326 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Longicorn 



Deucalion 



sides. The basal joint of the antennse forms a pyriform club, as in the genus 

 Blax. Its chief peculiarities reside in the great width of the pro- and 

 mesosterna between the coxae, and in the very thick clavate thighs, also in the 

 robust filiform antenna— not ciliated, but hairy on all sides, and with rather 

 short joints, the third and fourth not much longer than the rest. 

 Auckland (Mr. Lawson) ; one example. 



Somatidia, Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 39. 

 Gen. Parmencz affine ; differt thorace haud armato, femoribusque fortiter 

 clavatis basi pedunculatis. Corpus ovatum, grosse punctatum. Caput inter 

 antennas haud concavum. Antennas filiformes, ciliatse ; scapo ovato, articulo 

 tertio cseteris paulo longioribus. Prosternum inter coxas arcuatum. Meso- 

 sternum oblongum, declive. Epvmera mesothoracica obliquaa, cetabula haud 

 attingentia. Tibice intermedin extus eniarginatae. Ungues divaricati. 



Closely allied to the Mediterranean genus Parmena, and very similar in 

 facies, except that the general form is shorter and more ovate. 



Somatidia antarctica. 



Parmena antarctica, White, Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Ins. p. 22. 



The elytra have distinct, almost toothed humeral angles ; but their outline 

 is very oblique from the angle to the true base ; each elytron has two small 

 tufts of hair. Long. 2 J — 3 lines. 



Port Nicholson ; also Auckland {Mr. Lawson). 



Somatidia ptino'ides, n. sp. 



S. cupreo-fusca, fulvo-griseo pubescens, setosa ; thorace ovato, crebre grosse 



punctato ; elytris a medio usque ad basin fortiter angustatis humeris nullis, 



macula utrinque exteriore basali, fascia mediana maculaque apicali suturali 



nigris, penicillis nullis; antennis et pedibus rufescentibus. Long. 1| — 2 \ 

 lin. 



Auckland (Mr. Lawson) ; four examples. The fourth joint of the antennae 

 is very short. 



Stenellipsis, nov. gen. 

 Corpus angustum, ellipticum, convexum, subtile tomentosum, lseve. Caput 

 exsertum, inter antennas modice late concavum, fronte quadrata. Palpi 



ubelongat 



Tliorax 



medio 



Elytra 



convexa, prope basin transversim depressa, apice obtuse rotundata, fere 

 truncata; stria suturali solum impressa, versus basin abbreviata. A cetabula 



antica 



inter coxas vix 



;ustissimum, apice dilatatum; mesosteraum oblongum, vix declive. 



