74 Capt. T. Broun on new 
Eyes oblique, not prominent, just free. Thorax with well- 
developed ocular lobes, one fifth broader than long, widest 
before the middle, rounded there, slightly narrowed but 
straight behind; there is an ill-defined dorsal groove, an 
oblique impression near each side in front, and one on each 
side below ; the lateral margins near the base are somewhat 
plicate, but the punctuation is invisible from above. lyira 
broadly oval, shoulders so rounded that they scarcely exceed 
the thorax in width; the series of punctures are coarser 
towards the sides than those nearest the suture; the third 
interstices are obtusely elevated near the base, nearly plane on 
the disk, and end in nodosities on top of the declivity; there 
is a swelling of each side outside these, but no nodosity. 
There are a few grey sete on the thorax and on the sides of 
the elytra, but no regular series. 
Var.—2ix 1 line; this bears three fuscous spots on the 
base of the thorax. 
In B. elegans (no. 2115) the third interstices are raised 
throughout, the nodosities are relatively larger and situated 
higher up, and the suture is nodiform near the apex. The 
serobes are shorter. No. 2386 (B. viridescens) has stouter 
legs, broader tarsi, and a longer club. ‘The five species 
described by Dr. Sharp all differ from this. 
Length (rostr. incl.) 2, breadth % line. 
Karori and Wadestown (Mr. G. V. Hudson). 
Brachyolus cervalis, sp. n. 
Opaque, densely covered with fawn-coloured scales above, 
the posterior declivity with grey ; there are series of decum- 
bent sete on the elytral interstices and others on the front 
of the thorax, some of these are greyish ; antenne and legs 
ferruginous. re 
Rostrum shorter than the thorax, with a central carina, 
along each side of the latter there is a broad shallow groove, 
but the rostrum is not distinctly tricarinate. Scrobes short, 
almost foveiform. Funiculus with fine grey sete, basal two 
joints equal, the second but little more slender than the first, 
third also elongate yet shorter than the preceding one, fourth 
longer than broad. yes not contiguous with thorax, oblique, 
broadly oval. Thora# subquadrate, slightly broader than it 
is long, widest before the middle, its sides rounded there but 
nearly straight behind, the surface uneven but without well- 
marked sculpture. lytra, at the middle, nearly twice the 
width of the thorax, almost parallel-sided there; shoulders 
so narrowed as not perceptibly to exceed the breadth of the 
