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distinct sutural and intra-humeral stria, the lateral convergent near the 

 apex, and the shoulder is somewhat elevated. 



The antenna of the male are shorter and stouter than those of the 

 female, with the penultimate joint nearly as broad as the obtuse ter- 

 minal one ; the female has longer and more slender antennae, with the 

 apical joint more oviform. 



In both sexes the tarsi are elongate. 



In the male the colour is pale castaneous, the other sex being of a 

 shining red, with yellowish legs, antennae, and palpi. 



Length, f line. 



I found two males and one female at Tairua. 



Group SCYDDOENID^E. 



Ligula small, horny, bilobed or emarginated ; its paraglossae elon- 

 gate and free at the extremity. Maxillary palpi very long, with four 

 joints, the terminal very small, conical or acicular ; the labial short, two- 

 or three-jointed. The two lobes of the maxilla ciliated and unarmed. 

 Antenna eleven-jointed, frequently gradually incrassated, and partly 

 moniliform. Elytra covering the abdomen. Abdomen composed of six 

 segments. Legs long ; all the coxae conical and prominent, the poste- 

 rior distant ; tarsi five-jointed ; claws simple. Body apterous. 



Scydmeenus. 



Latreille ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii.,/. 135. 



Mentum transversal, slightly tridented in front. Ligula narrowed at 

 its base, bilobed at the extremity. Labial palpi very short, three-jointed, 

 the first not very distinct ; the maxillary elongated, their first joint very 

 small, second elongate, slender, and a little arched, third also long, 

 thickened, obconical, fourth very small, subulate, or conical. Mandibles 

 short, often wide at the base, arched, terminated by a very sharp arched 

 point, sometimes with a tooth on the inner side. Labrum very short, 

 its angles rounded. Head subglobular, or triangularly-ovate, sometimes 

 with a neck, sometimes immersed in the thorax. Eyes small, a little 

 convex. Antenna rather long, thickening gradually towards their extre- 

 mity, or having them terminated by a club of three, four, or five joints, 

 the others (save the two first) almost moniliform. Prothorax of variable 

 form, a little narrower than the elytra. Elytra connate, oval or oblong. 

 Legs long, simple ; tarsi cylindrical, the anterior a little dilated among 

 the males, their first and second joints longer than the others. Meso- 

 sternum more or less carinated. Body oval, a little narrowed in front, 

 often pubescent. 



264. S. edwardsi, Sharp; Trans. Ent. Soc., 1874, /. 515. 

 ElongatuS) angustus ; piceo-rufus, nitidus pube suberecta parcius 

 vestitus ; oculis mediocribus ; antennis elongatis, gracilibus ; palpis 



