1 96 coLi;oi"i'i;i{,\. 



(iioup Pvi'iiiD.M-:. 

 3575. Salpingus semilaevis sp. uov. Salpingus UViiivr. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 398. 



Elongate, very slightly convex, glossy, nearly glabrous, having only 

 11 few slender erect grey setae behind; head and thorax of a pale-reddish 

 coppery-brown; elytra fuscous at the middle of the base and behind the 

 posterior femora, their central portion and the shoulders pale testaceous; 

 antennae rufous but becoming darker towards the extremity, the legs 

 somewhat fulvescent. 



Head as broad as the front of the thorax, narrowed anteriorly, nearly 

 sm'ooth on the middle, Avith moderately coarse punctures near the sides, 

 distinctly margined from the eyes to the antennae. Eyes very pro- 

 minent, transversal. 'i'horax cordate, the length and breadth subequal, 

 apex truncate, widest near the front, with deep lateral foveae at the 

 base, so that the sides seem somewhat abi'uptly nai'rowed there; it is 

 moderately coarsely, not at all closely, and irregularly punctured, quite 

 smooth in front, across the base there is a slender groove, there are no 

 perceptible lateral margins. Scutellum rounded behind, twice as broad 

 as long. Elytra with subquadrate shoulders, evidently broader than the 

 thorax at the base and nearly thrice its length, with finely margined, 

 nearly straight sides; they are bi-impressed alongside the suture at the 

 base, broadly yet feebly impressed before the middle, their puiictation 

 is like that of the thorax but subseriate, and ceases abruptly in line with 

 the hind thighs. 



Legs elongate, tibiae finely bispinose at the apex. 



Antennae with the basal joint much thicker than the next, joints 3-5 

 longer than broad, 6th and 7th sliortei', all these feebly and scantily 

 pubescent; the following darker ones are distinctly pubescent, laxly 

 ai'ticulated, ajid broader, the ("^th is i-atlier smaller than the 9th, the 

 11th is oviform. 



Of about the same size as S. angusticolli9, 704, yet differing from it 

 and its nearest allies in most details. The abrupt cessation of the elytral 

 sculpture is an aid to identification, though the smaller S. perpunctatus, 

 702, belonging to the North Island, is somewhat similar in that respect. 



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



Mount Hutt, and McClennan's Bush, near Methven. One from each 

 locality; both found by Mr. T. Hall in February, 1912. 



3576. Salpingus atrellus sp. nov. 



Elongate, i-ather narrow, shining, nigro-piceous, slightly aeneous, 

 tibiae and antennae infuscate red. 



Agrees in most details with S. xemilnevis, but with less prominent 

 eyes. The thorax is less rounded, narrower near the front, appears 

 longer, and therefore less cordiform. The punctation everywhere is 

 rather finer, th"at of the wing-cases lieing inore regularly arranged in 

 rows. 



Length, 1\\\\\x\.\ breadth, nearly if mm. 



Mount Hutt. A single individual from Mr. T. Hall. 



5 77. Salpingus denticollis sp. nov. 



Nitid, nearly glabrous, having only very few erect setae, variegate; 

 thorax fusco-rufous. head darker; elytra piceo-fuscous, each with an 

 indistinct fusco-testaceous mark extending backwards from the shoulder 



