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sniootli, but uilh a sliort furrow boliiiul along tlic middle. 

 Ventral segments finely punctate, but Mithout other marks. 



Length 1|, breadth | line. 



Clevedon. 



The unique damaged specimen found about thirty years 

 ago at Tairua (no. ()2'J) was referred to Apatc, but the ea})tui-e 

 of two more recently on the Hunua Range enal)les me to 

 define the position of the species more accurately, so I 

 thought it advisable to redescribe it. 



Group Lamiidae. 

 Sumatidia testudu, sp. n. 



Convex, moderately elongate, slightly nitid, rather sparsely 

 ])nbcseent, rufo-fuscous ; the base, sides, apex, and a post- 

 median fascia of the elytra fuscous. 



Thorax transverse, its greater portion rounded laterally, 

 widest at the middle, much i^arrowed, almost constricted, 

 near the base ; its surface is moderately coarsely and irregu- 

 larly [juncturcd except on a large triangular discoidal space, 

 ■which is quite smooth ; its clothing is yellowish, decumbent, 

 and scanty, but more concentrated before the scutellum. 

 Elytra rather elongate, broadest before the middle; their 

 })ul)escence is very fine, depressed, and ash-coloured, there 

 are also numerous short, erect, reddish setse ; the punctuation 

 is coarse and irregular, there is a slight longitudinal elevation 

 on each near the base, but no other inequalities. 



Antenna stout, shorter than the body, reddish, pubescent, 

 joints 4-11 more or less infuscate, third joint longest, about 

 one third longer than fourth. Femora stout, infuscate ; 

 tibiie and tarsi testaceous, the former with a brown spot near 

 the extremity, their basal portion also infuscate. 



Aljdovien fus(;ous, very gradvuilly narrowed backwards; 

 segments 1—4 slightly diminish in length, fifth longer than 

 the preceding one ; its covering coiij-ists of depressed cinereous 

 hairs. 



The smooth shield-like sjiace on the thorax and the rather 

 scanty inconspicuous pubescence render its recognition a 

 comparatively easy matter. 



Length 2^, breadth 1^ lines. 



Otago. 



One I'rom Mr. Sainlager. 



Auckland, New Zealand, 

 lOlh Maivli, 1904. 



