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380 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
Length, 4; breadth, 15 line. 
Habitat, Parua (Whangarei Harbour). 
PYTHIDA. 
1407. Salpingus hirtus, n. sp—Glossy, light coppery brown, 
head and thorax reddish, legs testaceous, antennze reddish, with 
their terminal joints infuscate ; rather thickly covered with erect, 
elongate, grayish hairs ; convex. 
Head elongate, distinctly and closely punctured except on a 
transverse, inter-ocular spot. Pvothovax longer than broad, cordi- 
form, its punctation nearly similar to that of the head but finer, 
without superficial irregularities. Scutellum smooth.  Elytva ob- 
long, rounded laterally, slightly depressed along the suture near 
the posterior slope, not striated, punctured in rows, the sculpture 
becoming obsolete behind. 
Very much like S. angusticollis, but with shorter antennze than 
it, with the thorax more finely punctured, and the elytra without 
the least trace of strive. It differs from all the previously de- 
scribed New Zealand species by the absence of the more or less 
evident post-basal depression of the elytra, and the possession of 
numerous erect hairs; all the others, except S, Jautus, being nearly 
or entirely nude. 
Length, 14 ; breadth, nearly % line. 
I found my unique specimen at Parua (athaneaeel Harbour). 
1408. Salpingus simplex, n. sp—Convex, nearly bare, shining, 
zeneous-black, legs fulvous, dilated antennal joints fuscous, the 
others reddish. 
Head punctate, a spot on the vertex and one near each an-_ 
tenna smooth or nearly so. Pvrothovax cordiform, quite free from 
rugosities, moderately closely punctured, with a more or less 
distinct fovea near each hind angle. Scutellum smooth, short. 
Elytra oblong, a little rounded laterally, with slightly elevated 
and porrected humeral angles, not distinctly impressed near the 
base, striate-punctate, smooth behind. 
This species may be distinguished from S. angusticolus and 
S. lautus by the almost total absence of elytral striz, and from 
S Iurtus, decidedly its nearest congener, by the more densely 
punctured and bi-foveate thorax, shorter and broader elytra, &c. 
Length, 1% ; breadth, quite 36 line. 
Hab. Parua. One example in my own collection. 
1409. Salpingus quisquilius, n.sp—Elongate, sub-parallel, sub- 
depressed, almost nude, shining, of a dark fuscous colour, elytra 
slightly rufescent, head and thorax somewhat zeneous, legs, palpi, 
and narrow joints of the antennz infuscate-red. 
Head moderate, rather finely punctured. Thovax rather small, 
not much longer than broad, sub-cordate, moderately finely 
punctated, least so on the dorsal space. Scutellum punctulated. 
Elytva elongate-oblong, nearly parallel-sided, bi-impressed before 
the middle, but little narrowed apically, striate-punctate. 
Antenne moderate, joints 2-6 obconical and decreasing in length, 
7-11 gradually dilated and laxly articulated. 
