188 (J01.K0I>TE1!A 



Tibiae finely setose, the middle and hind pairs arched, and tapering 

 towards the extremity, anterior with a short external groove near the 

 apex. Membranous appendage of the 3rd tarsal joint well developed ; 

 claws dentate at the base. 



Antennae shorter than the head and thorax, with very slender pubes- 

 cence; basal joint reddish, punctate, oblong, rather longer and broader 

 tlian the next, 3rd slender and alnio.st as long as the following three, Tth 

 slightly broader than 6th, joints 8-10 transverse, the terminal about 

 as long as the preceding two combined. 



Underside nitid, rufo-castaneous, rather thickly clothed with de- 

 pressed, elongate, slender yellowish hairs; closely and distinctly 

 punctured, but with a smooth spot between the middle and each side of 

 the 2nd ventral segment, the frontal portion of the metasternum more 

 coarsely but distantly ])uiictured. 



This must be placed in Section 3, next to 1608. from which it differs 

 by the aeneous head, much finer and less upright clothing, more elongate 

 antennae, and peculiar elytral sculpture. 



Length, 3i mm. ; breadth, 2 J mm. 



Mount Hutt, near Methven. One found bv Mr. T. Hall on the 28th* 

 October, 1912, at a height of about 3,000 ft. 



3562. Synorthus versipilus sp. nov. 



Convex, subrotundate, moderately nitid; fusco-niger, tibiae and 

 antennae rufous, tarsi and palpi testaceous; pubescence erect, elongate, 

 and slender, principally pale greyish-yellow, but with many upright 

 fuscous setae along the middle. 



Head as broad as front of thorax, moderately finely and irregularly 

 but not closely punctate ; the forehead broadly rounded but not 

 perceptibly margined. Thorax quite twice as broad as long, its 

 sides finely margined and gradually narrowed anteriorly; apex widely 

 sinuate near each side, its angles deflexed and acute, posterior angles 

 sharply rectangular; the punctation like that of the head. Elytra of 

 the same width as the thorax at the base, fully twice its length, curvedly 

 narrowed and deflexed posteriorly, rather finely and distantly punctured. 



Tibiae with slender pallid setae, the middle pair more distinctly 

 arched externally than the others, all tapering towards the extremity, 

 the membranous tarsal appendages well developed; claws apparently 

 simple. 



Antennae with fine greyish setae, not as long as the head and thorax ; 

 2nd joint evidently smaller than the basal; 3rd slender, nearly as long 

 as the following three, which are about equal; 7th slightly larger than 

 6th but distinctly smaller than the 8th; 9th and 10th still broader, both 

 transverse; terminal conical, not quite the length of the preceding two 

 together . 



Underside brownish-black, nitid, with decun)bent, elongate, yellowish 

 pubescence; abdomen closely and distinctly punctate, middle of meta- 

 sternum with some coarser punctures. 



Smaller than .S. suhsfr/afus; the coloration, vestituie, and elytral 

 sculpture different. 



Length, 2| mm. ; breadth. If mm. 



McClennan's Bush and Rose Hill, near Methven. Two examples for- 

 warded by Mr. T. Hall during the present year. From the same source 

 I have a variety of S. mandihiilaris, 3157. 



