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lines, and three shallow impressed at the end of each elytron between 

 these and the suture. 



Length, if lines. 



New Zealand (Capt. Parry). 



NOTE. This is the only species I have not succeeded in finding, 

 I suspect it was found at Wellington. 



Sternaulax. 



I have not been able to find the description of this genus, but th 

 subjoined characters agree with those of *$". zealandicus^ Marseul. 



Mandibles prominent, very strong, strongly dentate inwardly. Head 

 moderately large ; the epistome without any visible suture ; antennal 

 orbits angular ; labrum transverse, concave and a little hollowed in 

 front ; the vertex defined by a distinct groove proceeding from the 

 front part of the eye and continued across the back part of the head ; 

 eyes transversal, rounded in front, truncated behind. Antenna inserted 

 in deep foveiform scrobes below their orbits immediately in front of the 

 eyes ; they are eleven-jointed, terminated by an oval, solid, indistinctly 

 three-jointed club ; the basal joint is stout, and as long as the next 

 seven conjointly, incised at its apex, which has an outer spine-like 

 process. Chin-piece of prosternum prominent ; the prosternal p7'ocess 

 limited by the mesosternum, rather narrow, rounded at the end, and 

 grooved at each side ; antennal cavities large ; mesosternum short, the 

 metasternum large. The basal abdominal segment is as large as the 

 next four taken together. The front tibia are nearly straight inwardly, 

 but curved externally, and dilated, with a long flexuose tarsal furrow, the 

 exterior edge strongly toothed ; the other two pairs are dilated, and 

 armed with spine-like teeth. Thorax transverse, its apex emarginated, 

 base curved outwardly, and the sides a little rounded anteriorly. Propy- 

 gidium curved in front, the pygidium sub-triangular. 



293. S. zealandiCUS, Marseul / = S. laevis, Sharp, Ent. Mon. 

 Mag., vol. xiii., p. 24. Nigerrimus, nitidus ; thorace margine laterali 

 subtili integra, basi medio foveolata ; elytris basi quadri-impressis, stria 

 unica externa integra. 



Long, corp., 7^ mm. 



Thorax with the lateral margin very fine, but distinct throughout, 

 near the front angles it is more distinct than behind, parallel with it 

 some fine punctures, which extend also part of the way along the base 

 where indeed they are coarser than at the sides. Elytra very smooth 

 and shining, with four impressions at the base, from the outer one of 

 which there starts a stria, which, though much sinuated and very near 

 the side, reaches the apex and is there deeper than elsewhere ; at the 

 extremity of the elytra are three or four abbreviated striae, the outer one 

 forms the termination of the lateral stria just described, and the one 

 next it is continued some distance forward, though extremely fine in the 

 front part, and is widely separated from the external srria. From the 

 first (internally) and third of the basal impressions, there proceeds an 



