412 Capt. T. Broun on new 



Schylus ntgri'coUisj sp. n. 



Suhopaque, rostnim and thorax pitchy black, elytra and 

 legs rut'escent, the antennje and tarsi yellowish red. 



Bostrujyi more or less obviously tricarinate, with some 

 scale-like yellowish sette behind. Antennce slender, sparsely 

 pubescent ; second joint quite as long as the first, joints 3 to 7 

 decrease in length. Thorax about as long as broad, gradually 

 narrowed anteriorly, not constricted there; closely and coarsely 

 punctate, nearly nude, there being only a small patch of 

 depressed round tawny scales near each hind angle. Elytra 

 a little wider behind the shoulders than at the base, cordi- 

 form, apparently striate-punctate, densely covered with varie- 

 gated yellow hair-like scales and erect setse. Legs long and 

 stout, with clothing similar to that on the elytra. 



Underside piceous, sparingly clothed with fine yellowish 

 setse. 



There can be no difficulty in identifying this insect. The 

 nearly bare black thorax forms a marked contrast to the con- 

 spicuously and brightly pubescent hind body. 



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



Mount Pirongia, Te Aroha, and Papakure. One found at 

 each place within the last two years, on the ground. 



SceJodolichus polituSy sp. n. 



Glossy^ black ; rostrum piceo-rufous, antennse and tarsi 

 ferruginous, tibiae inf uscate ; squamosity depressed and elon- 

 gate, tawny and grey, unequally distributed, the setae erect, 

 slender, fuscous. 



Rostrum hardly as long as the thorax, indistinctly punc- 

 tured in front, squamose behind. Scape short, gradually 

 incrassate. Z^^i^Tzzcw/ws double the length of the scape; second 

 joint more slender than the first, but quite as long ; 3 to 7 

 decrease in length. Cluh oblong-oval, nearly as long as the 

 scape. Thorax convex, longer than broad, its sides a little 

 rounded behind the middle ; the frontal portion almost 

 abruptly depressed, with a few punctures, the rest of the 

 surface smooth and polished. Elytra elongate-ovate, very 

 convex, on a higher plane than the thorax, their shoulders 

 so rounded as not to exceed the thorax in width ; their basal 

 portion is covered with slender tawny scales partially bordered 

 behind with grey ; the middle is bare, the posterior de- 

 clivity is very sparingly clothed, principally with greyish 

 scales or setse ; they are striate-punctate ; the sculpture is 

 nowhere deep and becomes obsolete behind. Legs elongate. 



