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greatest width in front of the middle, of a blackish colour, but with 

 a very large and extremely sharply denned pale basal portion. The 

 surface bears numerous coarse but not deep punctures ; on the 

 middle of the pale colour there are four obscure elevations, and on 

 the line of junction of the two colours are four other elevations, two~ 

 on each side like the anterior set, the external being more indistinct 

 than the internal ; the dark posterior portion bears also two small 

 elevations, one in front of the other, on each wing-case. The femora 

 are rather pale at the base, dark at the extremity ; the tibiae are 

 dark at the base, then show a broad pale ring, and their extremity 

 is also pale, as are likewise the tarsi. 



I have much pleasure in naming this interesting little insect after 

 its discoverer. 



Greymouth. Found by Mr. Helms. 



2271. S. Spinicolle, n.s. Shining, cupreo-fuscous ; head and 

 thorax reddish ; legs and antennae chestnut-red, the latter unspotted, 

 tibiae more or less testaceous. 



Differs from S. 'ptinoides, its nearest ally, as follows : Thorax 

 broader at the middle, more narrowed behind, yet more rotundate, 

 with a small spiniforrn tubercle at each side behind the middle 

 directed upwards rather than outwards, the punctures coarser and 

 more distant, so that the interstices are larger and smooth. Elytra 

 more elongate, widest before the middle, disc reddish and glabrous 

 at the middle, clothed with distinct, bright-yellow, decumbent hairs, 

 which do not assume any well-marked pattern ; there are few punc- 

 tures, these are serial, and there are a few near the apices. An- 

 tenna with large oval basal joint ; third very long, about the length 

 of the next four short joints taken together. The body is much 

 more elongate, quite as convex, and the elytra are narrowed to the 

 width of the thorax at the base. 



Length, 2 lines ; breadth, f line. 



Taieri. Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



2272. S. COStifer, n.s. Robust, uneven, variegate. 



Head quite vertical in front, distinctly but not very closely punc- 

 tured ; behind concave, deep-black, opaque, densely covered with 

 black pubescence. Thorax rather broader than long ; the sides 

 regularly rounded, the middle consequently widest, piceous ; disc 

 reddish, with two slightly-raised, smooth, blackish spots ; punctua- 

 tion distinct, closer behind the middle than in front, frontal inter- 

 stices sometimes rather large ; pubescence fine, a bright-yellow elon- 

 gate mark in front of the scutellum, the rest greyish and cinereous, 

 nearly nude in front. Antenna obscure-reddish, joints 2-4 hardly 

 maculate, 5-10 fuscous for about two-thirds the length, terminal 

 testaceous ; fourth longer than fifth, shorter than third. Scutellum 

 large, yellowish-grey. Elytra widest near the middle, oviform, not 

 narrow, slightly wider than thorax at base, rather abruptly deflexed 

 behind ; suture somewhat raised and bent at the base, the elevation 

 continued backwards to near the middle, where it is broader, and 



