588 COLEOPTERA, 



4147. Somatidia longula sp. nov. 



Elongate, subcylindric, only moderately convex, shining ; rufesccnt, 

 legs and antennae light rufo-castaneous and almost unspotted ; very thinly 

 clothed with slender greyish hairs, which on the elytra are suberect. 



Head finely punctate, nearly plane between the distant antennal tubercles. 

 Thorax oviform, of equal length and breadth, its sides only moderately 

 rounded ; irregularly and distinctly but not closely punctate. Scutellum 

 indistinct. Elytra elongate-oval, twice the length of thorax, of the same 

 width as it is at the base, but not any broader than the thorax in the 

 middle, gradually narrowed behind the posterior femora ; with a series of 

 moderate punctures along each side of the suture as far as the middle but 

 very few elsewhere. 



Antennae nearly as long as the body, their third joint attains the base 

 of the thorax, fourth longer than fifth. 



Easily recognizable by the almost coucolorous body and abnormally 

 narrow elytra. It should be located near S. rubella (3660) and *S'. parvula 

 (3953). 



Length, 2f mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Glenhope. A single individual, found by Mr. T. Hall on the 23rd 

 November, 1914. 



Obs. — S. laevinotata (3952) : A varietal specimen, found by Mr. T. Hall 

 on the 10th May, 1915, near the Howard Goldfield, has been labelled 

 " S. humerata.'" It measures 6 X 2| mm., the smooth thoracic space 

 becomes narrower and convex behind, and the shoulders are incrassate and 

 slightly prominent so as to be manifestl}' broader than the base of the thorax. 



4148. Somatidia vittigera sp. nov. 



Elongate, only moderately convex, slightly nitid ; testaceous, but with 

 the head, the sides of the thorax, except in front, a somewhat interrupted 

 streak along the outside of each elytron, a basal spot, and three near the 

 hind thigh, nigrescent ; second antennal joint and base of tibiae slightly 

 rufescent, tliese latter with a blackisli spot below the middle ; pubescence 

 fine, subdecumbent, yellowish-grey. 



Head punctate, reddish behind, as are the antennal tubercles. Thorax 

 of about equal length and breadth, broadest and strongly rounded before 

 the middle, considerably narrowed towards its base ; disc evenly convex, 

 distinctly and irregularly punctate, the broad dark lateral areas nearly in 

 contact at the middle of the base. Scutellum indistinct and short. El}i;ra 

 unusually narrow, twice the length of thorax, as wide as it is at the base, 

 nowhere broader than the middle of thorax, their sides only feebly 

 rounded, gently deflexod and narrowed posteriorly ; dorsum distinctly 

 subseriate-punctate, the four discal series on each reduced to a single one 

 near the apex ; the dark lateral vitta behind becomes irregularly broader 

 downwards, and is closely biseriate-punctate ; on each, at the middle of 

 the base, there is a distinct, short, black costa. 



Antennae shorter than the body, moderately stout, finely pubescent, 

 third joint longest but not reaching the thoracic base, fourth slightly longer 

 than following ones. 



S. Jlavidorsis (3947) has even shorter, reddish antennae, but the third 

 and fourth joints are nigrescent, the thorax is of a silky fuscous hue, the 

 elytra are rather broader than the thorax but are witliout basal costae. 



Length, 4| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Glenhope ; 1st August, 1915. I am indebted to Mr. T. Hall for the 

 specimen described above. 



