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clothed for the most part with slender grey scales and out- 

 standing setiB j the posterior tih ice somewhat inwardly bent, 

 all distinctly uncinate ; tarsi narrow, their penultimate joint 

 but little expanded. 



The polished impunctate basal portion of the thorax will 

 enable anyone to recognize this species. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 1|, breadth quite ^ line. 



Mount Pirongia. A single specimen found on the ground. 



ScelodoJichus squamosus, sp. n. 



Elongate, convex, subopaque, nigro-fuscous ; rostrum 

 shining piceous ; antennee and tarsi reddish ; legs fusco- 

 rufous ; densely covered with narrow, slender, depressed 

 testaceous squaraai and moderately elongate fuscous setas; 

 there are two grey spots near the middle of the thorax, and 

 its apex is of the same colour. 



Rostrum elongate, finely sculptui-ed, with a very indistinct 

 ridge along the middle, its base squamose ; it is very 

 gradually contracted towards the middle. AntenncB inserted 

 behind the centre ; funiculus elongate ; club ovate. Thorax 

 as broad as it is long, broadly constricted and slightly 

 depressed near the front, most elevated along the middle, but 

 not distinctly keeled there ; its punctuation rather fine and 

 much concealed. Elytra elongate-ovate, higher than the 

 thorax ; shallow indistinctly punctate strias are visible on a 

 denuded spot in the disk. Legs long, clothed like the body, 

 but with more grey scales ; tibias nearly straight. 



Basal ventral segment very long and flat, second short and 

 deflexed behind, third and fourth much abbreviated, tifth 

 large and flat, the supplementary segment depressed behind. 



This may be placed near 8. hilaris ; it is, however, much 

 more convex and narrower, with longer and more slender legs 

 and antennge, and the clothing and sculpture are materially 

 different. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 1^, breadth | line. 



Mount Te Aroha. One, March 1894, on the ground. 



Ohs. — S. lineithorax (No. 882). A variety occurs on the 

 Hunua Range which should be recorded here. Body rather 

 shorter ; tarsi not so slender and elongate ; the erect setcB not 

 so coarse ; the basal ventral segment longitudinally impressed. 

 If I were to treat this as a distinct species there would be 

 great difficulty in distinguishing the two. 



