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the length of the thorax, inserted below the forehead immediately 
in front of the eyes; basal joints largest ; 3rd longer than 2nd, 
the latter equalling the 4th; joints 4-10 sub-triangular; 11th 
broadly oval. Pvothovax broader than long, rounded laterally, 
tri-sinuate at base, posterior angles prominent, not divergent. 
Scutellum oblong. Elytva moderate, narrowed behind. Chin-piece 
extending to the tips of the mandibles. Pvosternal sutures widely 
open in front only, straight, attaining outer edge of coxe. 
Prosternal process nearly flat above, depressed at the extremity. 
Mesosternal cavity with raised hind margin, reaching the broad 
inter-coxal depression. Coxal lamina moderate, abruptly reduced 
beyond the trochanter. Tarsi rather compressed, all the joints 
well-developed, hispid below. 
1370. Psovochyva granulata,n.sp.—Sub-opaque,variegate, elytra ob- 
scure brown, thorax paler and brighter, legs and antennee obscurely 
coloured. 
Head slightly depressed in front, with coarse punctures 
on its anterior edge. Prothovax curvedly excised in front, 
narrowed towards the blunt front angles, nearly straight behind 
the middle ; the posterior angles carinated, overlapping the 
shoulders, slightly incurved and deflexed at the > extremity ; it 
bears many minute, glossy, black granules, and short fulvous seti- 
form hairs. Elytva ‘with rounded shoulders, slightly curved sides, 
gradually narrowed behind, almost plane ; sub-striate, interstices 
uneven, with fewer and smaller granules than the thorax, and 
with similar, but more rufescent sete. Underside rather dull, 
blackish ; flanks of prosternum coarsely, but remotely punctured, 
the rest not distinctly sculptured; sparsely clothed. The antenne 
are covered with pubescence on the sides only; joints 4-10 are 
dilated inwardly, but not acute, at the extremity. 
An occasional puncture may be noticed in the elytral grooves, 
and the humeral regions are more or less obtusely tuberculate. 
Length, 8-9 lines ; breadth, 234-3%. 
Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager found this curious insect in the 
crevices of rocks on “ The Brothers ” (Cook’s Strait). 
1371. Cryptohypnus montanus, n. sp.—Sub-parallel, almost de- 
pressed, moderately glossy, blackish-brown, legs flavo-testaceous 
antenne rufescent, clothed with short yellowish hairs. 
Head broadly impressed, finely and not closely punctated. 
Pyothorax as long as broad, obtusely rounded laterally, contracted 
near the base, convex, its posterior angles carinate, prominent, 
sub-acute, and divergent ; the surface rather closely and finely 
punctured, obsoletely grooved on the middle. Scwtellum oblong. 
Elytva slightly rounded laterally, distinctly, but not coarsely, 
striated, the external grooves more or less punctate, interstices 
nearly plane, closely punctulated. Underside pubescent, dark cas- 
taneous ; prosternum closely punctulated ; abdomen finely and 
closely sculptured. Antenne shorter than head and thorax, stout, 
3rd and 4th joints equal, 2nd shorter but stouter than 5th. 
Besides the ridge on the thoracic angle, there is another ab- 
