OF NEW ZEALAND. 14-59 



sides being nearly straight to beyond the hind thighs, the sides are 

 explanate and foveate, and the margins are almost without undula- 

 tions, the posterior decHvity is obhque. there is a broad, but not 

 deep, sutural notch between the apices ; the disc has almost quite 

 regular series of comparatively small punctm-es ; there are two tuber- 

 cular elevations close to the base, two behind the middle, and two 

 on the summit of the hind slope ; there are two small ones between 

 these last, two near the apex, and two on each side of the dorsum. 

 TihicB slightly flexuous, with dark and pallid scales. 



S. Sylvius is the nearest species, but it has not a notch before the 

 scutellum ; the basal sinuosity extends to the side, so that the hind 

 angle of the thorax hardly extends as far back as the basal margin ; 

 the apices of the elytra are shghtly prominent and nodiform, and the 

 punctuation is much coarser but less easily seen than it is in S. punc- 

 tatiis. 



Underside piceous, very evenly clothed ; hind margin of proster- 

 num a little incurved, the space between the fi-ont coxae rather broad 

 and flat ; in S. sj/ivius it is slightly convex and narrower. 



Length, 4^ ; breadth, 2|- lines. 



Mount Egmout. One, found by me several years ago. The 

 species are excessively rare, and cannot be properly described in half 

 a dozen lines. 



Group-SALPINGIDiE. 



Salpingus Gen., p. 398). 



2531. S. fossulatus, "■5- Shiiiijig, castaneous. legs testa- 

 ceous, sparingly clothed with erect gi'e>"ish haii's. 



Head kregularly punctate. Antennce pale-chestnut, the last five 

 joints moderately dilated. 7-10 subquadrate. Thorax slightly longer 

 than broad, widest before the middle, its sides not much cun-ed, and 

 only moderately narrowed behind ; it is finely, distinctly, but not 

 closely punctm-ed ; near each side, between the middle and the 

 base, there is a large oviform depression. Scutellum transverse, 

 smooth. Elytra oblong, moderately convex, broader than the 

 thorax at the base ; striate-punctate. the sculpture obsolete behind. 

 Legs elongate, the posterior tarsi with the basal joint as long as the 

 next two, the second somewhat prolonged underneath the small 

 third joint, claws well developed. 



The fossa near each side of the thorax distinguishes this species. 



Length, 1|^ hues ; breadth, f line. 



Helensville, near Kaipara Harbour. Unique. 



Group— (EDEMERID^ . 

 Sessinia (Gen., p. 420). 



2532. S. longicomis, "-s- Elongate, subdepressed, shining, 

 pale-testaceous ; elytra densely clothed with very fine, decumbent, 

 pale-yellowish hairs. 



