26() COLEOI'TKRA. 



Head distinctly and niodeiatrly closely punctured. Ej'os large, pro- 

 minent and subiotundatc, with coarse facets. Thorax a tliird broader 

 than long, apex subt luncate, base rounded; the sides finely margined, 

 slightly flattened and gently i-ounded, more narrowed in front than 

 behind, posterior angles rectangular, the anterior obtuse; its puncta- 

 tion irregular, much finer and more distant on the middle than near 

 the sides. Elytra twice the length of the thorax, rather broader, with 

 slightly ciiivedly narrowed shoukh-rs; tliey arc moderately closely 

 punctured, I'ather more coarsely than the thorax, in some instances the 

 longitudinal space between the middle and base of each elyti-on is more 

 finely sculptured. 



Antennae sliorter than the lu>ad and thorax, finely |iiil)escrnt ; 2nd 

 joint shorter and nnicli narrower than the basal, '5rd rather elongate, 

 4th and 5th nearly etpial, rather longer than joints G-S ; club triarti- 

 culate. Claw^s appendiculate at the base. 



Underside dark fuscous, finely pubescent; metasternum longitii- 

 dinally grooved behind tlie middle, not at all coarsely and hardly as 

 closely punctured as tlie abdomen. Basal segment as long as the 

 following two united ; ntli shorter than 4th, feebly emarginate and finely 

 margined behind; tlie 6th almost semicircularly emarginate. 



The almost uniforndy brownish-black body, and the tliick, inegularly 

 disposed pubescence form good distinguishing features. The more convex 

 S. ijicinus, 1140. besides being considerably larger, is more rotundate 

 and usually aeneous. 



Ticngth, 3 mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Methven, and adjacent localities. Apparently s\ifl[iciently common 

 during January and February to be serviceable to agriculturists. This 

 is another of Mr. T. Hall's novelties. 



John M.\<k.4V, (JoverntiK-nt Printor, Wellington. — 1914. 



