178 Capt. T. Broun on new 



however, are not marked off from the disk by a linear im- 

 pression. No. 1883 has a broader, less posteriorly narrowed 

 head. There are no distinguishing characters underneath. 



Length \^, breadth neai-ly f line. 



Wellington. Mr. G. V. Hudson sent me a mounted 

 specimen numbered 224. 



Group ScydmsenidsB. 



Scydmcenus ciliioes^ sp. n. 



Elongate, not very narrow, convex, shining, rufous, tarsi 

 yellow, palpi fulvous ; pubescence conspicuous. 



Head of moderate breadth, rather flat and bald in front ; 

 with rather coarse, outstanding, but not very elongate, obscure 

 yellowish hairs behind. Tliorax scarcely longer than broad, 

 slightly, regularly, and curvedly narrowed anteriorly, the 

 base not much broader than the shoulders ; there are two 

 distinct median basal fovese, and a smaller one near eachlhind 

 angle, where the sides are compressed or flattened ; the hairs 

 on the sides are like those on the head, on the disk they are 

 finer and more scanty. Elytra elongate-oval, with two broad 

 basal depressions, the shoulders a little elevated ; their pubes- 

 cence elongate, slender, upright, and quite yellow. Femora 

 moderately clavate beyond the middle ; tibice slightly flexuous, 

 the anterior with conspicuous yellow set« along the inside, 

 their basal portion bare, the intermediate bear coarser setae 

 near the inner extremity. 



Antennce elongate, stout, pubescence elongate ; second joint 

 distinctly longer than the first, nearly twice the length of the 

 third ; fourth subquadrate, rather shorter than the third or 

 fifth ; sixth and seventh about equal ; eighth subovate, rather 

 longer than broad ; ninth and tenth about as long as broad ; 

 eleventh longer than either of the preceding two ; the four 

 terminal joints are enlarged, but not suddenly. Maxillary 

 j9a/pt moderately long; second joint slender and curved, third 

 gradually dilated, fourth small, not half the width of the 

 penultimate. Eyes prominent. Pygidium covered. Tarsi 

 slender, the anterior hardly at all expanded. 



This and the following species have been carefully com- 

 pared with every one of the New-Zealand exponents of the 

 group. The bright yellow, conspicuous fringe on the front 

 tibiaa \a ill be an aid to its identification. 

 Length |, breadth f line. 

 Ligar's Bush, Papakura. One, no doubt a male. 



