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the mandibles ; maxillaj and labium placed in a cayity on the under-side of the head, 

 this cavity is very defined by a margin which forms a curve extending between the 

 front angles of the head ; the labium is apparently excessively reduced, and I can- 

 not see any mentum or labial palpi ; the maxillae are exposed ; their palpi are not 

 very large and are 4-jointed, the basal joint being, however, very minute, the 2nd 

 joint is longer than the 3rd, and the 4th about as long as the 2nd and 3rd together, 

 and oval in form. Thorax much narrowed in front, its anterior opening looking 

 downwards, prosternum separated from the flanks of the pronotum by an obscure 

 suture ; front coxae much exserted, sub-cylindrical, and perpendicular, their cavities 

 widely open behind, but placed at a considerable distance from the front edge of 

 the prosternum. Mesosternum rather large, with a prominence in the middle, which 

 fits between the front coxae ; the middle coxae separated by a prolongation of the 

 mesosternum, which extends as far as the hind part of the coxae, and has there a 

 free, slender extremity. Metasternum elongate, its episterna very large, its epimera 

 not visible. Hind coxae large, but only about half as long as the metasternum. 

 Hind-body slender, of five visible ventral segments, the first of which is about as 

 long as the apical one, the three intermediate being moderately long and about 

 equal to one another. Legs elongate and very slender, the tibiae without spurs, the 

 tarsi longer than the tibiae, the front and middle ones 5-jointed, the hind ones 

 4-jointed. The claws have been covered with gum tragacanth, so that I cannot see 

 their structure. 



SOMATIDIA LO>"aiPES, U. sp. 

 (J. Sat elongata, fusco griseoque minus Icefe variecjata, elytris versus 

 apicem dUutiorihus et plaga communl scutifurml fusca, sells erectis nulHs, 

 tuherculis sex minutis,setosis ; prothorace sat elongato,anterius minus piinctato, 

 punctis vix ad medium extensis. Long. 8 mm., hit. 'd\ mm. 



The male o£ this species, though rather similar at first sight to 

 that sex of Parmeiia antarctica, White (Greu. Somafidia, Bates), is 

 abundantly distinct; it is larger and especially moi^e elongate, and 

 has the legs much more developed, they are much longer, and the 

 thighs are more clavate, the punctuation of the thorax and elytra is 

 much less, and each elytron has three minute tubercles instead of two. 

 The coloration of the two species seems very similar, except that 

 S. longijjes will probably prove the less conspicuously variegated. 



The discovery of this species is due to Professor Hutton, who 

 recently sent me a single specimen, which was found in Otago. 



Ceypxodacne synthetic a, n. sj). 

 Snh-ohlonga, convexa, nitida, suhglahra, fusco-ferruginea, elytronim 

 humeris apiceqtie ferrugineis, pedihus tcstaceis, antennis rohustis, pilosellis, 

 ferrugineis ; protJiorace elongato, suhquadrato, parcius sat fortiter ptmctato ; 

 eli/tris parcius siihtiliter seriatim punctatis. Long. 4f — 5 vim., lat. 2 mm. 



Antenna; robust, about as long as head and thorax, formed as in 



