1 24 Mr. II. W. Bates on the Longicorn 



very similar in facies, except that the general form is shorter 

 and more ovate. 



Somatidia antarctica. 

 Parmena antarctica, White, Voy. Ereb. & Terr., Ins. p. 22. 



The elytra have distinct, almost toothed humeral angles ; 

 hut their outline is very oblique from the angle to the true 

 base ; each elytron has two small tufts of hair. Long. 2^-3 

 lines. 



Port Nicholson ; also Auckland (Mr. Lawson) . 



Somatidia jptinoides, n. sp. 



S. cupreo-fusca, fulvo-griseo pubescens, setosa ; thorace ovato, crebrc 

 grosse punctato ; elytris a medio usque ad basin fortiter angustatis 

 humeris nullis, macula utrinque exteriore basali, fascia mediana 

 maculaque apicali suturali nigris, penicillis nullis ; antennis et 

 pedibus rufescentibus. Long. 1 1-2| lin. 



Auckland (Mr. Lawson) ; four examples. The fourth joint 

 of the antennas is very short. 



Stenellipsis, nov. gen. 



Corpus angustum, ellipticum, convexum, subtile tomentosum, laeve. 

 Caput exsertum, inter antennas modice late concavum, fronte 

 quadrata. Palpi subelongati, robust!, articulis idtimis fusiformi- 

 bus. Thorax transversus, antice et postice constrictus, medio 

 convexo, lateribus tumidis, inermibus. Elytra convexa, prope 

 basin transversim depressa, apice obtuse rotundata, fere truncata ; 

 stria suturali solum impressa, versus basin abbreviata. Acetabula 

 antica et intermedia extus clausa. Prostemum inter coxas vix 

 arcuatum, angustissimum, apice dilatatum ; mesosternum ob- 

 longum, vix declive. Mesothora.v paululum abbreviatus. Pedes 

 elongati ; coxae magna?, globosse ; femora fortiter clavata ; tibiae 

 intermedia? extus leviter emarginatas ; tarsi vix elongati, articulo 

 primo casteris subsequali ; ungues divaricati. Antennm corpore 

 triente longiores, graciles, sparsim ciliatae ; articulo primo basi 

 extus subito sed modice dilatato, casteris elongatis ab tertio gra- 

 datim brevioribus. 



This genus has many of the peculiar characters of Xylotoles, 

 and is evidently allied to it ; but its facies is very different, 

 resembling that of many Acanthocininoz (e. g. Drioped). The 

 metathorax, without being conspicuously abbreviated as in the 

 Dorcadionince, is so much shortened that the distance between 

 the middle and posterior coxas is somewhat less than that 

 between the anterior and the niiddle. The presternum also, 

 although very narrow between the coxas, is nearly plane as in 

 Xylotoles. The head is of precisely the same shape. 



