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middle and again in front of the scutellum; near each side 
behind the middle there are numerous shallow punctures, but 
the rest of the surface seems smooth and glossy. Scutellum 
longer than broad. lytra elongate, broader than the thorax, 
subparallel, shoulders rounded; they cover all but the extre- 
mity of the abdomen and are subopaque; the sculpture is 
close and fine, there is an indistinct sutural stria on each 
behind, the inner side of the dark space is limited by an ill- 
defined raised line, and there is another nearer the suture. 
Legs elongate and slender ; tibie straight, bispinose at apex. 
Antenne filiform, reaching the hind thighs. Fifth ventral 
segment not notched. yes large, prominent, distinctly 
faceted, transverse, their greatest bulk below; they are only 
_ feebly emarginated. Maxillary palpi elongate, the terminal 
joint slightly longer than the second, nearly quite straight 
along the outside ; the inside is almost regularly curved, it is 
not notched, but it is broadly grooved along the inner and 
front face for half its length. 
The eyes, thorax, and palpi differentiate this species from 
its allies ; indeed it is doubtful if it can remain in Sessinda. 
Length 64-7, breadth 14 lines. 
Ohaupo. ‘Two specimens, January 1893, under bark. 
Sessinia reversa, sp. 0. 
Elongate, rather dull, pale testaceous; the vertex, middle 
of thorax, and sides of elytra very faintly infuscate, tips of 
the mandibles piceous; elytra covered with depressed pallid 
pubescence, ead finely and rather closely punctured. 
Thorax longer than broad, finely and closely punctured, only 
slightly uneven, widest near the front. S/ytra very finely 
and closely sculptured, with two indistinct longitudinal lines 
on each. Legs very pale and slender; tibize straight, with 
two apical spines. 
Somewhat similar to S. thoracica; the sculpture differs, 
the thorax is less dilated in front, and consequently appears 
less narrowed behind. ‘There are, moreover, some more 
important differences. The antenne extend only to between 
the middle and hind thighs. ‘The eyes are shorter in the lon- 
gitudinal direction ; they are quite transverse and not in the 
least emarginate in front. The last joint of the mawillary 
palpt is narrow at the base, it is gradually dilated, and its 
apex is entire, curvate, and grooved; the outside for a short 
space is somewhat truncate, and this part seems to be more 
deeply grooved than the front face. The fifth ventral segment 
is broadly depressed, it is irregularly emarginate (not notched) 
