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centes ; scapo basi extus gradatim dilatato. Caput inter antennas con- 

 cavum, fronte infra paulo angustata. Thorax cylindricus. Elytra 

 cylindrica, basi thorace distincte latiora, humeris fere rectangulis, apice 

 declivia obtuse rotundata, supra prope basin transversim depressa, stria 

 suturali solum distincta. Pro- et iiiesosterna angusta, plana. Ccztera ut 

 in Stcuellipsi. 



Belongs to the same group as Stenellipsis, from which it differs in 

 the mesosternum between the coxas being nearly as narrow as the pro- 

 sternum, and in the thorax and elytra being cylindrical ; the metathorax 

 appears somewhat shortened, the distance between the anterior and 

 middle coxte being no less than that between the middle and hind pair. 



1063. S. maculata, Bates; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1874. 

 S. ochracco-tcstacca, subnitida, capite thoracisque disco obscurioribus \ 

 elytris castaneofusco maculatis, interdum plaga majore transversa 

 communi pone medium. 



Long., ii-2 lin. 



The maculation of the elytra is peculiar in this little Longieorn, as it 

 is the derm and not the pubescence merely which is variegated in colour; 

 the spots are very irregular, and lie chiefly near the suture, the yellow 

 ground-colour prevailing on the sides. 



Auckland (Mr. Lawson). 



Note. — This species is tolerably common, and varies more in colour 

 than its diagnosis indicates ; it is often of a very pale, almost white colour, 

 without a trace of yellow. 



1064. S. hilarula, n.s. Autennce. rather short, yet a little longer 

 than the body, testaceous, pubescent, with the fifth joint distinctly 

 shorter than in ^. maculata. The head is rather narrow, the antennal 

 orbits somewhat approximated, the intervening space being very percep- 

 tibly concave. The thorax is elongate, the sides a little dilated, and 

 constricted near the base ; it is fuscous and bears many yellow hairs. 

 Scutelluni small. The elytra are pubescent, rather long, considerably 

 wider at the base than elsewhere, and slightly incurved laterally ; each 

 elytron bears six, or more, rows of punctures, the interval between every 

 two rows indistinctly elevated ; the colour is bright fuscous, with indis- 

 tinct basal, apical, and marginal patches, yellow, and a spot of white 

 pubescence near the apex, as well as minor variegations. The legs are 

 yellowish, the basal portion of the femora nearly a transparent white. 



Length, 2\ lines. 



I found one specimen only, at Parua, \\'hangarci Harbour. 



Eurychsena. 



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



Gen. Enicodi affinis, sed elytris M. haud jn-olongatis. Corpus parvum, 

 sublineare, sericeo-pubescens. Caput subretractum, inter oculos latum, 

 planum, ore (M.) latissimo, labro parvo quadrato, niandibulisque vix 

 exsertis. Antenmc corpore vix longiores, graciles, sparsim ciliat;e ; 



