LAMIIDAE. 457 



This remarkable species stands alone. The elongate contour, superficial 

 variegation, and distinct sculpture are unmistakably different from any of 

 our described species. 



{^. Length, 5| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Mount Dick. A solitary male found amongst decaying leaves bv 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 10th March, 1914. 



3947. Somatidia flavidorsis sp. nov. 



Elongate, medially narrowed, moderately convex, slightly nitid, 

 variegate ; the legs and greater portion of elytra flavescent, but with the 

 humeral region and sides as far as the middle, the sides behind the posterior 

 femora, and an irregular space on top of the hind slope but not extending 

 to the sides, of nearly the same silky fuscous hue as the thorax, the tibiae 

 with simUar spots near the base and apex ; the depressed elytral pubescence 

 is hardly noticeable and corresponds with the derm in colour, that of the 

 head and thorax is greyish ; there are no erect setae. 



Head distantly punctate, plane above, with a distinct central stria. 

 Thorax very little broader than long, widest and moderately rounded before 

 the middle, a little narrowed behind ; disc only slightly convex, not at all 

 tuberculate, with 4 shallow indistinct impressions near the middle, its 

 punctation distinct, distant, and irregular. Elytra elongate-oval, of the 

 same width as thorax at the base, more than twice its length, only slightly 

 wider than it is before the middle ; they are without crests, their punctures 

 though not coarse are sharply marked, distant from each other, almost 

 regularly seriate, but become confluent towards the extremity. 



Antennae stout, reaching to just beyond the hind thighs, bearing short 

 greyish setae and pubescence, and, except the almost wholly blackish 

 3rd and 4th joints, quite unspotted chestnut-red ; their 3rd joint is scarcely 

 double the length of the 4th, which latter attains the base of the thorax. 

 Legs rather elongate. 



This is another peculiar species without any near ally, and can be 

 separated from the others by the sharply impressed serial punctation of the 

 elytra and nigrescent 3rd and 4th antennal joints. 



(^. Length, 4f mm. ; breadth, 1§ mm. 



Ben Lomond. Unique. Found by Mr. T. Hall, on the 3rd March, 

 1914, amongst leaf-mould. 



3948. Somatidia suffusa sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, slightly nitid, without inequalities of 

 surface ; the head, sides of thorax, and about half c.f the elytra fuscous, 

 the dorsal area of these last between the middle and hind thighs, and the 

 hind slope rufo-castaneous, the marks not well defined ; these light parts 

 bear conspicuous, depressed, tawny pubescence so disposed as to cause a 

 distinctly spotted appearance, there are also a few erect greyish setae 

 behind ; legs and antennae fusco-testaceous, tibiae slightly bimaculate. 



Head with a few fine punctures in front, and a median stria above. 

 Thorax of about equal length and breadth, widest and rounded before 

 the middle, gradually narrowed towards the base ; with very few fine 

 scattered punctures and a central fovea in front of the base. Scutellum 

 quite triangular, rather large. Elytra elongate-oval, more than df<uble the 

 length of thorax, of the same width as it is at the base, but broader than 



