OF NEW ZEALAND. 845 



Head reticulated. Prothorax as long as broad, sub-conical, with 

 three basal depressions, reticulate, clothed with decumbent yellowish 

 or variegate hairs. Elytra elongate, gaping behind, apices acutely 

 rounded, attenuated towards the extremity; their suture thickened 

 throughout, slightly uneven, but not distinctly carinated ; the 

 humeral region longitudinally elevated ; their clothing mostly yel- 

 lowish and depressed. 



A second example 4 (if lines x f) is much less distinctly marked, 

 but evidently belongs to this species. 



Length, 2-| lines ; breadth, nearly -|-. 



I caught two on the Waitakerei Range, near the residence of 

 Mr. W. Cantwell. 



Group CEDEMERID^S. 



Selenopalpus (p. 419)- 



1502. B. aciphyllse, n.s. Black, a little glossy, legs and 

 antennae infuscate ; body elongate, sub-depressed, pubescent. 



Head somewhat convex, with two elongate inter-ocular de- 

 pressions ; the vertex sparingly, the sides and back closely but not 

 coarsely, punctured, the intervals between the dots densely 

 sculptured ; eyes rather small, not convex, obliquely truncate in 

 front ; last joint of the maxillary palpi thick, widely but not deeply 

 notched. Thorax < quite as broad as long, obtusely distended 

 laterally in front of the middle, sinuously narrowed behind, basal 

 margin distinct ; its surface without well-marked cavities, the 

 sculpture and clothing not materially differing from those on the 

 head. Scutellum sub-triangular, concave. Elytra nearly parallel- 

 sided, humeral angles obtuse, apices slightly gaping and rounded 

 singly ; the disc obsoletely bi-costate, closely and rather coarsely 

 rugose-punctate, with greyish hairs. 



In some respects like S. cyaneus ; the colour far darker, the 

 sculpture dense, the emargination of the terminal joint of the 

 maxillary palpi much wider but not so deep. The posterior femora 

 are only a little incrassated ; the tibiae are arcuated but not 

 thickened near the base nor produced at the apex. The pygidium 

 but little exposed. 



$ . Length, 4^ lines ; breadth, i-|. 



I have one male only, broken, taken off Aciphylla lyallii at 

 Taieri by Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



Sessinia (p. 420). 



I 5Q3- S. lieinoralis, n.s. Elongate, but little convex ; slightly 

 shining, fusco-testaceous, legs flavous, tarsi and palpi very slightly 

 rufescent. 



Head moderately punctured, the interspaces finely punctured, 

 bearing a few fine griseous hairs ; apical joint of maxillary palpi 

 moderately large, widely emarginated behind towards the apex. 

 Prothorax as long as broad, its sides rounded in front and narrowed 

 behind, basal margin distinct ; nearly plane above, its whole surface 

 rather coarsely but not deeply punctated, with the interstices closely 



