418 Capt. T. Broun on new 



Rostrum as long as broad, closely and rather coarsely 

 punctured ; black, with scanty pubescence. Thorax about as 

 long as broad, much narrowed towards the front, its carina a 

 little curved and extending about halfway along each side ; 

 the surface closely but not coarsely punctured. Scutellum 

 oviform, small, raised, with yellow tomentum. Elytra not 

 distinctly depressed before the middle and without distinct 

 elevations, the apices broadly rounded towards the suture ; 

 they bear series of fine punctures ; the sutural series form 

 strias and converge posteriorly, so that near the extremity they 

 almost touch the suture. 



Antennce nearly glabrous ; their second joint is larger than 

 the exposed portion of the first, and is nodiform at the apex ; 

 the third is about one half longer than the second, but hardly 

 any larger than the fourth ; the ninth is rather longer than 

 broad and subtriangular ; tenth transverse ; eleventh conical. 



The eyes barely touch the thorax, and are similar to those 

 of ^. vates; the thoracic carina and angles are similar; the 

 scutellum is narrower and more elevated ; the maculation of 

 the elytra differs but little, though the colour does. 



Length (rostr. inch) 2^, breadth | line. 



Ohaupo, near Mr. Kusab's mill. One, January 1893. 



Group Lamiidae. 

 Somatidia picticornej sp. n. 



Variegate; thorax pale yellowish-chestnut, covered with 

 depressed yellowish hairs, these are more scanty in front, its 

 sides pitchy brown ; elytra of a similar pale colour, but 

 across the middle a broad ill-defined space bears greyish 

 hairs ; behind this pale space there is a dark irregular band, 

 which is prolonged near each side towards the shoulder, but 

 becomes of a lighter brown there ; the hind slope is more or 

 less spotted ; on the disk, just before the middle, there are two 

 small blackish spots ; front femora fuscous, testaceous at the 

 base, the other pairs almost wholly testaceous ; tihicB testa- 

 ceous, with a black spot below the knee and another lower 

 down ; antennce variegate, two basal joints reddish, third 

 fuscous, paler at base; 4 to 10 testaceous, tipped with black. 



Thorax hardly broader than long, its sides only moderately 

 rounded, moderately closely and coarsely punctured in front ; 

 behind the middle the dots are rather less numerous and are 

 partially concealed by the pubescence; there is a slight 

 swelling near the scutellum, but there are no tubercles. 

 Elytra oviform, much wider near the middle than elsewhere, 

 of the same width as the thorax at the base ; the punctures 

 near the base are rather irregular, the large punctures on the 



