124 ^Ir. II. W. Bates on the Longicom 



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 ; 

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

 base ; each elytron has two small tufts of hair. Long. 2-5^-3 

 lines. 



Port Nicholson; also Auckland [Mr. Laivson). 



Somatidia ptino'ides J n. sp. 



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

 grosse punctato ; clytris a medio usque ad basin fortiter angustatis 

 humcris nullis, macula utrinque exteriore basali, fascia mediana 

 maculaque apicali suturali uigris, penicillis nullis; autennis et 

 pedibus rufescentibus. Long. ] g-2i lin. 



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

 of the antennae is very short. 



Stenellipsis, nov. gen. 



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

 Caput exsertum, inter antennas modice late concavura, fronte 

 quadrata. Palpi subelongati, robusti, articulis ultimis fusiformi- 

 bus. Thorax transversus, antice et postice constrictus, medio 

 convexo, lateribus tumidis, inermibus. Ehjtra convexa, prope 

 basin transversim depressa, apice obtuse rotundata, fere tnmcata ; 

 stria suturali solum impressa, versus basin abbreviata. Acetahula 

 nntica et intermedia extus clausa. Prosternum inter coxas vix 

 arcuatum, angustissimum, apice dilatatum ; mesostemum ob- 

 lougum, yix declive. Mesothora.v paululum abbreviatus. Pedes 

 elongati ; coxae magnae, globosaj ; femora fortiter clavata ; tibiae 

 intermediae extus leviter emarginatae ; tarsi vix elongati, articulo 

 primo caeteris subaequali ; ungues divaricati. Antennce corpore 

 triente longiores, graciles, sparsim ciliata3 ; artieiilo primo basi 

 extus subito sed modice dilatato, caeteris elougatis 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 Acanthocinince (e. g. Driopea). The 

 metathorax, without being conspicuously abbreviated as in the 

 DorcadionincBj is so much shortened that the distance between 

 the middle and posterior coxas is somewhat less than that 

 between the anterior and the middle. The prosternum also, 

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

 Xylotoles. The head is of precisely the same shape. 



