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thorax, however, is more strongly rounded and narrower, and more 

 distantly punctured. The elytra are similarly marked, but have 

 only about half as many punctures, these are almost entirely confined 

 to the basal portion, the crests between the posterior femora are 

 small but distinct, the two before the middle are quite obsolete. 

 The head is a little more elongated in front, and the punctures visible 

 in S. antarctica are almost altogether absent. The antenna are 

 slightly longer than the body, the third joint is about one-fourth 

 longer than the following one. 



$ . Length, 2f lines; breadth, 1 line. 



Moeraki. I am indebted to Mr. Sandager for my specimen. 



2275. S. signata 5 n - s - Body nearly black, densely covered 

 with dark and yellowish, moderately coarse, depressed hairs, and 

 numerous erect seta3 or hairs ; the yellowish hairs cover most of the 

 thoracic disc, and on the elytra form a broad space across the 

 middle, which mark is prolonged at the suture to the base, on either 

 side of the hind slope there is another yellowish patch; the legs 

 also variegate, the tarsi and the larger portion of each tibia tes- 

 taceous. 



Antenna stout, reaching beyond the hind thighs, obscure-reddish, 

 tipped with black ; basal joint very thick and densely pubescent, 

 third quite twice the length of the fourth or fifth. Thorax broadest 

 before the middle, much narrowed behind, with a denticle on each 

 side just behind the middle ; its punctuation moderately close and 

 coarse. Elytra widest just before the middle, much narrower near 

 the base, more gradually behind ; their punctures rather distant, 

 concealed or altogether absent on some parts, small but distinct 

 behind. 



One of the S. ptinoides section, most nearly related to S. spini- 

 collis. In one example sent for examination and returned to Mr. 

 Sandager the coloration is better defined. The black forms a fascia 

 behind the posterior femora with an apical prolongation along the 

 suture, and a large humeral area which is furcate behind, extending 

 obliquely downwards along the side arid also towards the suture ; 

 the thorax, too, is nearly all blackish. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, -| line. 



Moeraki. Mr. Sandager forwarded two specimens. 



Tetrorea. 



2276. T. longipennis, n.s. (Sharp; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 445.) Angustula, nigra, supra olivaceo-nigra, elytris pube 

 pallida ornatis, pedibus antennisque rufescentibus, griseo-vestitis, 

 fusco-maculatis ; thorace ad latera obtuse tuberculato, disco t'ortiter 

 punctate, obsolete bituberculato. 



Long., 10mm. 



I have seen only a single example of this insect ; though similar 

 to T. sellata it is much smaller, and is readily distinguished by the 

 large extent of the pale patch of the wing-cases ; this extends back- 

 wards beyond the middle, becoming attenuate behind, and then ex- 



