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antennae red, and the palpi clear, almost pellucid, testaceous, and rather 

 long. 



Head moderately large and apparently impunctate, with a distinct 

 foveiform groove at each side in front. Prothorax transverse, a good 

 deal rounded towards the front ; its punctation not very obvious, rather 

 fine, but more distinct along the base. The elytra are quite impunctate; 

 each with three very fine, somewhat curved stride near the side, and an 

 abbreviated and even less distinct one nearer the suture. Pygidium 

 punctate. The anterior tibia very finely, scarcely perceptibly, serrated on 

 the outer edge. 



Length, f line. 



Described from one specimen which I found at Tairua. 



Saprinus. 



Erichson; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii.,/. 274. 



Mandibles prominent, curved, and crossed at their extremity, un- 

 armed, or denticulated. Head moderate, prolonged as a quadrangular 

 muzzle. Antenna inserted in front of the eyes, their basal articulation 

 exposed ; their club oval, or sub-globular, in general of moderate size. 

 Antenna I cavities situated on the sides of the prosternum, the club being 

 received into an incision of the front under-side of prosternum ; the 

 prothorax bisinuated at its base, more or less narrowed, and a little 

 emarginated in front. Propygidium transversal, oblique ; pygidium 

 . large, curvilinearly triangular and vertical. Legs moderate ; anterior 

 tibiae wide, their external edge furnished with teeth and ciliated, the 

 tarsal groove superficial ; the other tibiae much narrower, with a row of 

 hair-like spines on the outside, and, in general, inwardly ciliated. 

 Prosternum rather narrow, truncated, and furrowed at each side ; meso- 

 stermim transverse, sinuated in front. Body short, thick, quadrate, oval, 

 or elliptical. 



296. S. pSGUdOCyaneuS, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 8. 

 Body polished, greenish-black, thorax sometimes purplish-black, legs 

 and antennae pitchy-red, the club of the latter fuscous, sub-globular and 

 a little pointed. Head finely punctured. Thorax transversal, narrowed 

 and rounded anteriorly ; distinctly punctured along the sides, near the 

 front angles, and along the base, with a larger impression at the middle 

 of the basal margin ; the lateral punctation does not extend to the rim. 

 Scutellum small. The marginal stria of the elytron is continued along 

 the apex, up the side of the suture, is bent near the base, and from 

 thence prolonged backwards to beyond the middle, and the sutural and 

 discoidal portions are punctured ; three other, somewhat curved, striae 

 proceed from the base near the shoulder, and terminate in the large, 

 densely punctured space near the apex. The propygidium is much 

 curved, the pygidium is large, and both are strongly punctured. The 

 fore tibia bears externally four large teeth near the extremity, and 

 several smaller ones near the base, the edge being ciliated ; the other 



