Cohoptera fi'om Xeio Zealand. 179 



Scydmcenus cedi'us, sp. u. 



Shining, red, tarsi and palpi fulvescent, pubescent. 



Ihad rather large, about the width of the thorax, its clothing 

 yellow, indistinct in front, elongate, moderately coarse, and 

 directed backwards. Thorax longer than broad, relatively 

 narrow, widest before the middle, much narrowed between the 

 middle and the base ; with two basal foveas near the middle, 

 and one near each hind angle ; pubescence yellow, long and 

 slender, but coarser and darker near the sides. Elytra quite 

 oval, large, considerably broader at the middle than the thorax, 

 but at their base not wider than it is at the base; with two broad 

 basal depressions, the slioulders raised, the disk very slightly, 

 not distinctly, impressed before the middle ; their clothing pale 

 yellow, slender, elongate, and upright. Tibice nearly straight, 

 with moderate pubescence. 



Palpi rather slender, tiie penultimate joint of the maxillary 

 not much dilated, fourth short, not aciculate. Eyes moderate. 



Aiitennce stout, second joint rather longer than the visible 

 part of the first, about a fourtli longer than the third, bat 

 rather thicker ; 3 to 5 nearly equal, longer than broad, fourth 

 not abbreviated ; sixth and seventh nearly equal, not elongate; 

 8 to 10 transverse, loosely articulated, broader than the pre- 

 ceding one ; eleventh broadly ovate, not very large. 



Nos. 1901, 1905, and 2348 are most like this species. The 

 first is considerably smaller ; in the second the eyes are very 

 small and indistinct ; in the third the third and fourth joints 

 of the antennge are a good deal longer, and the first is evidently 

 longer. 



Length 1, breadth quite | line. 



Hunua Range, Maketu. One example. 



Scydmoejius alhcerus, sp. n. 



Elongate, not narrow, moderately convex, shining, red, 

 tarsi yellow, pubescence yellowish. 



Head nearly as broad as the thorax, its liairs moderately 

 coarse and extending backwards, they are indistinct in front. 

 Thorax longer than broad, widest near the front, much con- 

 tracted near the base ; with two basal fovese near the middle, 

 and a large impression at each side near the hind angle. 

 Elytra oval, broad, widest before the middle ; with two large 

 basal impressions, the shoulders raised, broadly impressed 

 before the middle ; clothed with pale yellow, slender, out- 

 standing hairs. Tibice nearly straight, finely pubescent, 



Antenncp. rather short, gradually incrassate ; first joint but 



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