1102 COLEOPTERA 



the second and third series towards the suture behind the supple- 

 mentary series ; they are rather elongate and completely cover the 

 hind-body. The legs are short. 

 Pictou. Helms ; two examples. 



1957. S. ferrugineus, "^•s- Snbdepressed, elongate-oblong, 

 narrow, shining ; dark-red, palpi and tarsi yellow ; with some fine 

 hairs on the hinder portion of the elytra. 



Head distinctly punctured, not so closely between the eyes as 

 elsewhere. Aniennce pubescent, their second joint rather longer 

 than exposed part of the first ; third slightly longer than fourth ; 

 joints 4-8 nearly equal, each, however, becoming a little shorter and 

 broader ; club laxly triarticulate, ninth and tenth joints transverse. 

 Palin with ovate terminal joints. Thorax cordiform, length and 

 breadth about equal, front angles depressed and rounded, the pos- 

 terior rather sharp and rectangular, its sides very little curved but 

 considerably narrowed behind, base finely margined and bisinuate, 

 not touching the elytra ; disc obsoletely impressed, distinctly but not 

 closely punctured, with fewer punctures in front and behind. 

 Scutellum moderate as to size. Elytra with the margins a little 

 explanate towards the apices ; their punctures disposed in series, 

 but with a shorter row near the base between the first and second 

 complete series. Legs stout, tibiae gradually expanded towards the 

 extremity, spinose there; tarsi with comparatively elongate -con- 

 spicuous vestiture. 



Underside glossy-red ; metasternum moderately distantly punc- 

 tured, with three more or less obvious longitudmal grooves ; abdovien 

 with short yellow hairs, most apparent on the last segment. 

 Ejnpleicrce rather broad and flat alongside the abdomen. 



Length, f ; breadth, -^- line. 



Mount Cook. I am indebted to Mr. Suter for my specimens. 



Tularthrum. 



Nov. gen. 

 Body suboblong, depressed. AntemuB inserted at the sides in 

 front of the eyes, longer than the body ; joints 3-11 filiform ; basal 

 joint with a thick stalk, terminating in a transversal incrassatiou, the 

 anterior portion of which is strongly curved and acute at the inner 

 extremity ; second as long as the fourth, dilated apically and twisted, 

 so that its upper face is about twice as broad as the portion under- 

 neath, it is articulated to the front of the inner curvate portion of 

 the first ; third elongate, slightly shorter than the following one ; 

 5-11 elongate, about equal, each longer than the fourth. Terminal 

 joints of the iKilpi almost aciculate. Eyes widely distant above, free, 

 quite lateral, small, subrotundate, distinctly facetted. Mandihles 

 extremely broad near the base, concave below, dilated laterally, pro- 

 minent, acute and bifid at the extremity. Lahrum small, transverse, 

 ciliate and subtruncate in front. Head nearly as large as the thorax, 

 narrowed and prolonged in front of the antennae., with a straight 

 frontal suture ; truncate in front below, and with thick, porrect. 



