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visibly punctured, and is clothed with fine whitish-grey hairs. The 

 elytra are rather elongate, with not very prominent shoulders, and taper 

 a little towards the apex, which is obtusely rounded (singly) ; there is. 

 on each, a slight basal elevation, and behind this a moderate, transverse 

 depression, not appreciably affecting the sutural region ; each elytron 

 bears an impressed sutural line not reaching the base, and a few punc- 

 tures in front ; the ground-colour is partially concealed by the clothing, 

 which is rather dense and variegated, consisting of pale-grey and fuscous 

 hairs; the latter predominates as a- broad, medial, curved fascia, two 

 quadrate basal, two elongate apical, and many smaller, spots distributed 

 over their surface. 



The colour is not constant, in some examples it is reddish, and in 

 others the markings are not well-defined. 



Length, 3 lines. 



The above description is from specimens which I collected at Auck- 

 land, Tairua, and Whangarei. 



1059. S. latipennis, Bates / Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Aug., 1874. 

 6". latior, elytris oblongo-ovatis, ad humeros thoracis basi fere duplo 

 latioribus. Chalybeo-nigra, subtiliter cinereo-pubescens, antennis (scapo 

 excepto) tibiisque basi et unguibus castaneis ; thorace breviore, medio 

 rotundato, Isevi ; elytris cinereis, guttis majoribus rotundis lineatim ordi- 

 natis, ad basin, in medio et versus apicem in plagas aggregatis. 



Long., 3 lin. 



A true Stenellipsis, although differing from its congeners by the 

 broader shoulders of the elytra; the latter have an obtuse elevation near 

 the scutellum and a few punctures arranged in rows ; with this exception 

 the body is smooth and clothed with very fine laid pile, as in the other 

 species. 



Auckland (Mr. Lawson) ; one example. 



NOTE. The species occurs sparingly at Tairua and Whangarei, and 

 is, like the others, somewhat variable. 



1060. S. pumila, Pascoe\ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. S. 

 subparallela, ferruginea, tenuiter pubescens : capite nigro, fronte planata ; 

 tuberibus antenniferis brevissimis ; antennis corpore longioribus, articulis 

 tertio quartoque elongatis, sequalibus ; prothorace transverso, utrinque 

 valde tumido, subtiliter punctato ; elytris parallelis, irregulariter punc- 

 tatis, linea nigra obscura arcuata a basi usque ad marginem exteriorem 

 postice terminata, notatis ; femoribus valde clavatis ; tarsi's articulo pen- 

 ultimo anguste bilobo. 



Long., i J lin. 

 Waikato (Capt. Hutton). 



This is very different from the species described by Mr. Bates ; it 

 may be regarded as an aberrant form. 



Psilocnseia. 



Bates ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Aug., 1874. 



Gen. Xylotoli affine, sed corpore lineari, et metasterno haud abbre- 

 viate. Linearis, subdepressa. Antenna corpore paulo longiores ; arti- 



