OF NEW ZEALAND. 473 



NOTE. This must be regarded as the typical species. Mr. White's 

 description of the head and prothorax is not quite accurate ; the former 

 is punctulate, the latter rugulose, and the colouration of the elytra is 

 variable, sometimes assuming a reddish hue. 



I am indebted to Mr. J. Buchanan, F.L.S., for some specimens of 

 this and other species which he collected at Wellington. I found 

 many others in Auckland districts, where indeed the species is tolerably 

 abundant. 



836. S. sequus, n.s. Rostrum stout, piceous, rather dull, scarcely 

 punctulate ; eyes deeply embedded, not at all prominent, oviform, 

 distant from thorax ; head not so wide as front of thorax, with a shallow 

 elongate impression behind the eyes, otherwise impunctate; scape of 

 antennae dark-rufous, distinctly flexuose at its base in addition to the 

 normal curvature beyond ; funiculus piceous, with the second joint as 

 long but not so stout as the first ; third shorter than the preceding 

 joints but longer than those which follow, the rest about equal. Thorax 

 piceo-rufous, conical, rather broad, without trace of rugose or puncti- 

 form impressions on its disc except a few very fine punctures near the 

 apex, there are also a few lateral wrinkles ; the base is bisinuated and 

 rather strongly produced towards the scutellum, which is rather elongate, 

 sub-oblong. Elytra trigonal, convex, rather broad, with stout produced 

 humeral angles, which are directed laterally without any upward ten- 

 dency ; the posterior tubercles are tufted in front with stiff hairs, the 

 extremity being entire and acute ; these tubercles are unusually broad 

 at their base, and their apex has an inward curve not perceptible in S. 

 tetracanthus ; each bears ten distinct regular rows of large punctures, 

 the larger near the suture ; their colour is obscure-rufous. Legs piceo- 

 rufous, tarsi piceous ; the anterior femora curvedly excised near their 

 apex, the intermediate and posterior are armed with a large compressed 

 acute tooth. The basal and apical tarsal joints are of nearly equal 

 length, the second is triangular, the penultimate truly bilobed, transverse, 

 much shorter than second ; claws simple. 



Length, 4 lines (rostr. incl.). 



I have only seen the specimen which I found at Tairua. 



837- S. penicillatus, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins. Head and 

 thorax black, the latter with a fine purplish hue j elytra of a glossy olive- 

 brown ; legs all black ; head and thorax very smooth ; elytra punctured 

 in lines, but not deeply, the shoulders with a bluntish not very promi- 

 nent angle ; about the middle of the elytra a high regular conical pro- 

 tuberance, blunt at the top and with a pointed tuft of black hairs ; 

 middle femora with a distinct tooth near the end. 



Length, z\ lines. 



Port Nicholson. 



NOTE. This is the most widely distributed species. I have seen 

 specimens from Wellington, Canterbury and Otago, and it is tolerably 

 abundant at Auckland. 



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