1052 COLEOPTERA 



1880. S. punctataj ''••^■- Elongate, uarrow, subdepressed, 

 pubescent, shining ; rather palHd, head, thorax, and antenna red- 

 dish, legs yellow, tlie rest of the body somewhat testaceous. 



Head moderate, not narrowed behind, but without angular dila- 

 tation, nearly trigonal, the frontal sulcus extending as far as the 

 back part of the eyes, there are two small foveas behind, the anten- 

 nal tubercles moderately elevated, its surface finely and distantly, 

 yet quite evidently, punctured. Antennc& not quite half the length 

 of the body, normal. Thorax broadest near the middle, with the 

 common dorsal depression and foveae, its punctation less noticeable 

 than that of the head. Elytra, quite oblong, slightly narrowed in 

 front, their striee and inti'ahumeral impressions distinct, these latter 

 divided into two. Hind-hody not much longer than elytra, its basal 

 segment, near the apex, densely covered with minute, depressed, 

 brassy setaj, the other clothing as usual. Legs long and slender, 

 tibice feebly curved outwardly, tarsi and claws slender. Eyes con- 

 vex. 



Such species as S. brevitarsis, S. duplicata, and S. tenuis make 

 the nearest approach to it. In S. tenuis the eyes are very small and 

 almost depressed. In S. duplicata the head is more convex and 

 quite obviously narrowed posteriorly. In S. brevitarsis the lateral 

 thoracic fossa is prolonged anteriorly, like a groove, separating the 

 disc from the dilated side of the thorax. The punctation of the 

 head, of itself, might render its identification a simple process. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, ^ line. 



Tairua; 1886. 



1881. S. fulva, 'i-^- Shining, fulvous, clothed with short 

 and elongate yellow hairs. 



Head nearly as broad as thorax, obtusely rounded behind the 

 eyes, finely and indistinctly punctate, regularly convex, occipital 

 fovege narrow, the frontal large and deep; tubercles raised, divided 

 by a narrow channel. Antenna, moderately elongate ; first joint 

 cylindric ; second as long as broad, oviform ; third smallest, narrow 

 at base ; fourth and fifth equal, oblong-oval, distinctly longer than 

 broad ; sixth shorter than the preceding one, stout ; 7-10 nearly 

 similar to one another, transverse; eleventh, including the false 

 terminal articulation, cone-like. Thorax cordate, post-median fossae 

 large, the lateral indistinctly prolonged forwards, the two basal im- 

 pressions small, quite punctiform. Elytra short, contracted basally, 

 sutural striae well marked, intrahumeral impressions nearly divided 

 into two parts. Hind-body without scales, pubescent, large. Legs 

 moderate, two hind pairs of tibia; regularly curved outwardly. 



This, and the two following species, have been carefully com- 

 pared with every one of the previously-described species, and, 

 although no very salient points of difference can be detected above, I 

 feel sure they are really distinct. 



Length, IJ lines ; breadth, f line. 



Clevedon. One example; Mr. G. Munro. 



