LAMIIDAE. 663 



pubescence yellowish, decumbent, irregularly disposed on the elytra, the 

 erect setae slender. 



Head nearly as broad as thoracic apex, almost plane between the 

 antennae, with a few punctures. Thorax very slightly broader than long, 

 rounded and widest near the front, gradually narrowed behind the middle ; 

 distantly, irregularly, and moderately coarsely punctured. Scutellum tri- 

 angular. Elytra subelongate-oval, posterior declivity vertical below the 

 middle, they are 2 J times the length of thorax, and just perceptibly narrower 

 than it is at the base, the punctation like that of the thorax but more seriate ; 

 the lateral space behind each shoulder, the fascia across the top of the 

 declivity, and the suture below it, though darker than the rest of the surface, 

 are not sharply defined. 



Antennae with fine greyish pubescence above and many longer hairs 

 underneath ; they hardly reach the end of the elytra, the third joint just 

 attains the shoulder, the fourth is not discernibly longer than fifth. 



Femora slender at the base but very strongly clavate beyond, the 

 anterior particularly. 



Underside cupreo-fuscous, with slender, elongate grey pubescence. 

 Basal ventral segment in the middle rather longer than the following three 

 together, fourth somewhat incurved behind, fifth rather longer than fourth, 

 subtruncate, sixth very short, slightly emarginate. 



Fern.— Thorax rather shorter, less strongly rounded near the front, with 

 more punctures, femora much less clavate. Fifth ventral segment closely 

 and finely punctate, with a broad shallow groove behind, notched at the 

 apex, longer than preceding two. 5| X 2| mm. 



The femora are similar to those of S. oedemera, but the general appear- 

 ance is more like that of S. crassipes (1438), which, however, is longer and 

 flatter (7 X 2|- mm. ) ; its thorax is a fourth broader than long and less 

 gradually narrowed behind the middle, the posterior declivity is less abrupt, 

 the fourth antennal joint is rather longer than the fifth, and the fifth ventral 

 segment is longer than the preceding two combined and medially emargin- 

 ate at the extremity. 



rj. Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Trentham, near Wellington. The male was discovered by Mr. T. Hall 

 on the 13th November, 1916, just before he embarked for Europe as a 

 volunteer of the 19th Reinforcement, but he had previously secured two 

 females whilst in training at Tauherenikau on the 17th September, 1916. 



Group Eumolpidae. 

 Peniticus Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 626. 

 4252. Peniticus plicatus sp. nov. 



Convex, oviform, glabrous, nitid ; irregularly fuscous and testaceous ; 

 the legs, antennae, middle of thorax, the elytral streaks and apices of the 

 latter hue. 



Head dark, finely and unevenly punctured. Thorax a third broader 

 than long, apex truncate, the base nearly so, widest and rounded at the 

 middle, more narrowed in front than behind, anterior angles deflexed, the 

 posterior distinctly prominent and with a setigerous puncture at the ex- 

 tremity ; the surface moderately, irregularly, and rather distantly punctate. 

 Scutellum large, smooth. Elytra truncate and of the same width as thorax 

 at the base, fully twice its length, rather broader near the hind thighs 

 than elsewhere, considerably narrowed and deflexed posteriorly ; distinctly 



