92 t'OMOOl'TKHA. 



AnteiuiiU' with slender outstaiuling imbt'sceiice, their hasiil joint red, 

 cxlindricaU and nearly as long as the following throe; Snd oblong-oval; 

 :]\d small and (ibeniiical ; joints i-7 transverse, laxly articulated, and 

 broader than the preceding ones; the 5th slightly l)roader than adjacent 

 ones; 8th largest of all; !)th and 10th transverse, yet hardly as large 

 as the 7th; the terminal joint, including its apical appendage, conical. 



Underside rufescent. Head with a transverse depression extending 

 laterally beyond the base of the quadrate nientum, deeply and broadly 

 hullo\ved Ijackwards along the middle, with a fovea behind each eye, 

 and bearing some small tufts of yellow hairs. Ventral segments dis- 

 tinctly pubescent, the Ith and 5th much more coarsely and thickly, the 

 extremity of the foinR-r medially depressed, tlic .")th with a deep fissure 

 along the middle jiartially concealed by the woolly clothing, 6th narrow. 



(j. Length, if mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



l-]iua. 1 found a single male amongst fallin leaves, at an altitude 

 of 2,500 ft., in February, 1911. 



Allied to S. macronyx, 2-466, but somewhat larger, the head Ijroader, 

 more rounded behind, and its frontal channel more expanded; elytra 

 longer; anterior tibiae not bent; 8th joint of the antennae evidently 

 larger, -ith to 7th also quite definitely wider but not as broad as those 

 of iieitter's S. monsfrosa; tlie posterior tarsi and claws also different. 



3401. Eupines nesobia .--p. nov. Ewpines King. P\vin. Psclaphidae 

 Raffniy. p. 206. 



jS'iiid, Convex; iiead, thorax, and antennae dark red, the elytra and 

 legs pale castaneo-rufous, tarsi testaceous; elytra with short, suberect, 

 slendrr, but not numerous setae; hind-body witli a few elongate ones. 



Head subpiadrate, as broad as the tliorax, slightly rounded behind 

 the moderately prominent eyes; with a large interantennal depression, 

 and a pair of distinct punctifurm foveae lietwcen the eyes. Thorax 

 quite as long as it is broad, widest at or just before the middle, smooth, 

 somewhat flattened, but not distinctly fovcate at the sides close to the 

 base. Elytra nearh* double the length and bi'eadth of the thorax, the 

 shoulders, however, are tuily a little broader than its base, apices trun- 

 cate; the suture is slightly elevated, but the striae are obsolete. Hind- 

 body much deflexcd. 



Legs elongate; jiosterior tibiae a little rurved and bent l>elow the 

 middle; Ijasal joint of the hind tarsi with an elongate seta extending 

 half-way underneath the 2nd. 



Antennae stout and moderately long, their basal joint rather longer 

 and thicker than the oblong 2nd ; -"{rd and 4th obconical, the former 

 .slightly the longer, m-ither (piite as l)i'oad as the 5th; 6th nioniliform 

 and rather smaller than adjacent ones; 7th rather longer, but hardly 

 as broad as the 8th, both distinctly narrowed apically ; Oth strongly 

 transverse, yet not quite double the width of its predecessor; 10th trans- 

 versely (piadrate, much larger than Oth; the terminal largest, conical, 

 but not acuminate; thesi' last three arc more thickly ]iubescont than 

 the others, and form an oblong club. 



Underside chostnut-ied, distinctly jmbescent ; the metasternum 

 medially depKssed behind the middle, with some fine punctures; basal 

 ventral segment longer than the following three in the middle. 



/' ew . — Almost exactly similar, metasternum unimpressed. 



(J. Length, U mm. ; breadth, i mm. 



r,reat Barrier Island. Three picked out of loaf-mould sent bv 

 Mr. Flvnn, March. 1011 



