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middle and a^ain in front of the scutellura ; near each side 

 behind the middle there are numerous shallow punctures, but 

 the rest of the surface seems smooth and glossy. Scufellum 

 longer than broad. Elytra elongate, broader than the thorax, 

 subparallel, shoulders rounded; thej cover all but the extre- 

 mity of the abdomen and are subopaque ; the sculpture is 

 close and fine, there is an indistinct sutural stria on each 

 behind, the inner side of the dark space is limited by an ill- 

 defined raised line, and there is another nearer the suture. 

 Legs elongate and slender ; tibias straight, bispinose at apex. 

 Antemice filiform, reaching the hind thighs. Fifth ventral 

 segment not notched. J£ges large, prominent, distinctly 

 faceted, transverse, their greatest bulk below; they are o:ily 

 feebly emarginated. Alaxillary iKilpi elongate, the terminal 

 joint slightly longer than the second, nearly quite straight 

 along the outside ; the inside is almost regularly curved, it is 

 not notched, but it is broadly grooved along the inner and 

 front face for half its length. 



The eyes, thorax, and palpi differentiate this species from 

 its allies ; indeed it is doubtful if it can remain in Sessinia. 



Length 6^-7, breadth l^ lines. 



Ohaupo. Two specimens, January 1893, under bark. 



Sessinia reversa^ sp. n. 



Elongate, rather dull, pale testaceous ; the vertex, middle 

 of thorax, and sides of elytra very faintly infuscate, tips of 

 the mandibles piceous ; elytra covered with depressed pallid 

 pubescence. Ileod finely and rather closely punctured. 

 Thorax longer than broad, finely and closely punctured, only 

 slightly uneven, widest near the front. Elytra very finely 

 and closely sculptured, with two indistinct longitudinal lines 

 on each. Legs very pale and slender ; tibise straight, with 

 two apical spines. 



Somewhat similar to S. tkoracica ; the sculpture differs, 

 the thorax is less dilated in front, and consequently appears 

 less narrowed behind. There are, moreover, some more 

 important differences. The antennce extend only to between 

 the middle and hind thighs. The eyes arc shorter in the lon- 

 gitudinal direction ; they are quite transverse and not in the 

 least emarginate in front. The last joint of the maxillary 

 faliA is narrow at the base, it is gradually dilated, and its 

 apex is entire, curvate, and grooved ; the outside for a short 

 space is somewhat truncate, and this part seems to be more 

 deeply grooved than the front face. Tlie fifth ventral segment 

 is broadly depressed, it is irregularly emarginate (nut notched) 



