522 COLEOPTERA 



meso- et meta-sternis abdominisque segm*'^®. i*"" et 2^0 valde profunde 

 grosseque punctatus. 



Long. Corp., lin. i^-i^- 



Habitat Nov. Zealandiam, ab Auckland missus ; a D. Sharp amice 

 donatus, necnon in coll. Dom. Lawson. 



930. S. longipes, n.s. This species is intermediate in form 

 between Pentarthruui and Sericotrogus. 



The antennce are rather long and not stout, the scape somewhat 

 arcuated and as long as the funiculus, the fifth joint of which is scarcely 

 broader than the preceding ones, so that the ovate club is distinctly 

 marked off, and about as long as joints two to five taken together ; they 

 are pubescent, reddish, with the club fuscous. The rostrum is not so 

 long as the thorax, a little arched, moderately stout, and gradually 

 narrowed behind ; it is reddish, finely punctured, with the point of 

 insertion of the antennae one-third of its length from the apex. The 

 head is piceous, smooth behind but longitudinally rugulose in front, and 

 a little depressed between the not very prominent eyes ; the rugulose 

 and smooth portions are defined by an angular line. The prothorax is 

 somewhat depressed, widest behind the middle, rounded laterally, and 

 a good deal constricted near the apex ; its surface appears somewhat 

 roughened, owing to its rather shallow but coarse punctation, and the 

 fine yellowish setae with which it is clothed ; it is dark red in colour, 

 with the apex pitchy, and rather dull. 



The elytra are rather long and sub-parallel, being only slightly 

 rounded laterally ; they are a little wider than the thorax, somewhat 

 depressed before and behind the middle, and their punctured striae are 

 most obvious near the apex, where the sutural and third interstices are 

 a little elevated ; the interstices are not smooth, yet not distinctly 

 sculptured, their whole sculpture, indeed, is more or less obscured by 

 their clothing of fine yellow hairs ; they are somewhat pitchy in colour, 

 with the basal and elevated apical portions reddish. The legs are long 

 and rather slender, piceous and reddish in colour, with the apical tarsal 

 joint as long as the others conjointly. 



Length, i^ line. 



Described from one example found in the forest near Whangarei 

 Harbour. 



931. S. Ovicollis, n.s. Moderately shining pitchy-bronze, with 

 the antennas and tarsi red, and very sparingly clothed with short cine- 

 reous hairs. 



The rostrum is stout, similar to that of the common typical species, 

 punctate, with longitudinal rugae, the sculpture is coarser in line with 

 the eyes, and behind is replaced with large shallow punctures, leaving 

 almost smooth spots on the vertex. The thorax is longer than broad, 

 quite oviform, being rounded laterally, and constricted at the apex, so 

 that there is a distinct transverse impression in front ; it is a little con- 

 vex, depressed along the base, and moderately coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured, and much more dilated laterally than in S. subcBnescens. Elytra 



