, straight, minutely 

 spinose at the extremity, their outer angles not rounded off. 

 Tarsi narrow, their first joint only slightly longer than the 

 second, fourth not longer than the preceding three ; claws 

 small but thick. 



Underside sAoug the middle on a rather higher plane than the 

 sides. Head large, the portion in front of the antennal insertion 

 very short j the subocular furrows broad, directed outwards be- 

 hind. Prosternum rather short, almost truncate in front, the 

 upperand outer portions (thoracic anterior angles) obtusely pro- 

 longed, smooth, and deeply excavate. In repose the antenna 

 extends backwards along the inner side of the eye, it is then bent 

 outwards, and the club fits into the cavity under the anterior 

 angle of the thorax. Front coxce moderately distant, the 

 intervening process with obtusely raised side borders j the 

 posterior are not more widely separated than the intermediate. 

 Mesosteruum not abbreviated. Metasternum simple, rather 

 shorter than the abdomen. Epipleurce broad, with sharply 

 defined edges \ they are not narrowed until they reach the 

 apex, even there they are not linear. Abdomen composed of 

 five nearly equal segments, considerably narrowed posteriorly, 

 tlic last two sutures broad and deep ; the suture between the 

 two hasal segments, owing to the coarse rugose sculpture, is 

 ill-defined. 



