646 COLEOPTERA 



labrum short; mandibles robust, bifid at the extremity and furnished 

 with a sharp tooth near the base; lobes of \hejaws about equal, ciliated. 

 Palpi four-jointed, the first very small, second and third obconical, 

 fourth elongate, subquadrangular, truncated or rounded at the end, not 

 securiform. Under-lip trapezoidal. Ligula short, truncated in front. 

 Eyes rather large, entire, rather straight behind. Antenna slender and 

 short, not attaining the middle of the pronotum, eleven-jointed, the 

 three last enlarged and forming an obtuse ovate club ; sometimes they 

 are apparently ten-jointed, owing to the two basal joints being indistinctly 

 separated. Pronotum transversal, submarginate anteriorly, lateral mar- 

 gins slightly convex, a little convergent in front, posterior edge arcuated, 

 or subrounded opposite the scutellum, sinuated at each side of the 

 middle, hind angles nearly straight and not acute. Scutellum small, 

 triangular. Elytra short-oval, moderately convex, almost margined ; 

 epipleurcz moderate. Mesostemum large, wide, sub-sinuate in front. 

 Abdomen composed of five segments ; abdominal plates variable. Legs 

 short, tibiae sub-compressed, almost arcuated externally. Tarsal claws 

 with large appendicles. 



1129. S. eximius, n.s. Oblong-oval, moderately convex, sparsely 

 pilose, reddish-testaceous, the head and middle of thorax infuscate, 

 antennae testaceous, legs and palpi yellowish. Last joint of palpi thick, 

 obliquely truncate at apex. Eyes transversal, moderately facetted. Head 

 with a depression between the eyes, punctate, and clothed with rather 

 long yellowish hairs. Prothorax much broader than long, base bisinuated 

 (i.e.. lobed in the middle and obliquely truncated beyond), sides 

 rounded and considerably narrowed anteriorly, margined, apex very 

 little emarginated ; its surface is finely and irregularly punctured, and 

 clothed with pale yellow hairs. Scutellum triangular. Elytra ovate and 

 convex, margined, widest behind the middle ; their surface finely and 

 rather closely punctured ; on each elytron there is a small fuscous, 

 transverse spot near the middle, and beyond this, just at the declivous 

 portion of the side of the disc, there is a curved series of irregularly- 

 formed fuscous spots which extend towards the apex, meeting the cor- 

 responding series at the suture, so as to form the letter U on the elytra, 

 but the spots are not dark enough in colour to be very conspicuous ; 

 their anterior portion is principally clothed with short fuscous hairs, but 

 intermingled with others of a pale yellow colour, these latter indeed not 

 very obvious, except near the apex, where they occupy an obliquely- 

 curved space. 



Tibiae, pilose, nearly straight externally, but a little arcuated on the 

 inner side ; the claws with a large tooth near the base. The antenna 

 nearly attain the base of the prothorax. 



Length, nearly 2 lines. 



I found rny unique specimen at Tairua. 



1130. S. flaviMrtuS, n.s. Ovate, convex, clothed with yellow 

 hairs, head, thorax, legs, and antennae yellowish, elytra bluish. Head 

 punctate. Prothorax transverse, margined, base bisinuated, apex emar- 

 ginated, rounded laterally and narrowed in front ; its surface is rather 



