1358 COLEOPTEKA 



following two, these are longer below than they are above ; the third 

 is membranous in the middle but not distinctly lobate ; the fourth is 

 inserted near the base of the preceding one, it is quite minute ; the 

 third extends below it and the base of the fifth, which last equals 

 the first in length ; the basal joint of the posterior is half the length 

 of the whole foot, the second is prolonged under the minute third 

 joint. 



The genus appears to me to be intermediate between this group 

 and the Pedilidce. 



2379. S. anthracillUS, «-s. Elongate, slightly convex, some" 

 what shining ; sparingly clothed with suberect greyish hairs, and, on 

 the elytra, with some long slender ones ; black, legs nigro-fuscous, 

 the knees, tarsi, and palpi paler. 



Head short, broader than the thorax, moderately closely but not 

 coarsely punctured. Tliorax longer than broad, with a wide frontal 

 constriction at each side not continued across the top, there is a 

 large dej^ression above near the base, and its sculpture is a little 

 coarser than that of the head. Scutellum subquadrate. Elytra 

 about twice the width of the thorax, nearly parallel-sided, mode- 

 rately coarsely rugosely punctured, the punctuation finer behind. 

 Legs long, tibi» slender at the base, seemingly unarmed, the 

 middle pair somewhat bent, and thickly pilose, near the extremity. 



Underside with grey hairs, the abdomen much more finely punc- 

 tured than the metasternum, this has an elongate depression behind, 

 on each side of the depression there is a patch of dense pubescence ; 

 there is a broad groove for the hind thighs. The five segments of 

 the abdomen are about equal. The margins of the anterior coxal 

 cavities touch one another ; they are circular. The mesosternal 

 process is rather narrow and hardly extends as far back as the coxae. 

 The hind coxce are moderately distant. 



Antennce filiform, long, but shorter than the body ; their second 

 joint smaller than the first, third scarcely as long as the next one, 

 joints 4-10 become rather shorter, eleventh oviform. 



Length, 1^ lines ; breadth, f line. 



Moeraki. One pair, received from Mr. Sandager. In the female 

 the head is narrower than it is in the other sex. 



Group-CRYPTOMERID^. 



Terminal segment of the abdomen covered by the elytra. Tarsi 

 pentamerous. 



Cryptomera. 



Nov. gen. 

 Body subovate, attenuated posteriorly, more convex m front 

 than it is behind, finely sculptured and pubescent. Head trigonal, 

 much narrowed and somewhat prolonged anteriorly. Labrum sub- 

 quadrate, emarginate in front, separated from the forehead by a dis- 

 tinct suture. Eyes lateral. Antenna inserted in cavities in front of 



