TENEBRIONIDAE. 541 



narrowed towards the subacute rectangular posterior angles, gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly, base sinuate near each side ; disc obtusely elevated 

 behind the middle, apparently minutely granulate. Scutellum strongly 

 transverse, som(>what depressed. Eh'tra nearly thrice the length of thorax, 

 not quite double its width at the base, with rounded subnodose shoulders, 

 their sides rather pale, broadly explanate, nearly straiglit as far as the 

 hind thighs, slightly curvedly narrowed behind, with a broad sutural notch 

 at the extremity ; the dorsum when looked at from above appears sub- 

 seriate -punctate, in other aspects granulate ; on each elytron there is a row 

 of three prominent nodosities, the first outside the scutellum, the next on 

 the middle, the third on the summit of the declivity, where there is a 

 smaller one nearer the suture ; between the inner row and the side there 

 are two others, each a little in advance of the hindmost inner pair; hind 

 slope uneven, with a blackish streak along each side of the suture ; the 

 sides have ten transverse foveae. 



Differentiated from S. thoracicus by its shorter, broader, differently 

 formed thorax and conspicuous nodosities, and from other allied species 

 by its much brighter derm and vestiture. In S. picnctatus (2530), which 

 measures 9x4 mm., the elytra are definitely seriate -punctate, the clypeus, 

 labrum, and palpi are piceous. 



Length, 11 mm. ; breadth, 5| mm. 



Erua, near Waimarino. One, found under the bark of a log at the end 

 of January, 1911. 



Group DiAPERIDAE. 



Menimus Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 360. 

 4072. Menimus pubiceps sp. nov. 



Convex, oval, widest behind the shoulders, nitid ; rufo-piceous, the base 

 and apical portion of elytra and sides of thorax evidently paler ; labrum, 

 epistome, and tibiae more or less chestnut-red, antennae darker, femora 

 fusco-testaceous ; elytra with a few suberect slender setae, the head finely 

 yet distinctly pubescent. 



Head subopaque, narrower than thorax, finely but quite definitely and 

 rather distantly punctate. Thorax not twice as broad as long, gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly, slightly bisinuate at apex, base truncate, lateral mar- 

 gins gently thickened backwards ; disc apparently smooth, really finely and 

 distantly punctured. Scutellum broadly triangular. Elytra twice the length 

 of thorax', of the same width as it is at the base and closely applied thereto, 

 curvedly narrowed behind the posterior femora, their margins much more 

 slender there than at the base ; they are irregularly, rather finely, but more 

 distinctly punctured than the thorax. 



Eyes distinct. Antennae stout, eighth and ninth joints enlarged, sub- 

 transverse, tenth rather longer and subrotundate. 



Underside, femora inclusive, distinctly but not densely pubescent, the 

 metasternum and head most distinctly punctate. Prosternal process mode- 

 rately broad and plane. 



Var. — Titirangi, 2nd October, 1915 ; four examples from Mr. A. E. 

 Brookes. Nigro-piceous, lateral margins and legs fusco-testaceous or 

 nearly so. 



The subopaque, pubescent head and other details distinguish this species 

 from M. diibius (660). 



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



Hunua Range, Auckland ; November, 1887. Three specimens in my 

 own collection. 



19*— Bu'.i. No. 1. 



