OF NEW ZEALAND. 



1369 



Head narrowed towards the point. Antcnncp with minute setfe and 

 yellow haivs, the scape with some coarse set®. Tlioirir very slightly 

 narrowed towards the front, its sides straight, the sculpture consists 

 of coarse punctures ; there are three frontal ridges, the central one 

 ends wdiere the large basal depression begins, the others are oblique 

 and become obsolete behind. The elytra are of the same wadth as 

 the thorax at the base, the sides are very gently rounded, their sur- 

 face is nearly flat ; the top of the posterior declivity is subtruncate, 

 aiid there are six very small inequalities there, formed chiefly by fine 

 pallid setae ; a little lower down, at each side, there is a much larger 

 prominence similarly clothed ; on each elytron there are four series 

 of coarse foveiform punctures, about seven in each row ; the pseud- 

 epipleuree are also coarsely punctate ; the squamosity is principally 

 reddish-brown, and, for the most part, quite minute ; the setae, of 

 similar colour, are depressed, and disposed transversely as on the 

 thorax ; on each side, near the hind thigh, there is a prominent 

 nodosity ; fine, slender, pallid setae form two spots in line with the 

 hind thighs near the suture, and, before these, but close to the 

 suture, there are two more elongate ones; several very small, pale 

 elevations may be seen on the hind declivity, which is almost 

 punctate-striate. The legs bear scales and setae, both rather fine. 



Underside with yellowish setan ; the abdomen with coarse, 

 irregular, foveiform punctures ; between the hind coxte the suture is 

 subtruncate, the space between them is a little raised, and, just 

 behind this, there is a transverse depression which is indistinctly 

 prolonged as far as the third segment. 



Length (rost. excl.), 3i ; bretidth, 1^ lines. 



Dyer's Pass, Canterbury. One pair, found by Mr. H. Suter. 



2398. S. fascicularis, '^••'^■- O^ja^^c, black, antennae and tarsi 

 piceous. 



This species is so like the typical one that it is only necessary to 

 indicate the details of difference. The tJiorcuv is rather more nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, and the sides are a little rounded towards the 

 base ; the three frontal ridges bear yellowish setse. The eh/tra, near 

 the middle, have two oblique, elongate elevations, not touching the 

 suture, clothed with fine yellowish setae, instead of the four spots 

 seen in the other species, and the' lateral nodosity at each side 

 between the middle and hind thighs is larger. The antennce are 

 rather longer, the scape is more slender and not so abruptly clavate, 

 and the third joint of the funiculus is not smaller than the fourth. 

 The rostrum is more elongate. The lecjs bear some coarse setae. 

 The rostrum is finely, closely, almost rugosely, punctate in front. 



The eye exhibits an important difference, being quite longitu- 

 dinally oval ; it is, moreover, rather smaller. The shallow groove 

 between the antennal insertion and the eye can hardly be detected, 

 owing to the squamosity. 



Length (rost. excl.), 3^ ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Mokohinou Island. One specimen, in bad condition, sent by 

 Mr. Sandager. 



