NEW ZEALAND COSSONIDA. AQ5 
2nd quite half the length of the 3rd. In the male the four ter- 
minal joints extend beyond the body, in the female only two. 
In contour the female resembles J7. pygmea, but may be 
easily distinguished therefrom by the maculate antenne and 
much finer, depressed, elytral clothing. 
Length, 134 ; breadth, % line. 
My five specimens were taken at Parua. 
1438. Somatidia crassipes,n.sp.—Head punctate, infuscate-red 
rather densely clothed with decumbent yellowish hairs. Pvo- 
thorax broadly oval, remotely punctured, with a few elongate 
griseous hairs, but otherwise clad like the head. /ytra oviform, 
gradually narrowed posteriorly, convex, rather coarsely, irre- 
gularly, and sparingly punctured to beyond the middle; the 
humeral regions, a transversal spot close to each hind leg, and a — 
large longitudinal space near the apex dark brown, the remainder 
of the surface covered with depressed yellowish hairs, with long 
erect ones near the sides. Aztenne robust; basal joint stout ; 
2nd obconical; 3rd elongate, longer than 4th and 5th taken 
together ; 4th rather longer than 5th; the others about equal ; 
they are pubescent, reddish in colour, with more or less infuscate 
tips. Legs robust, hirsute; femora greatly inflated, reddish- 
brown ; tibiz and tarsi testaceous, knees fuscous, intermediate 
tibize deeply excised near the extremity. 
In form resembling Nos. 1050 and 1053, The body is nar- 
rowed towards the middle so that the thorax and elytra at their 
junction are of equal width; the third antennal joint is uncom- 
monly long ; the thighs much enlarged ; and the insect without 
tubercular elevations. A second example sent to me for ex- 
amination seems to be the female, having much less distended 
femora and shorter hind-body, but otherwise identical. 
Male : Length, 3; breadth, 14 lines. 
One of Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager’s captures, Wellington. 
1439. Somatidia elongata, n. sp.—Narrow, elongate, slightly 
convex, gradually narrowed and depressed medially, variegated. 
Head infuscate, depressed between the antenne, clothed with 
yellow hairs. Aztennce almost as long as the body, stout, pubes- 
cent ; basal joint robust, 2nd short, 3rd nearly as long as 4th 
and 5th conjointly, 4th not twice the length of 5th. Pvrothorax 
longer than broad, widest in front, its sides nearly straight to 
beyond the middle, from thence considerably and rather abruptly 
narrowed ; its colour infuscate, concealed by yellow hairs, densely 
punctated. L/ytra elongate, oviform, widest behind the posterior 
femora, with four or five rows of punctures on each, not attaining 
the extremities, not tuberculate, sutural region testaceous, the 
rest fuscous, clothed with yellow hairs, but having two sub-apical 
white spots. Legs long, not thick; #2z@somewhat flexuose. 
An extraordinarily narrow and elongate species, quite dis- 
similar to the others. 
Length, 1% ; breadth, 3¢ line. 
One of my captures at Waitakerei (unique). 
