1492 COLEOPTEEA 



cavities are contiguous. Abdomen elongate, the basal segment, in 

 the middle, twice the length of the second, the suture between these 

 straight but indistinct. Epipleurae entire, extremely narrow. All 

 the coxa about equally widely separated, globose, and prominent. 

 The anterior femora are articulated to the middle of the coxae, the 

 others to the front and inner face, a peculiarity which does not ob- 

 tain in No. 882. In a reversed specimen of that species (S. linei- 

 thorax) I find that the hind border of the mesosternum, between the 

 coxae, is not raised, but flat. The species may be generically sepa- 

 rated when the sternal structure can be carefully studied. 



Length (rost. excl.), If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. On the ground, amongst fallen leaves. 



Crisius (Gen., p. 500). 



2574. C. fasciculatus, n-s- Piceous, antennae and tarsi red ; 

 squamosity variegate, on the thorax coarse, mostly pitchy, with a 

 streak near each side, and some odd scales, reddish-brown ; on the 

 elytra the -scales are very small, round, and flat, chiefly pale-ferru- 

 ginous, the raised parts are formed of coarse, erect scales or setaa, 

 blackish and testaceous. 



Nostrum longer than thorax, subparallel ; nude and finely sculp- 

 tured in front; with reddish-brown scales behind. Thorax mode- 

 rately closely punctured, its frontal half abruptly contracted, with 

 some pale apical squamae ; the basal portion, in front, with two 

 tufts of nearly black scales, placed near the middle, and one at each 

 side, there are two smaller ones near the base. Scutellum indistinct. 

 Elytra striate-punctate, with oblique shoulders, much narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, their sides with irregular tufts ; at the base, near the middle 

 of each elytron, there is a dark, raised longitudinal streak ; behind 

 each of these there are two dark rounded tufts in line with the back 

 part of the humeral prominence ; before the posterior femur there is 

 a curved, interrupted elevation, extending from the side towards the 

 suture, there is a similar one behind the thigh, the coarser parts are 

 at the side, the squamae on these are blackish or testaceous ; there 

 are, also, three small crests halfway down the declivity, which is 

 paler than the disc. Legs with variegate scales and erect setae. 



Abdomen with small brick-red scales ; the basal segment flat in 

 front but raised backwards, so that the apical middle portion is on a 

 higher level than the others ; the second, third, and fourth on the 

 middle, and near the sides, blackish, the fifth also dark at the 

 sides and apex, which is rounded. 



Near C. picicollis. The antennae longer and more slender, 

 second joint of the funiculus nearly twice the length of the first, 3-7 

 bead-like ; club more elongate and narrower ; the tibiae slightly 

 curved above ; the tarsi evidently longer and narrower, &c. 



VAK. Squamosity infuscate or testaceous, less distinctly marked. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2-2J; breadth, 1-lf lines. 



Maketu, Hunua Bange. Three, on the ground. 



