OF NEW ZEALAND. 1477 



and apex truncate, broadly contracted in front, widest near the 

 middle. Scutelhnn absent. Elytra slightly sinuate at the base, 

 about the same width as the thorax there, very little broader behind. 

 Lerjs stout. Femora simple, grooved below near the apex. TibicB 

 mucronate. Tarsi narrow, not elongate, the three basal joints short, 

 the first hardly perceptible above, third entire below, excavate above, 

 the fourth nearly as broad as the third, as long as the basal three ; 

 claws well developed, divergent ; the soles sparingly clothed with 

 long outstanding hairs. 



Frosternum abruptly and deeply emarginate medially in front, 

 between this and the coxa; depressed, but with a raised margin in 

 front of the coxae, and prolonged as an acute process between them. 

 Anterior co.rce almost touching. Mesosternuvi with a 2)rocess between 

 the middle coxae, curved at its apex. Middle coxce globose, distinctly 

 separated. Metasternuvi short ; hind coxae widely separated. Ab- 

 domen moderate, the basal segment larger than the second, these 

 two without any distinct median suture, third and fourth very short 

 and on a lower plane than the second. 



I know of no near ally. The apex of the rostrum resembles that 

 of ClypeorJiiptcJnis, but the prosternal emargination is hke that of 

 Bantiades. 



2556. S. carinatus, >'■>>■ Subopaquc, fuscous, rostrum and 

 legs obscurely rufescent, antennae and tarsi reddish, club paler. 



TiOstrum about as long as the thorax, indistinctly bicarinate, 

 with ill-defined sculpture, its apex shining-red. Antenn<(: finely 

 pubescent. Tliorax longer than broad, the sides obtusely rounded 

 near the middle, more narrowed in front than behind ; moderately 

 closely and coarsely punctured, each puncture with a minute seta 

 and tawny scale-like matter, ic is indistinctlv impressed along 

 the middle. Elytra striate-punctate, the punctures rather large, 

 mostly oblong and close to one another ; interstices narrow, the 

 third, and the suture, moderately elevated throitghout. Lc(js with 

 coarse shallow sculpture, sparingly clothed above. Posterior tibia, 

 along their inner face, fringed with pale, elongate hairs ; the others 

 less distinctly. 



Underside opaque, fuscous ; the apical ventral segment red and 

 minutely sculptured ; the basal two with coarse shallovv punctures 

 and yellow setae ; the first depressed in the middle ; the second ap- 

 pears as if it were raised behind ; legs with fine yellow setae. 



A second, smaller specimen has no cilise on the tibite ; this, no 

 doubt, is the female. 



Length (rost. inch), 1^ lines; breadth, f line. 



Mount Pirongia. One pair, picked out of leaf-mould brought by 

 Mr. A. T. Urquhart. 



Rachidiscus. 



Nov. (J en. 



Body convex, elongate, gradually but considerably narrowed 

 medially, apterous, Hostrum moderate, very slightly narrowed 



