84 Capt. T. Broun on new 
the middle and apex. Femora moderately inflated, tibie 
rather slender. 
The remarkably broad and short thorax, peculiar colora- 
tion, and inconspicuous antennal tubercles will enable this 
species to be identified. We have no similar species. 
Hi. viridescens is twice the bulk of this little beetle and has 
well-developed thoracic tubercles and longer antenne. 
Length 14, breadth 7 line. 
Pipiriki, Wanganui River. 
Mr. Hudson sent me a specimen under the number 405. 
Flybolasius gracilipes, sp. n. 
Elongate, subopaque, pitchy red, legs and antennz castaneo- 
rufous; sparingly clothed with depressed, but not short, 
yellowish pubescence, the legs and antennz with long upright 
white hairs. 
Antenne slender, longer than the body ; basal joint mode- 
rately stout but not clavate and rather elongate; third and 
fourth long, so that the latter reaches backwards to the hind 
thighs. Thorax subquadrate, rather narrower in front than 
it is behind, with a small obtuse nodosity at each side not 
far from the base; its surface is a little uneven and appa- 
rently densely punctate-granulate. Hlytra oblong, rather 
closely and moderately coarsely punctured, they are wider 
than the thorax at the base, with obtusely rectangular shoul- 
ders, there is a pair of small nodosities near the base, the 
central portion appears somewhat depressed, but there are no 
distinct elevations besides the basal ones ; the pubescence 
though irregularly distributed does not form spots, the apices 
are infuscate red and closely punctured. 
In some respects this species resembles HH. gnarus, but its 
clothing is more conspicuous, its legs are more elongate and 
slender, the thorax is slightly shorter, the humeral angles and 
elytral elevations are more prominent, and the coloration is 
brighter. 
Length 23, breadth 2 line. 
Pipiriki. 
From the same source as the preceding species and bearing 
the same number. 
Hybolasius genalis, sp. n. 
Elongate, subopaque, piceo-rufous, antenne uniformly 
infuscate red, legs rutescent, the tibie blackish towards the 
extremity ; pubescence variegated. 
