OF NEW ZEALAND. 1483 



minent, large, placed near the front. Mesosternum short, with a 

 triangular process between the middle coxae which meets the acutely- 

 marginated projection of the metasternum, the middle coxae only 

 slightly separated. Metasternum very short, so that the margins of 

 the middle and hind coxal cavities nearly touch each other. Pos- 

 terior coxa moderately distant, the intervening abdominal suture 

 subtruncate. Abdomen large, the suture between the two basal 

 segments almost obliterated, third and fourth segments not much 

 abbreviated. EpipUura narrow. 



The short, broad, convex, brightly-polished insect which forms 

 the type of this genus has no near ally that I know of. 



2562. S. politus, n.s. Glossy, the thorax with very few grey, 

 hair-like scales in front, a few between the eyes, and about a dozen 

 erect ones on each elytron ; red, the rostrum and thorax sometimes 

 pitchy-red, legs yellowish, sometimes infuscate, antennae red. 



Hostrum with a few fine punctures. Antennae inserted before 

 the middle of the rostrum, funiculus pubescent. Thorax with 

 rounded sides, a little depressed and constricted in front, disc con- 

 vex, with fine remote punctures. Elytra finely margined laterally, 

 convex, base depressed, almost free from sculpture, there being only 

 a few fine punctures which are sometimes arranged in rows. 



Underside red, finely punctured, with slender, decumbent, yellow 

 hairs. 



Length (rost. excl), f| ; breadth, nearly ^ line. 



Maketu, Hunua Kange. Three specimens, found on the ground 

 amongst decaying leaves. 



Aganeuma. 



Nov. gen. 



It-os tr-wm moderately elongate, parallel, arched, not slender. 

 Scrobes beginning near apex, attaining the eyes, well marked 

 throughout. Head immersed up to the eyes, globose below. An- 

 tenna inserted near the apex. Scape barely reaching the eye, 

 thickened towards the extremity. Funiculus 7-articulate, first 

 joint largest, second longer than broad, 3-5 subquadrate, sixth and 

 seventh bead-like, a little broader than the preceding ones; club 

 ovate, articulated. Eyes small, obliquely oval, coarsely facetted. 

 Thorax without ocular lobes, base and apex truncate, oviform, not 

 transverse. Scutellum minute. Elytra a little wider than the 

 thorax at the base, each very slightly rounded towards the suture, 

 ovate. Legs stout, femora simple; tibia stout, slightly flexuous, 

 strongly mucronate at the inner extremity. Tarsi pubescent, their 

 third joint narrow and bilobed; claws small. Prosternum with a 

 semicircular emargination in front, somewhat elevated between this 

 and the coxce ; these are large, prominent, and quite contiguous. 

 Metas tern um short and convex, it projects forward as a narrow, 

 acute process, which meets the nearly vertical, narrow, mesosternal 

 process, between the middle coxae ; these, therefore, are nearly con- 



