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body is reddish, the colour partially concealed by the yellowish pubes- 

 cence ; antenniP and legs con-colorous. 



Length, 2\ lines. 



Tairua. 



1050. S. terrestre, n.s. Colour fuscous. Head punctate, with 

 an indistinctly impressed line on the vertex. Thorax convex, rather 

 longer than broad, with rounded sides, and considerably contracted 

 towards the base ; its surface is irregularly but not coarsely punctured, 

 and clothed with fine grey pubescence. Scutelluin small. Elytra 

 oviform, convex, widest near the posterior femora, the base of the same 

 width as that of the prothorax, humeral angles obsolete ; the surface is 

 almost smooth, the suture distinctly depressed in front, there are a few 

 punctures near the base, a line of punctures on each side of the suture, 

 and a few others, not very obvious however, near the margins ; their 

 clothing consists of dark grey and pale yellow pubescence, the latter 

 colour predominating along the side margins and appearing as a broad 

 indistinct fascia near the middle and another near the apex. The 

 antenncB and legs, which are of the orthodox form, are of a rufo-testaceous 

 colour, the lower part of the tibia being paler than the other portions. 



This species is intermediate in form between .S. antarctica and S. 

 ptinoides ; it is not so broad as the former, nor quite so narrow near the 

 junction of the prothorax and elytra as in the latter species. 



Length, 3 lines. 



I found my unique example under a stone on Mount Manaia, 

 Whangarei Heads. 



105 1. S. ptinoides, Bates; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1874. 

 ^. cupreo-fusca, fulvo-griseo pubescens, setosa ; thorace ovato, crebre 

 grosse punctato ; elytris a medio usque ad basin fortiter angustatis 

 humeris nullis, macula utrinque exteriore basali, fascia mediana macu- 

 laque apicali suturali nigris, penicillis nullis ; antennis et pedibus rufes- 

 centibus. 



Long., 1 5-2^ lines. 



Auckland (Mr. Lawson) ; four examples. The fourth joint of the 

 antennee is very short. 



Note. — I found this species amongst vegetable rubbish in the 

 Domain, at Auckland ; and, under similar circumstances, at Whangarei 

 Heads. 



1052. S. angUSta, n.s. Colour rufo-fuscous. The form of the 

 head is peculiar ; the vertex, owing to the antenna! orbits being pro- 

 minent and continued towards each other as a rather sharply-defined 

 elevation, has the appearance of being depressed, whilst the frontal 

 portion is abruptly deflexed ; the vertex is black, the front, which is 

 punctate, is reddish-brown. The thorax is convex, oviform, rather 

 closely punctured, and sparingly clothed with yellow pubescence. Scutel- 

 lum sub-triangular. Elytra elongate-oval, convex, and somewhat un- 

 even ; each elytron bears four distinct, tufted tubercles, the two nearest 



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