OF NEW ZEALAND. 603 



1055. S. diversa, /i-s. Rather dull, very dark coppery-brown, 

 pubescent. Head distinctly punctate. Prothorax about as long as 

 broad, obtusely dilated laterally, contracted towards the base, moderately 

 convex and coarsely punctured, with a large oviform impression extend- 

 ing from the apex to beyond the middle defined by an indistinct carina, 

 also punctate. Elytra convex, oval, broader than the thorax, moderately 

 narrowed in front ; the basal margin is somewhat elevated and thickened, 

 so as to protrude a little beyond the base of the prothorax ; they have 

 several rows of punctures which are continued almost to the apices ; 

 their fine grey pubescence is unevenly distributed, thus giving them a 

 rather mottled appearance, and, in addition, there are many long, erect, 

 fuscous, hair-like bristles scattered over the surface. 



The atitennce. are variegated, the predominating colour being infus- 

 cate-red ; their third and fourth joints are elongate, the latter, however, 

 being the shorter. The legs also vary in colouration, two-thirds of the 

 tibia and all the tarsus are yellow. 



Allied to S. pictipes but broader ; the peculiar mark on the thorax 

 and incrassated base of the elytra will prevent this species from being 

 confounded with any other. 



Length, 2\ lines ; breadth, \r,. 



Described from one specimen found at Parua, near Whangarei. 



1056. S. nitida, n.s. Body of a glossy, reddish coppery-brown, 

 and very sparsely pubescent. 



Head with a few rather fine punctures. Protliorax convex, a little 

 longer than broad, oviform, but gradually narrowed posteriorly, and 

 irregularly and rather distantly punctured. Elytra convex, oviform, 

 widest behind, gradually but very obviously narrowed towards the base, 

 which equals that of the prothorax ; each elytron has a sub-sutural row 

 of punctures extending to near the apex, but having a few others inter- 

 posed between that row and the suture, there are other punctures beyond 

 almost arranged in rows but scarcely attaining the middle ; there are two 

 irregularly formed patches of fine yellow pubescence on each, one in 

 front, the other behind the posterior thigh, and some small indistinct 

 grey spots, the entire surface, however, like that of the thorax, appears 

 rather nude. 



The legs are variegated as in the preceding species; theantenn:e also 

 arc of different colours, with their third joint very long, nearly twice the 

 length of the fourth. 



Intermediate in form between S. angusta and S. terrestre, but easily 

 recognised by the above characters. 



Length, 3 lines; breadth, i\. 



I found two individuals, one broken, at Parua. 



Stenellipsis. 



Bates ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., August, 1874. 



Corpus angustum, ellipticum, convexum, subtile tomentosum, Iceve. 

 Caput exsertum, inter antennas modice late concavum, fronte quadrata. 

 Palpi subelongati, robusti, articulis ultimis fusiformibus. Thorax trans- 



