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3731. Scydmaenus latuliceps sp. nov. 



Nitid, moderatly robust and convex ; rufous, legs and antennae cliestnut- 

 red, tarsi and palpi fulvescent ; pubescence yellow, conspicuous and elongate, 

 rather rougher and irregular on the head and thorax. 



Head almost as broad as thorax, rounded behind the moderately pro- 

 minent eyes, its pubescence covering the obtuse hind angles. Thorax 

 slightly longer than broad, a little dilated and rounded before the middle, 

 obliquely narrowed in front ; at each side a large foveifonn impression 

 occupies more than half its length, the pair of median basal foveae though 

 small are well marked and somewhat oval. Elytra ovifoi-m, twice the length 

 of thorax and a third broader in the middle ; shoulders somewhat elevated, 

 inside each of these there is a broad impression, this is deep at the base 

 and more or less distinctly bipunctate at the basal margin ; on the disc, 

 before the middle, there is an oviform impression. Pygidium covered. 



Legs elongate, femora gradually thickened ; tibiae straight, with some 

 coarse setae towards the inner extremity. 



Antennae stout, as long as the head and thorax, gradually incrassate, 

 pubescent ; their 2nd joint hardly longer than the basal, 3rd subquadrate, 

 4th and 5th evidently longer than broad, 6th and 7th very similar to the 

 3rd, 8th almost as broad as 9th and slightly longer than the transverse 

 10th, the terminal conical, hardly the length of preceding two united. 



Maxillary palpi with the penultimate joint elongate and gently narrowed 

 towards the base, 4th small and acicular. 



Underside chestnut-red, with yellow pubescence. Prosternum emargin- 

 ate. Mesosternal process slender, extending to the middle of intermediate 

 coxae. Metasternum large, with a median impression behind. Basal four 

 segments of abdomen short, with very deep sutures, the 1st acutely triangular 

 between the coxae ; 5th large, its apical suture very fine ; 6th rather longer, 

 rounded, finely punctate and ciliate at the extremity, the supplementary 

 deeply medially concave, with well-developed margins. Posterior coxae 

 distinctly separated, but subcontiguous at the base. 



Somewhat similai" in appearance to S. nllocerus, 2748, which may be 

 readily separated by its much shorter differently formed antennae, their last 

 joint is broad but very obliquely cut away towards the extremity. The 

 remarkable ventral sutures of >S'. latuliceps will also aid identification. 



Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Mount Hutt, 4,500 ft., amongst decaying leaves ; and in moss on growing 

 trees on the City Council's reserve near Methven. Another of Mr. T. Hall's 

 discoveries. 



3732. Scydmaenus fragilis sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender, subdepressed, modeiately nitid, finely and indistinctly 

 punctate ; light chestnut-red, legs and antennae somewhat testaceous, tarsi 

 and palpi yellow ; pubescence distinct and flavescent, almost decumbent on 

 elytra, more irregular on head and thorax. 



Head subquadrate, nearly as broad as thorax, with rounded hind angles. 

 Eyes minute and rather flat. Thorax rather longer than broad, widest at 

 or just before the middle ; rather finely medially bipunctate near the base, 

 and with a fovea at each side. Elytra oviform and covering the pygidium, 

 double the length of thorax, broader than it is at the middle, eacli with a 

 deep and rather broad basal fovea. 



Legs elongate and slender, finely pubescent, femora moderately dilated. 



Antennae as long as head and thorax, with slender elongate grey hairs, 

 their apical four joints moderately expanded ; 2nd as long as 1st ; joints 



