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247- S. priSCa, Sharp; Trans. Entom. Soc., 1874, /. 507. 

 Obscure rufa, elytris sanguineis, capita thoraceque parce, longius, 

 abdomine dense pubescentibus ; antennis crassiusculis, articulis quatuor 

 penultimis leviter transversls ; capite angulis posterioribus rotundatis. 



Long, corp., 2^ mm. 



Mas. Abdomine segmentis 3 , 4que apice tuberculis duobus elonga- 

 tis, 5 transversim depresso, apice emarginato. 



Antenna with the first joint stout and elongate, second joint small, 

 sub-globular ; third joint similar in shape to second but still smaller 

 than it ; joints four to ten differing little from one another ; eleventh 

 joint hardly as broad as the tenth, but a little longer than it, obtusely 

 pointed. Head small and short, with two small fovese on the vertex, 

 and with a fine channel separating the short flattened frontal tubercles, 

 this channel expanding a little behind, so as to appear as if it terminated 

 in a very small fovea. Thorax sub-cordate, with a large quadrate 

 impression on the disc behind the middle, and close to each hind angle 

 of this a very small fovea, and with a larger fovea on each side. 

 Elytra about one and a half times as long as the thorax, a little nar- 

 rowed towards the shoulders, each with a sutural stria, which towards 

 the base is very deeply impressed, and between this and the shoulder 

 with a coarse elongate impression ; this impression appears to be nearly 

 divided into two near its base. The hind-body is broad and its exposed 

 portion is slightly longer than the elytra. 



Several specimens of this species have been sent me by Mr. 

 Edwards ; they come from New Zealand. 



NOTE. This species should be placed at the top of the list, as its 

 description indicates the general form and sculpture of almost all the 

 others ; the basal intra-humeral impression is sometimes divided on one 

 elytron but not on the other ; the structure of the antennae of all the 

 species is pretty much the same. I found this species as well as 6". 

 major at Tairua ; the latter may be recognized by the form of the head, 

 which is angulated and rather prominent behind, at the sides. 



248. S. misella, Sharp; Trans. Entom, Soc., 1874, /. 508. 

 Obscure rufa, elytris sanguineis ; antennis articulis penultimis transversis; 

 elytris abdomine multo brevioribus. 



Long, corp., 2.\ mm. 



Mas. A femina notis sexualibus externis vix distinguendus. 



This species is very closely allied to . prisca, but is readily dis- 

 tinguished therefrom, by its much shorter elytra and metasternum ; its 

 antenna are also more slender, and their fifth joint is notably thinner ; 

 the hind-body is broader towards the extremity ; and the remarkably 

 conspicuous male characters of S. prisca are in S. misella entirely 

 wanting. 



About two dozen specimens of this species have been sent by Mr. 

 Edwards from New Zealand. It is from a dissected specimen of this 

 species that the generic characters have been drawn. 



249. S. parva, Sharp; Trans. Entom. Soc., 1874, /. 508. 

 Corpore antice fortiter angustato. Obscure rufa, elytris sanguineis ; 



