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on the thorax. Hind-body longer and broader than the wing-cases, 

 the golden hairs most conspicuous on the third segment. Legs 

 robust ; the intermediate /ci/torct are distinctly notched, and broadly 

 grooved below, the grooves have sharp edges, the others are less 

 evidently notched and grooved ; front tihicB with bright fulvous 

 pubescence near the extremity, the posterior rather more strongly 

 arched, and thicker, than the middle pair ; tarsi pubescent, the two 

 basal joints short, conjointly only half the length of the third, claws 

 moderately large. 



Underside : Abdomen with six segments, the three basal equally 

 large, convex, with conspicuous fulvous hairs ; fourth and fifth 

 flatter, their pubescence finer, fifth much mcurved behind ; sixth 

 short and broad. 



Antennce with outstanding pubescence, red, first joint nearly the 

 length of the next four taken together, cylindric ; 2-4 rather longer 

 than broad, third evidently smaller ; 5-8 about as long as broad, 

 bead-like ; ninth and tenth transverse, but hardly broader than the 

 preceding one ; eleventh ovate, with a distinct false apical joint. 



Palpi (maxillary) with large terminal joints, the apical appendage 

 aciculate, as in the genus Bcmhidium. 



k large and beautiful species, nearly allied to S. pulcher. It has 

 a broader head, not perceptibly rounded and narrowed behind, the 

 eyes are not quite as large as in that species, and are placed further 

 forward. 



$ . Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Hunua Range, near Drury. One male, taken off the underside of 

 an old log. 



2469. S. laminata, f^-s. Shining, red ; elytra, legs, and 

 antenna} fulvous ; tarsi and palpi yellowish ; pubescence yellow, 

 elongate and slender for the most part, but near the sides and on 

 the hind-body the hairs are coarser and more erect. 



Head as broad as the thorax, the gena3 short and nearly straight, 

 posterior angles obtuse, the back part not curvedly narrowed ; it is 

 indistinctly punctured, the channel between the slightly-elevated 

 tubercles is narrow, it is expanded behind but does not extend as 

 far as the back of the eyes, the two foveas on the hind part are 

 sulciform. Thorax cordate, behind the middle there is a large 

 foveiform impression, there are two small fovete near the base, the 

 lateral impression extends from the middle to the basal angle. 

 Elytra about one-fourth longer than broad, a little narrowed before 

 the middle, base slightly sinuate, so that the sutural region is a little, 

 obtusely, prominent ; the sutural striae are broad and deep, and 

 punctiform at the base, the intrahumeral impressions are deep, and 

 usually consist of a basal, fovea-like, and a longer posterior depression ; 

 punctuation indistinct. Hind-body about the same size as the elytra, 

 the basal segment very short, 2-4 each slightly longer than the pre- 

 ceding one, second mucli depressed at the base and with minute 

 brassy scales across the middle. In some cases the short basal 

 segment is retracted so that there appear to be five segments only. 



