456 COLEOPTERA. 
rowed before the middle, base and apex truncate, without ocular lobes ; 
the disc moderately closely and coarsely punctured, more finely in front. 
Scutellum minute or absent. LElytra slightly wider than thorax at the 
base, nearly twice its length, posterior declivity much narrowed and sub- 
vertical; each elytron with 6 dorsal, distinctly and closely punctured striae, 
sometimes almost crenate-punctate ; interstices narrow, minutely and 
distantly punctured, 3rd, 5th, and 7th slightly elevated near the base ; on 
each elytron, before the middle, there is almost always a broad oblique 
impression. 
Underside usually piceous, rather closely and coarsely punctate, 2nd 
abdominal segment less closely, 3-5 more finely, nearly smooth ; 2nd large 
yet shorter than the basal. 
Eyes free from thorax, lateral, slightly prominent, obliquely oval and 
quite distinct. Scape implanted before the middle, barely attaining the 
eye. Basal joint of funiculus stout, the next rather longer than broad, 
slender at the base, joints 3-6 short, 7th evidently larger; club ovate. 
Penultimate tarsal joint expanded and sublobate. In the type of the genus 
the penultimate tarsal joint is scarcely at all broader than the 2nd, the 
claws are very minute, and the eyes are flat and indistinct. 
Length (rostrum inclusive), 23 mm.; breadth, 1 mm. 
Gordon’s Knob, near Nelson. Mr. Hall obtained several specimens from 
leaf-mould in November, 1914. 
Group Lamia. 
3946. Somatidia spectabilis sp. nov. Somatidia Thomson, Man. N.Z. 
Coleoptera, p. 600. 
Elongate, narrow, moderately convex, subopaque, variegate; dark 
fuscous, the knees and basal 3 joints of antennae rufo-castaneous, 
remaining joints of the latter fuscous, but testaceous at the base; tibiae 
and tarsi testaceous, the former with a dark apical and larger basal spot ; 
femora somewhat variegate, chiefly castaneous; the body is covered with 
inconspicuous, depressed, slender, ashy pubescence mingled with grey, 
which last forms some spots on the hinder-part of the elytra, the sides near 
the extremity, however, are pale testaceous; on each side of the thorax, 
behind the middle, there is a pale round spot, there is a cordiform one on 
the middle of the apex, and at the middle of the base another of the same 
chocolate hue as the scutellum. 
Head unimpressed and coarsely punctate above, vertical in front. 
Thorax of equal length and breadth, moderately rounded and widest at 
the middle, without inequalities, coarsely punctured. Elytra elongate- 
oval, gradually sloping and attenuate from the hind thighs backwards, of 
the same width as the thorax at the base, fully twice its length, but hardly 
at all broader than it is in the middle; their basal half is coarsely and 
irregularly punctate, the hinder portion, of each, has a duplicate series of 
equally coarse, distant punctures extending almost to the apex; on each 
elytron a distinct costa extends nearly half-way along the middle of the 
basal half; in addition to the ordinary pubescence they bear numerous 
dark, erect, rather short and slender setae. 
Antennae with fine pubescence and pale setae; they attain the top of 
the hind declivity, their elongate 3rd joint almost reaches the base of the 
thorax, the 4th is slightly longer than the next. Legs rather elongate. 
