of Np;W ZEALAND. 8tl 



robust ; basal joint stout ; second obconical ; tliiixl elongate, longer 

 than fourth and fifth taken together ; fourth rather longer than fifth ; 

 the others about equal ; they are pubescent, reddish in colour, with 

 more or less infuscate tips. Lccjs robust, hirsute ; femora greatly 

 inflated, reddish-brown ; tibi® and tarsi testaceous, knees fuscous, 

 intermediate tibiae deeply excised near the extremity. 



In form resembling Nos. 1050 and 1053. The body is narrowed 

 towards the middle so that the thorax and elytra at their junction 

 are of equal width ; the third antennal joint is uncommonly long ; 

 the thighs much enlarged; and the insect without tubercular eleva- 

 tions. A second example sent to me for examination seems to be the 

 female, having much less distended femora and shorter hind-body, 

 but otherwise identical. 



S- . Length, 3 lines; breadth, i\. 



One of Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager's captures, Wellington. 



1439- S. elongata, f^-s- Narrow, elongate, slightly convex, 

 gradually narrowed and depressed medially, variegated. 



Head infuscate, depressed between the antennae, clothed with 

 yellow hairs. Antemue almost as long as the body, stout, pubes- 

 cent ; basal joint robust, second short, third nearly as long as fourth 

 and fifth conjointly, fourth not twice the length of the fifth. Pro^- 

 thorax longer than broad, widest in front, its sides nearly straight to 

 beyond the middle, from thence considerably and rather abruptly 

 narrov/ed ; its colour infuscate, concealed by yellow hairs, densely 

 punctated. Elytra elongate, oviform, widest behind the posterior 

 femora, with four or five rows of punctures on each, not attaining 

 the extremities, not tuborculate, sutural region testaceous, the rest 

 fuscous, clothed with yellow hairs, but having two sub-apical white 

 spots. Legs long, not thick ; tihice somewhat flexuose. 



An extraordinarily narrow and elongate species, quite dissimilar 

 to the others. 



Length, li lines; breadth, f line. 



One of my captures at Waitakerei (unique). 



Tetrorea (p- 609). 



1440. T. discedens, n.s. Sharp; Trans. Entom. Soc, 1882, 

 P' 95- 



Hybolasius (p- 6og). 



1441- H. brevicollis, ii-s. Elongate, sub-oblong, almost de- 

 pressed ; head and thorax rufo-piceous, elytra pale-castaneous, legs 

 nearly fulvous ; basal joints of antennae red, the others gradually 

 become paler. 



Head finely but densely granulated. ProtJwrax transverse, 

 broadly impressed in front and behind, its lateral tubercles pro- 

 minent but not acute, and placed behind the middle, its sculpture 

 like that of the head, and, like it, sub-opaque ; it bears fine pallid 

 hairs. Elytra broadly and obliquely depressed from the shoulders 

 to the middle, a good deal and rather abruptly narrowed apic dly ; 



