OKDEMEKIDAK. 1!)9 



Head bi-oader than the tliorax, iiaiTowed belli iid; the epistoine 

 iTjUrked off by^ a distinct basal gnoove. Eyes entire, subiotundatc, rather 

 large and prominent. Thoiax truncate at the bavse and apex, of variable 

 lengtli, sometimes slightly longer than broad, somewhat narrowed 

 anteriorly; with a well-marked impression at each side in front, a 

 groove along the middle, and usually with a broad fossa near the base. 

 Elytra parallel-sided, rounded behind, with obtuse shoulders, broader 

 than the thorax and four times its length, the sutural region depressed 

 near the base, their punctation slightly rugose. 



Legs elongate and slender as seen from above; but in a reversed 

 specime'.i tlie posterior femora are widely emai'ginate at the base, con- 

 siderably dilated and obtusely angulate in the middle, and from there 

 tapering towards the extremity; this undoubtedly is a male; unfor- 

 tunately botli tibiae had been bitten off before I secured the sijecimen. 

 Tarsi slender, simple, their claws distinctly thickened near the base. 



Antennae half the length of the body, inserted like those of U. 

 nigricans ; 2nd joint subglobose and very short, joints 3-10 equally 

 elongate, each slightly dilated towards the extremity, the terminal even 

 thicker near its apex. 



Underside closely and moderately finely punctate, with slender 

 greyish pubescence, metasternum with a median depression behind. 



It is unlikely that it will be permanently associated with .17. nigricans, 

 from wliicli it may be easily separated, irrespective of structural details, 

 by its larger size and slender cinereous pubescence. 



Jjength, 3i mm. ; breadth, 1 nnn. 



Waima)-ino and Erua. Five examples, all more or less mutilated, 

 wei-e taken off shrubs at an elevation of about 2.700 ft., during January, 

 1909 and 1910. 



3581. Sessinia stictica sp. nov. Sessinia Pi'-scoe, .lourii. Entoni., 2, 

 p. 45. 



Elongate, subdepressed, slightly nitid, covered wuth slender, de- 

 cumbent, yellowish hairs; fulvescent, elytra testaceous; the tips of the 

 femora nigrescent, as are also an oviform spot on each side of the thorax 

 before the middle, another on each shoulder, and 4 pairs on the elytra 

 near tlie suture, the 1st pair at tlie base, the subapical very small. 



Head nearly as long as the thorax, its punctation moderately chise 

 and shallow. Thorax nearly a third longer than broad, rather wider 

 near the front tlian at the base, its sides sinuate behind the middle. l)ase 

 and apex finely margined; the surface slightly uneven, having an 

 elongate angular basal impression, and an obtuse median elevation 

 towards the front, its sculpture similar to that of the head. Scutellum 

 sub(|uadrate. Elytra four times the length and nearly double the widtli 

 of the thorax, with rounded shoulders, their apices entirely covering the 

 abdomen ; they are more closely and finely punctured than the thorax, 

 and each is more or less perceptibly quadrico.state. 



Antennae filiform, finely and densely pubescent, slightly longer tlian 

 the elytra, inserted at the sides in front of the eyes; basal joint a little 

 arched and about as long as the 3rd; 2nd small, yet oblong; joints 3-10 

 nearly equal, the terminal ratlier shorter, its apical i)ortion distinctly 

 narrower than the middle. 



Legs slender and elongate, the tibiae finely bicalcarate at the ex- 

 tremity. Tarsi elongate, basal joint longest, 3rd triangular, 4th 

 moderately expanded, broadly excavate above, feebly emarginate at the 



