34 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of new genera 



parvum, apice non clevato. Elytra striatim punctata. 

 Pedes robusti, breves ; unguiculis appendiculatis. ^ Pro- 

 sternum planum, latitudine fere duplo longior $ ; latitudini 

 ^quilongum ?; apice postico in utroque sexu concavo- 

 emarginato, angulis posticis acutis. 



This singular genus, remarkable for the prolongation of 

 the parts of the mouth and of the lower portion of the face 

 in the $ , recalls to mind the males of some species of 

 ClythridcB. Nyetra may be known from Scaphodius by 

 the concave hinder margin of the prosternum ; from 

 Elaphodes, by the more rotundate, entire eyes. 



Nyetra for cipata. 



Breviter oblonga, subcylindrica, picea, sat dense griseo- 

 sericea, antennis estrorsum nigris; thorace crebre punc- 

 tato ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis crebre punctatis. 



Mas. — Clypeo antrorsum in lobum oblougum producto ; 

 mandibulis elongatis, forcipatis, basi intus lobatis. 



Fcem. — Clypeo antrorsum non producto; mandibulis 

 non elongatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — New Caledonia. 



Head rather coarsely punctured ; eyes rotundate, entire ; 

 antennae slender, equal to half the length of the body in 

 the $, rather shorter in the 2 ; basal joint elongate, 

 slightly thickened, extending to the outer margin of the 

 eye in the $, shorter in the S; second ovate, following 

 three subfiliform, each about one-half longer than the 

 second, six outer joints slightly thickened and com- 

 pressed. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long at the 

 base ; sides entire, obtusely rounded in the $ , rounded and 

 converging from base to apex in the 2 ; hinder margin 

 bisinuate on either side, basal lobe produced, angulate, its 

 apex broadly notched to receive the base of the scutellum ; 

 above convex, rather strongly and closely punctured. Scu- 

 tellum small, ovate. Elytra not broader than the thorax, 

 slightly attenuated towards the apex, the latter partially 

 covering the pygydium, the sides before the middle only 

 moderately lobed ; above convex, punctate-striate, and the 

 interspaces closely punctured ; callus scarcely thickened. 

 Anterior pair of legs in the male slightly more elongate 

 and more robust than the other pairs. 



