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Scydmcenus xantkojyusj sp. n. 



Convex, elongate, shining, red, antenna rather pale, legs 

 sordid yellow. 



Head of moderate breadth, with moderately coarse out- 

 standing pubescence. Thorax much longer than broad, 

 widest near the middle ; with two rather small, distinctly 

 separated, median fovea3 near the base, there are no distinct 

 foveas near the basal angles, but there is a large impression 

 at each side ; its clothing resembles that of the head. Ehjtra 

 ovate, widest before the middle, not very broad ; apices sub- 

 truncate or broadly rounded, so tliat the broad pygidium is 

 uncovered ; there are two basal depressions, the shoulders 

 appear elevated, the sutural region is unimpressed. Legs 

 elongate, but not slender ; femora clavate near the apex, the 

 front pair thickest ; tibke nearly straight, finely pilose. 



Antennce elongate, the last four joints dilated ; second joint 

 rather longer than the first ; 3 to 6 nearly ab'ke, seventh 

 rather broader than the sixth ; 8 to 10 transverse ; eleventh 

 nearly as long as the preceding two conjointly, obtuse at the 

 extremity. 



Second joint of the maxillary ixdpi curved and slender; 

 third nearly oviform, not at all broad ; fourth short, nearly as 

 thick at its base as the apex of the penultimate. Eyes very 

 small, not at all prominent. 



This rather slender species may be known by the yellow 

 legs, the exposed pygidium, and the structure of the palpi. 

 I would place it in Eumicrus, along with Dr. Sharp's 8. Ed- 

 icardsi, if it were not for the fact that some New-Zealand species 

 are just intermediate in structure between the two genera, so 

 that Eumicrus will probably be abandoned as a genus. 

 Length f , breadth nearly j line. 

 Hunua Range. One individual only. 



Scydmanus heterarthus, sp. n. 



Elongate, moderately convex, nitid, chestnut-red, the 

 pubescence and the tarsi yellow, legs and antennae fulvcsceut. 



Head rather small, flattened anteriorly, with long hairs 

 directed backwards. Thorax longer than broad, widest before 

 the middle, a good deal narrowed towards the base, which 

 appears depressed, but the usual foveas seem to be absent, 

 there is, however, an elongate impression at each side; the 

 pubescence near the sides is rather coarse and conspicuous. 

 Elytra oviform, not much rounded laterally, widest near the 

 middle, covering the pygidium ; they are clothed with slender, 



