168 T ransarfions. 



as those of 903. Metasternum as long as tiie basal 2 segments, medially 

 grooved behind, these 2 segments finely and remotely punctured, the in- 

 tervening suture distinct and medially curved. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Tairua and Howick. One of each sex. 



S. lateritia, Broun. 924. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 518. 



Shining, pale ferruginous, apparently glabrous. 



Near $ 2193, differing therefrom in having the scape more curvate, 

 joints 3-5 of the funiculus more moniliform, disc of thorax slightly flattened, 

 elytra less striate and the punctures on the interstices obsolete. 



? . Length, \\ lines ; breadth, quite \ line. 



Tairua. Unique. 



S. prolixa, sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, very elongate and angustate, glabrous, slightly nitid, 

 rufous, elytra paler. 



Rostrum longer than thorax, arched, slender, parallel, nearly smooth 

 and shining near the middle, finely and distantly punctured in front, more 

 distinctly behind and to beyond the back of the eyes, and minutely cori- 

 aceous there. Scape medially inserted, flexuous ; 2nd joint of the funiculus 

 e-\ddently longer than broad, 3-5 obconical, club oblong-oval, not annulate. 

 Eyes slightly prominent. Thorax longer than broad, its sides gently rounded, 

 a good deal narrowed anteriorly ; disc nearly plane, moderately finely but 

 not c'osely punctured, intervals, especially near the sides, densely and 

 minutely sculptured. Scutellum small. Elytra slightly bisinuate at the 

 base, as wide as thorax there, subparallel or very gradually narrowed back- 

 wards ; moderately finely striate-punctate, striate behind, interstices with 

 minute serial punctures, and on some parts with minute irregular aciculate 

 impressions, the sutural 2 striae on each rather deep near the apices. Legs 

 rather short, the 2 hind pairs particularly. 



More elongated than S. exilis, the rostrum evidently longer, the an- 

 tennal insertion a little further back, the derm more or less coriaceous 

 instead of being smooth. 



5 . Length, 1| lines ; breadth, nearly f Hne. 



Totara, Southland. A single female sent several years ago by Mr. A. 

 Philpott, of Invercargill. 



Eutassa, gen. nov. i 



Body stout, subdepressed or only slightly convex, obviously pubescent. 



Rostrum a third shorter than the thorax, slightly arched in front, slightly 

 narrowed behind the antennal insertion, before the middle, moderately stout. 

 Scape moderately elongate, gradually incrassate, attaining the front of the 

 eye. Funiculus as long as the scape, 2nd joint nearly as long as the basal 

 one but more slender, 3-5 obconical, laxly articulated. Club oval, large, 

 indistinctly annulate. Thorax constricted in front, up to that point quite 

 oviform. Scutellum small but distinct. Elytra slightly narrowed posteriorly, 

 the base slightly curved towards the scutellum, and as wide as the middle 

 of the thorax. Legs rather elongate, the inner angle of the tibiae acutely 

 mucronate, their hooks rather slender. Tarsi elongate, penultimate joint 

 divided nearly to its base, the lobes elongate and divergent, the terminal 

 with minute claws. 



