468 Mr. David Sharp's irrisiou of the 



near together ; hut Saphpdriis has striate elytra, and 

 the inflexed cpipleura is piihescent for all its length, and 

 marked off hy a raised line extending fonr-fifths of the 

 length of the wing-ease. It comes equally close to 

 Jxihmodits, hut the chiNVS are small, with indistinct hasal 

 lohe. 



The genus will prohahly prove peculiar to New Zea- 

 land. The nearest ally I know of to it is a Chilian 

 genus not yet descrihed. 



I have at present included in the genus insects having 

 glahrous and others having pnnctate-puhescent femora ; 

 it is prohahle, however, that it will prove a correct 

 course to ultimately separate the former as a distinct 

 genus, hetween SupJiydrus and I\i/(iniodtis ; hut, as the 

 few species known to me appear to indicate that the 

 sculpture of the femora may, when more species are 

 known, not prove a suihciently delhiite distinction, I do 

 not think it necessary to propose two genera at present. 



The four new species known to me may be tabulated 

 thus : — 



Femora punctate and pubescent beneath . . . . 1. 



Femora glabrous . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 



. I Flytra with a pale humeral spot .. .. S. suffusus. 



\ Elytra without . . . . . . . . . . S. obestts. 



tlst joint of antennal club scarcely so long 



2. ^ as broad . . . . . . . . . . S. loiuiiihig. 



(ist joint of antennal club longer than broad S.unteiinatus. 



Saphi/diHS sujf'usus, n. s. 



Breviter ovalis, sat convexus, dense piinotntiis, elytris pubescentia 

 tennissinia !Vp;ro obsorvanda vestitis, fnscus, elytris niavpino externa 

 mac\Uaqne luimorali pallidioribus, prothoracis latoribus argute 

 testaccis, pedibns rulis, autennis palpisque fusco-testaceis illarum 

 clava fusca ; fcmoribirs postorioribus snbtus crebre piiuctato-pube- 

 Bcontibus. Long. 5 mm., lat. 'i^ mm. 



The head and thorax are closely anil rather coarsely pimctate 

 shining, blackish, the anterior part of the clypens more or less 

 flavescent, and the sides of the thorax yellow. Elytra densely 

 punctate, with a very tine indistinct pubescence, and with eight or 

 nine rows of closely placed punctures, which are not very distinct 

 amongst the general punctuation, while the external are quite in- 

 distinct ; there is a well-marked pallid humeral spot ; the soutellum 

 is spai-ingly and finely inmctatc. 



Greymouth and Mouri Creek [Ihliits, No. 279). 



