5S August, 



The elytra are ample, somewhat depressed and moderately uiilevel ; the 

 striae are shallow, and formed of elongate punctures, the usual fovese 

 are broad and shallow. 



Powell. One example, in Mr. Wakefield's collection. 



SCOPODES MULTIPUIS'CTATUS. 

 Supra ciipreus, minus nitidus, interdum infuscatus : antennis palpis pedibusque 

 testaceis : capite grosse longitudinaliter striata ; thorace angusto, later ibiis utrinque 

 bidentatis, supra grosse striatis : elytris quadratis,planis, seriatim suhgrosse punctatis, 

 foveis tribus valde distinctis. Long. 2 lin. 



Readily distinguished from allied species by the distinctly biden- 

 tate sides of the thorax, and the rows of elytral punctures. The 

 thoracic dentiform projections are placed, the anterior at the apex of 

 the usual angular dilatation, the posterior just before the hind angles, 

 the sides between the two being straight. The sculpture and appear- 

 ance of the elytra are similar to those of the Queensland S. ceneus 

 (McLeay) ; the striae being not impressed, but marked by rows of 

 large, mostly oblong punctures ; there is scarcely any silky gloss, and 

 the usual f ovese are small and sharply defined. The pale legs, antennas, 

 and palpi are slightly varied with fuscous, particularly at the extremities. 



Auckland (Capt. Broun). 



SCOPODES LJEVTGATUS. 



Angustior, niger, cBneo-tinctus, glaber ; capite inter oculos angusfiori, stria 

 frontali utrinque 2(nica : thorace breviter cordato, marginibus reflexis, hand angu- 

 latis, dorsojere IcBvi ; elytris ovatis, striispunctatis modice impressis vel obsoletis, 

 foveis indistinctis ; apice recte obtuse truncatis. Long. If lin. 



This interesting aberrant species of Scopodes is of narrower form 

 than its allies ; the head is also narrower, and the eyes, though very 

 large, less projecting. The thorax is of rounded cordate outline, free 

 from angularity, and the lateral rims, together with the dorsal and 

 transverse lines, are very strongly marked. The elytra are less squared 

 at the shoulders, and the apical truncature presents no trace of 

 sinuation : the striae of the surface differ in strength of impression, 

 but the three foveae are, in all the examples I have examined, incon- 

 spicuous. The legs, antennae, and palpi are black. 



West Coast, Southern Island (C. M. Wakefield). 



Scopodes aterrimus, Bates, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, on account 

 of the prior use of the name for an Australian species by Chaudoir, 

 Bull. Mosc, 1872, may be renamed S. Edwardsii. 



40, Bartholomew Eoad, 



Kentish Town, N.W. : 

 Mag, 1878. 



