LAMIIDAE. 461 



3953. Somatidia parvula sp. nov. 



Convex, moderately elongate, thorax and elytra equally narrowed at 

 the base, nitid ; sparsely clothed with depressed yellowish -grey pubescence ; 

 almost entirely fusco-rufous, the legs rufo-testaceous. 



Head indistinctly punctate. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 subrotundate, more narrowed near the base than in front ; irregularly, 

 distinctly, but not at all closely punctate, nearly smooth along the middle. 

 Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra elongate-oval, double the length of 

 thorax, at the middle scarcely any wider than it is, with o)ily a few fine 

 pimctures on the basal half, near the suture. 



Antennae stout, as long as the body, without maculation, finely pubes- 

 cent and setose ; 3rd joint elongate, reaching the shoulder, the 4th 

 distinctly longer than 5th. Legs stout, tibiae finely setose and unspotted. 



Underside chestnut-red, with fine greyish pubescence, smooth, basal seg- 

 ment largest, the next longer than 3rd or 4th ; 5th as long as the preceding 

 2 combined, feebly rounded and finely margined behind ; 6th paler. 



Fern. — Thorax oviform, more coarsely punctate ; elytra, before the 

 middle, broader than the thorax ; antennae not reaching the extremity of 

 the body. 



Differs from its nearest ally, S. rubella (3660), in being smaller, its thorax 

 (male) less strongly rounded and with fewer punctures, the elytra shorter, 

 tibiae immaculate, and with the 4th antennal joint longer than the 5th. 



(?. Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Glenhope. near Nelson. Six individuals taken from leaf-mould, 23rd 

 November, 1914, by Mr. T. Hall. 



Group Cryptocephalidae. 



3954. Bryobates rugidorsis sp. nov. Bryohates Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 873. 



Nitid, glabrous, dark cyaneous ; legs and basal joint of antennae 

 fulvous, remaining joints dark fuscous but paler just at the base, tarsi 

 infuscate. 



Head irregularly punctate, with a distinct interantennal depression. 

 Eyes transversely oval. Thorax a third broader than long, apex truncate, 

 its angles not at all prominent ; base medially truncate but slightly curved 

 towards the sides, so that its angles appear obsolete ; sides finely margin- 

 ate, a little curvedly narrowed towards the base ; its surface sUohtly 

 uneven, moderately coarsely and closely but irregularly punctured. Scutel- 

 lum partly hidden, smooth. Elytra very slightly broader than thorax at 

 the base, twice as broad behind, with rounded apices, so that an evident 

 sutural gap exists ; their punctation rather finer than that of the thorax, 

 and more or less longitudinally rugose throughout. Pygidium obtusely 

 triangular, its punctation rather shallow. 



The type of the genus, B. coni^ormis (1555), has fine but quite distinct 

 humeral and basal margins, these are indefinite in this species, in which, 

 moreover, the elytral sculpture is markedly different, the apices are more 

 strongly rounded ; the eyes are rather smaller and more transversal ; the 

 legs and antennae are more slender, and these latter less maculate. 



Length, 4 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Staircase, the southern portion of the Remarkables, near Kingston ; 

 15th March, 1914. Found by Mr. T. Hall. A second example does not 

 agree with the type. 



