Genera luni Species or' Xew Zeahinl Coleoplera. 57 



3r(l joint twice tiic N-nf^tli of tlir '2u(l ; 1—8 of nearly e(|M:iI 

 len'jtli, l)iit l)eeoniiii{i more slender, terminal three joints 

 niinnfelv pnheseent. 



Li'f/s eloii'^ate jiih) inacnlafe. 



Vin/ersitlf nijrro-t'useons, with (hpresserl oehry set:c. 

 Kpiplenrjc broad and ])lano. 



Undonhtcdiy nearly allied to .9. sim/jfr.r, but diffi-rinsj 

 therefrom in its broader thorax, m hieh, moreover, is (juite 

 distinetly ncdnse ahove ; the hnmeral angles are wider and 

 less ronnded. atid the rlytral nodosities arc more numerous, 

 thonf^li very mneh smaliei- than those seen on .S'. cre/ui/ns, 

 S. (iorsa/is, and .S. hnUittuK. 



J<,en«,'th 4i-r.^, breadth lJ-2 lines. 



Ptlorus Sonnd. I'Onud by .Mr. J. J. Walker. 



Var. — Joints 4 and 5 of the antennie sli<i;htly lonj^'or, more 

 slender, and hss setose. Thorax narrower, 1^ line. Tiie 

 antemcdian elytral n()ilo^itil•s dbsolcic. This probably i'^ 'i 

 sixnal variety. 



I'drdjilnjhi r stti'iiiilisj sp. n. 



SvhqiKiilniti', covered with a hard coating of fnseons sapnv 

 n atter, thronjjh this some dark set;e protrndc ; when de- 

 nndcd the surface is found t*) be slightly shining infuscate 

 red. 



//eorf smooth, niueh wider in line Mith tlie eyes tban it is 

 elsewliere. so that these organs H|)pear very [)rominent ; the 

 elypens is a little longer and narrower than is the ease in 

 /*. hitioddniis, and there is a tine central longitudinal groove 

 between the eyes wliieh is lacking in that species. Antetuue 

 with the basal joint transversely quadrate and ha' ing a very 

 slender basal attachment ; 2nd hardly longer than 1st; .'inl 

 stout, oviform, about twice the length of the preceding one ; 

 joints 4—8 oviform, each becoming sl-ghtly shorter and 

 narrower, all tliesc more or less dark and somewhat scaljrons ; 

 litli triangular, longer than broad, slender at base, distinetly 

 longer than 8th, lOth of similar form, but rather shorter 

 and broader, 11th rotundate — these last three red, with less 

 and finer pubescence, their outstanding setsc also arc much 

 finer. Thorax cordiform, transverse ; the side-*, when 

 cleaned, a])pcar Hat, with an ol)tuse lateral lobe partially 

 covering the front thigh; behind this they arc curvcdiy 

 narrowed, so that tliere is no trace of posterior angles; the 

 disk is abruptly elevated, and bears two conspicuous nodosities 

 in front, w hieh are separated by a deep channel. Scutelluin 

 obsolete. Ehjtra quadrate, abruptly deflexed and contracted 

 a[iically, their basal portion depressed and dce[ily incurved; 



