OF NEW ZEALAND. 789 



Group— PYTHID^. 



Salpingus (p. 398)- 



1407. S. hirtUS, ^'-s. Glossy, light coppery-brown; head and 

 thorax reddish, legs testaceous ; antennse reddish, with their terminal 

 joints infuscate ; rather thickly covered with erect, elongate, greyish 

 hairs ; convex. 



Head elongate, distinctly and closely punctured except on a 

 transverse inter-ocular spot. Protliorax longer than broad, cordi- 

 form, its punctation nearly similar to that of the head but finer, 

 without superficial irregularities. Scutellum ^vaooih. Elytra ohlong, 

 rounded laterally, slightly depressed along the suture near the 

 posterior slope, not striated, punctured in rows, the sculpture becom- 

 ing obsolete behind. 



Very much like S. angusticollis, but with shorter antennae than 

 it, with the thorax more finely punctured, and the elytra without 

 the least trace of strige. It differs from all the previously-described 

 New Zealand species by the absence of the more or less evident 

 post-basal depression of the elytra, and the possession of numerous 

 erect hairs ; all the others, except S. lautus, being nearly or entirely 

 nude. 



Length, ij lines; breadth, nearly |-. 



I found my unique specimen at Parua (Whangarei Habour). 



1408. S. siniplGX, "-5. Convex, nearly bare, shining seneous- 

 black ; legs fulvous, dilated antennal joints fuscous, the others 

 reddish. 



Head punctate, a spot on the vertex and one near each antenna 

 smooth or nearly so. Protliorax cordiform, quite free from rugosities, 

 moderately closely punctured, with a more or less distinct fovea 

 near each hind angle. Scutellnm smooth, short. Elytra oblong, a 

 little rounded laterally, with slightly elevated and porrected humeral 

 angles, not distinctly impressed near the base, striate-punctate, 

 smooth behind. 



This species may be distinguished from S. angusticollis and 

 S. lautus by the almost total absence of elytral striae, and from 

 S. hirtus, decidedly its nearest congener, by the more densely punc- 

 tured and bi-foveate thorax, shorter and broader elytra, &c. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, quite f . 



Habitat, Parua. One example in my own collection. 



1409. S. qilisquilius, ^'-s- Elongate, sub-parallel, sub-de- 

 pressed, almost nude, shining, of a dark-fuscous colour ; elytra 

 slightly rufcscent, head and thorax somewhat aeneous ; legs, palpi, 

 and narrow joints of the antennas infuscate-red. 



Head moderate, rather finely punctured. Thorax rather small, 

 not much longer than broad, sub-cordate, moderately finely punctated, 

 least so on the dorsal space. Scutellnm punctulated. Elytra 

 elongate-oblong, nearly parallel-sided, bi-impressed before the middle, 

 but little narrowed apically, striate-punctate. Antenna moderate ; 



