1114 COLEOPTERA 



The elytra are only obsoletely striate, but the striae can be well 

 distinguished, owing to the setae being absent, or nearly so, along 

 their course. 



Grey mouth. Helms ; two examples, in bad preservation. 



1974. S. fulvipes, n.s. Broad, a little nitid; head obscure- 

 red, legs almost fulvescent, thorax and elytra pale rufo-castaneous, 

 tarsi red, antennae flavous ; clothed with fine, distinct, yellow setae. 



Thorax twice as broad as long, its sides slightly and almost regu- 

 larly curvate, hind angles nearly rectangular ; its punctuation shal- 

 low, not close, the setae short. Elytra similarly clothed, with 

 rather broad but shallow striae, most distinct near the base and 

 apex. Anterior tibia curved, inwardly dilated at the extremity, 

 slightly oblique there, tridentate externally; the middle and hind 

 tarsi rather broad and short. Head normal. 



Allied to S. setosus, Sharp ; the thorax indistinctly impressed 

 longitudinally. 



Length, 2J; breadth, If lines. 



Napier (Forty-mile Bush). One individual, probably a female, 

 sent by Mr. H. Suter. 



Group- APHODIID JE . 



Phycochus, 



1975. P. lobatus, n.s. Shining, nigro-fuscous, legs reddish, 

 ta-rsi and palpi fulvescent ; convex, ovate, broadest behind, glabrous 

 above. 



Very much like P. graniceps. In that species, however, the granu- 

 late frontal portion is marked off from the smooth back part by two 

 broad oblique depressions ; in this species the occiput too is smooth, 

 but the granulate part does not seem so much raised, owing to the 

 absence of the depressions, and the granules are not so close. 

 Thorax strongly transverse, strongly rounded laterally, its angles 

 obsolete, the sides with some fine denticles so as to appear sub- 

 crenulate, with a distinct groove along the base, slightly angulate or 

 lobate in front of the scutellum ; in P. graniceps it is just the re- 

 verse, the middle of the base being slightly incurved, though at first 

 sight appearing truncate. Elytra with five or six shallow striae on 

 each, the sutural least distinct, whereas in P. graniceps the sutural 

 stria is the only one that can be easily seen. 



The tarsi are only triarticulate, and are without claws, but are 

 provided with setae. The antenna are inserted on the lower surface 

 of the head, the sides being widely hollowed for their accommoda- 

 tion. The epipleurce, are broad at the base, linear behind. The 

 femora scarcely extend beyond the sides of the body ; the tibia are 

 very thick and rather scabrous. The posterior trochanters are 

 elongate. The insect looks like a Pericoptus in miniature. 



Length, If lines ; breadth, -| line. 



Taranaki. One found on the sea-shore. , 



