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at each side, behind the middle, there is a minute crest. Elytra of the same 

 width as the thorax at the base, twice its length, much broader near the 

 middle ; their punctation irregular, but rather finer and much more distant 

 than that of the thorax, and becoming even more remote and indistinct 

 towards the extremity. 



Femora maculate, with slender setae, those on the tibiae paler and much 

 coarser. 



Male. — Antennae similar to those of *S'. latula, but in the other sex the 

 3rd articulation is only about a third longer than the 4th. 



This belongs to the *S'. antarctica series, the antennary orbits being but 

 little elevated, and the interval broad and plane. It is most like 8. latida. 

 which, however, is brighter, with fulvescent vestiture. 



$. Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 2-| mm. 



Wairiri, Kaikoura Range. We are indebted to Mr. W. L. Wallace for 

 the discovery of this species, which he found under bark. 



3349. Somatidia pinguis sp. nov. 



Robust, slightly nitid. rufo-fuscous, legs and antennae of a reddish- 

 chestnut hue and hardly at all variegated ; pubescence yellowish, moderately 

 slender and depressed ; the middle of thorax and elytra nearly nude, these 

 latter, on the derm itself, with several small crimson marks, some linear, 

 others rotundate ; tibiae and tarsi with numerous coarse pale hairs. 



Head distantly but not coarsely punctate, the vertex broad and plane. 

 Thorax a third broader than long, rather more narrowed behind than in front, 

 its sides somewhat rounded, with some coarse scattered punctures, but 

 nearly smooth along the middle and in front. Scutellum triangular. Elytra 

 nearly thrice the length of thorax, and a little broader than it is at the base, 

 wider just before the middle ; a shallow sutural stria begins near the hind 

 thighs but does not reach the apex ; there is also on each elytron a sutural 

 series of distant moderate punctures extending to the top of the hind slope, 

 and a few irregularly placed ones on the basal region ; there are no crests, 

 only a very slight swelling of the surface on top of the slope, near the middle 

 of each elytron. 



Legs robust, femora clavate, intermediate tibiae not notched, claws 

 thickened at the base. Antennae finely pubescent, and bearing longer hairs 

 on their basal half, their 4tli joint about a third shorter than its pre- 

 decessors ; they reach the extremity of the hind body. 



Smaller than 2269, with more scanty and rather finer vestiture, with- 

 out crests and the dark shield-like apical mark, and with more slender 

 claws, &c. 



Length, 7| mm. ; breadth, 3-| mm. 



Mount Quoin. Taken of? dead trees in October, 1909, at an elevation 

 of 3,600 ft., by Mr. O'Connor. 



3350. Tetrorea maculata sp. nov. Tetrorea White, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 609. 



Elongate, the derm shining fusco-niger ; h'gs rufo-castaneous, more or 

 less spotted with grey and fuscous pubescence, basal two joints of the tarsi 

 dark at the extremity ; antennae variegate, the basal four joints slightly 

 nifescent and maculate, joints 5-11 greyish at the base, fuscous beyond 

 it ; thorax nearly covered with fusco-cinereous pubescence and several 

 small blackish patches, the largest of which are basal ; elytra with a broad 



