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SiPHONETHUS, gen. nov. 



Distinguished from Siphonotus by having two ocelli on each side 

 instead of one, and by having the head excavated on each side above 

 for the reception of the antennae. 



Genotype. — S. enotatus, sp. nov. 



2G7. SiPHONETHUS ENOTATUS, Sp. nOV. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 4,885. New Zealand: Taumarunni (W. M. 

 ^Yheeler) . 



Color uoiform fulvoferruginous, or rather more ferruginous at anterior end, 

 with coUum, head and antennae somewhat dusky. 



Face below level of eyes broadly triangular, sides nearly straight, inferior 

 end acute. OceUi on mesodorsal side of antennal socket, two in number on 

 each side of which the upper one is the smaller. Head rather deeply excavated 

 on each side for insertion or reception of antennae. Antennae cylindrical, 

 enlarging distad, the lower end of face reaching to near middle of fourth 

 article. Face transversely depressed or furrowed at lower level of antennal 

 notches. 



Collum three times as vnde as the head. Body hemicyUndrical. Each 

 segment transversely furrowed or constricted. Hairs of body moderately 

 long, sparsely and nearly uniformly distributed. 



Number of segments, forty-nine. 



Width, .93 mm. 



268. SiPHONETHUS BELLUS, Sp. nOV. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 4,878. New Zealand: Day's Bay, near Welling- 

 ton (W. M. Wheeler). 



Distinguished readily by its color-pattern. The general color 

 yellow vfhh a median dorsal longitudinal black line and a broader but 

 still narrow submarginal black stripe on each side, a small yellow dot 

 enclosed in the black of the latter on each segment. Collum, face, 

 and antennae dusky. Legs fulvous. Antennae stout, moderately 

 clavate; reaching to caudal edge of second tergite. Face below 

 antennae triangular, the sides convex, the lower end acutely rounded. 

 Each segment constricted across middle, the furrow with longitudinal 

 striae. Body of type nearly glabrous, the hairs few. 



Number of segments, thirty-six. 



Width, .92 mm. 



