OF NEW ZEALAND. 463 



longish keeled protuberances, one on each side of the suture about the 

 middle. 



This species seems to vary much in colour, some specimens being 

 of a light others of a darkish grey. 



Length, 3^ to 4 lines. 



Port Nicholson. 



NOTE. This species occurs in Auckland districts. 



S. pUPUS, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Jany., 1876. S. fere 

 omnino griseo squamulosus ; rostro vix compresso, antice haud cristate, 

 fronte super oculos leviter bituberculata, tuberculis haud setosis ; clava 

 antennarum elongato-ovata, tomentosa, arete articulata ; prothorace non- 

 nihil subquadrato, sed antice subito constricto, supra vix tuberculato ; 

 scutello parvo, transverso ; elytris elongato-subcordatis, supra sub- 

 planatis, leviter tuberculatis, striatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis, lateribus 

 subito deflexis, apicibus divergentibus ; femoribus posticis dente minus 

 prominente ; abdomine segmentis tribus ultimis esquamosis, infuscatis ; 

 tarsis articulo penultimo nigro. 



Long., 3j lin, 



Pitt's Island. 



822. S. brevipennis, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Jany., 

 1876. S. squamulis filiformibus brevibus fere omnino tectus ; rostro 

 capite paulo longiore, antice gibboso, fronte super oculos leviter bitu- 

 berculata, tuberculis haud setosis; occipite longitudinaliter excavato; 

 clava antennarum elongato-ovata, arete articulata ; prothorace capite 

 minore, conico, pone apicem strangulate ; elytris brevibus, leviter 

 striatis, singulis quadrituberculatis, tuberculo juxta suturam pone 

 medium majore, vel cristam triangularem formante, apicibus rotundatis; 

 tibiis fulvis, posticis valde curvatis. 



Long., 2\ lin. 

 Christchurch. 

 Well differentiated, inter alia, by its short elytra rounded at the apices. 



823. S. lawsoni, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., Oct., 1876. 

 Augustus, fuscus, tomento obscure, griseo vel ochraceo, vestitus ; vertice 

 sub-inflato, sequali ; elytris medio tuberculis elevatis duobus, alterisque 

 minoribus ante apicem. 



Long, corp., 4^-5 J mm. 



Clothed with a sub-variegate pubescence, which in character is inter- 

 mediate between scales and hairs. Rostrum scarcely so long as the 

 head, eyes very prominent, the space between them obscurely sulcate, 

 the vertex behind the eyes somewhat swollen, but even and without 

 prominences. Thorax conical, elongate, very narrow in front, and con- 

 siderably constricted. Elytra rather long and narrow; on the middle 

 near the suture each has a rather long elevation, which is laterally com- 

 pressed, and midway between this and the apex is a much smaller 

 tubercle. Legs slender, shaped as in S. curvipes, White, but the four 

 front femora without teeth. 



