308 COtiEOPTERA. 



impression at each behind the middle, which, tlierefoie, seems somewhat 

 contracted, tlie base with a transverse stria ending in a small punctiform 

 impresion near each side. Elytia elongate-oval, nearly thiice the length of 

 thorax, of about the same width as it is at the base, with obliquely truncate 

 apices. Pvgidium exposed, punctate, pubescent and reddish. 



Legs elongate, finely setose ; femora gradually thickened ; basal joint 

 of anterior tarsi oblong. 



Antennae as long as head and thorax, 2nd and 3rd joints elongate yet 

 rather shorter than the 4th or 5th, which are the longest ; joints 6-8 slightly 

 decrease, 9th and 10th rather broader than preceding ones, the 10th the 

 shorter, the terminal conical. 



I^nderside rufo-piceous, more or less finely punctate, with elongate 

 yellow pubescence. Mesosternal process distinct, extending to beyond the 

 middle of intermediate coxae. Metasternum elongate, bi-irapressed behind. 

 Basal segment of abdomen truncate between the coxae, 6th as long as 4th. 

 and 5th combined, much narrowed posteriorly. Posterior coxae far apart. 



Maxillary palpi with the penultimate joint elongate, thicker near the 

 extremity than at the base, the terminal short, broad, and indistinct. 



The rather large size, nigrescent body, and triangular frontal depression 

 of the head form good differentiating characters. 



Length, 3| mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Hump Ridge, Southland. Two examples, taken by Mr. A. Philpott in 

 December, 1911. 



3730. Scydmaenus sulciferus sp. uoa'. 



Convex, narrow, elongate, nitid, indistinctly punctate ; sparingly 

 clothed with long, upright, slender yellow setae, those on the head sub- 

 depressed and less conspicuous ; body red, legs, antennae, and palpi of a 

 lighter chestnut-red. 



Head elongate-oval, broadest in line with the small eyes, considerably 

 curvedly narrowed behind these ; nearly plane above, with a shallow stria 

 along the hinder half. Thorax rather longer than broad, widest and rounded 

 before the niiddle, much narrowed towards the base, which is bifoveate 

 between the centre and each side ; from the outer fovea there proceeds a 

 stria which extends forward as far as the middle. Elytra elongate-oval, 

 fully twice the length of thorax, double the breadth at the middle than at 

 the base, with singly rounded apices, the suture near the base forms a linear 

 depression. Pygidium exposed, smooth. 



Legs elongate, femora subclavate near the extremity. 



Antennae quite the length of head and thorax, with elongate slender 

 pubescence ; basal joint cylindiic, slightly stouter but scarcely longer than 

 the elongate 2nd, joints 3-7 almost equally long, the 8th rather shorter, 

 9th and iOth distinctly broader and subquadrate, 11th longer and sub 

 conical. 



Maxillary palpi with the 3i'd joint elongate, much thicker at the extremity 

 than at the base, the 4th indistinct but not aciculate. Mesosternal process 

 distinct, prolonged nearly to the extremity of the intermediate coxae. 



Though somewhat similar to the northern S. eloncjelhis, 2347, this may 

 be leadily separated by the linear depressions on the head, thorax, and base 

 of elytra. 



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



Ben Lomond, Otago. A single specimen, found by Mr. A. Philpott early 

 in December, 1912. 



