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widened posteriorly, their apices obtusely rounded ; their sculpture 

 rather indefinite, sometimes slightly rugose, sometimes punctulate. 

 Abdome7i impressed very much in the same manner as the elytra, 

 each segment with one or more transverse lines near the base, llbice 

 rough and spinous ; anterior tarsi of the male strongly dilated, the 

 basal joint of the posterior longer than the second. 



The underside, notwithstanding its pubescence, is a little glossy; the 

 lower part of the head fulvous ; the abdominal segments with a curved 

 impression near the base. 



Length, lo lines ; breadth, 2|. 



It has been found necessary to substitute the above for the original 

 description in order that other species may be determined accurately. 

 It is found, I belieye, throughout New Zealand. 



200. S. liuttoili, n.s. In form and sculpture this species closely 

 resembles .S. ociilati/s, but the prothorax is less transversal, with two 

 indistinct impressions before the middle ; the neck is a little longer ; 

 the head is more obviously punctulated, and the sculpture of the hind- 

 body is different. 



The head is shining, black, but more or less rufescent, reddish-testa- 

 ceous behind the eyes as well as on its lower surface. Antennce infus- 

 cate-red, the last five joints finely pubescent. Prothorax shining, black, 

 but somewhat reddened. Elytra pitchy or rufo-piceous, clothed' with 

 yellowish hairs. Abdomen piceous, rather dull, covered with yellowish 

 hairs. Mesosternum rather large and punctate ; the lower side of the 

 abdomen punctulate with yellowish pubescence. Front tarsi infuscate- 

 red, their clothing yellow. The eyes, like those of 6". oeiihitits, are 

 oblique and longitudinal. 



Length, 8 lines ; breadth, 2. 



I am indebted to Professor Hutton for a male specimen which he 

 found near Dunedin. 



201. S. litoreus, n.s. Black, hind-body somewhat infuscate, legs 

 and antennre rufescent. 



Head shining, transversely quadrate, with rounded hind angles and 

 broad neck ; it bears two large punctures near the front and inner 

 margins of each eye, three or four behind each eye, and beyond these 

 several smaller, quite lateral, punctures, the rest is nearly smooth, but 

 the neck is punctate. Antennce with their three basal joints shining and 

 blackish but red at the base, joints four to eleven dull with fine pubes- 

 cence; the second and third are narrow at the base, especially the latter, 

 joints four to ten slightly increase, each rather broader than long. Pro- 

 thorax shining, rather small, narrowed behind, with a few hairs on the 

 sides, quite impnnctate. Elytra longer than broad, their apices ob- 

 tusely rounded ; so sculptured as to appear densely covered with minute 

 rugose granular elevations ; they are clothed with cinereous pubescence, 

 the hairs along the sides and apices becoming longer and yellowish. 



Abdomen punctulate. each segment transversely impressed near the 

 base, its pubescence of a pale straw colour. TibiiC spinous externally. 



