OF NEW ZEALAND. 1499 



2582. S. latula, 'i-s. Fusco-piceous, thorax more rufescent, 

 femora vanegaled-fuscous; tibias testaceous, the base, and a spot 

 near the middle, dark -brown; antenna) fusco-rufous, joints 4-10 

 usually dark at the tips ; the pubescence conspicuous, comparatively 

 coarse and thick, fulvescent for the most part, the erect hairs similar 

 in colour to the parts on which they are placed. 



This is allied to S. convecea ; the body, however, is broader, and 

 only moderately convex, as in the species near S. antarctica, it is 

 less narrowed medially, and the clothing is thicker. The thorax is 

 broader and much less rounded laterally. The elytra are widest at, 

 or before, the middle, they slope gradually behind ; the pitchy space 

 behind each shoulder, the transverse fascia near the top of the hind 

 slope, and the broad sutural space on the declivity are opaque, or 

 but little shining, and bear inconspicuous fuscous pubescence. The 

 Icrjs are more slender. The aiitoina have pale outstanding hairs, 

 besides the usual fine pubescence ; third joint hardly twice as long 

 as the fourth, second short. 



Male. Suture of elytra simple. 



Female. Suture slightly depressed along the middle ; abdomen 

 with depressed fusco-testaceous pubescence, the basal segment thrice 

 as long as the second, third and fourth equally short, fourth nearly 

 straight behind, fifth emarginate medially at the apex. 



Length, 2h ; breadth, li lines. 



Maketu. Amongst leaves on the ground. 



2583. S. laevior, «-s. Body moderately convex, and broad, 

 smooth, slightly nitid, fuscous ; in line with the hind thighs there 

 is an irregular paler band ; antennae reddish, joints 5-10 half- 

 fuscous ; tibia3 and tarsi testaceous, the former with a brown spot 

 above and another below the middle, thighs darker ; pubescence 

 scanty, very fine and depressed, greyish, causing a mottled appear- 

 ance behind, near the base of the thorax it is yellow, elsewhere 

 cinereous. 



Head reddish in front, coarsely punctured there. Antenna pubes- 

 cent, sparingly fiinged below, a good deal shorter than the body, 

 third joint reaching the base of the thorax, one-and-a-half times the 

 length of the fourth, fifth distinctly shorter than the fourth, joints 

 G-11 rather short. Tliorax about as long as broad, well rounded 

 laterally, the surface minutely sculptured, but with very few coarse 

 punctures. Scutellum large, yellowish. Elytra widest near the 

 middle, as much narrowed towards the base as they are behind, the 

 hind slope gradual and with more punctures than the basal portion, 

 there is a regular series of punctures on each near the base, their 

 whole surface is minutely and indistinctly sculptured. 



Its proper place is near S. varicgata or S. tcrrestre : it differs 

 from both in general appearance and sculpture. 



Length, 2| ; breadth, 1-^^ hnes. 



Napier (Forty-mile Bush). One, found by Mr. H. Suter. 



