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slightly dilated; 9th and 10th larger, transverse; 11th oviform, not as 

 long as the preceding two combined. 



Evidently similar to the typical species (1835), darker, the head not 

 distinctly narrower than the thorax, which is not dull, and has no dis- 

 coidal impressions. The tarsal structure is precisely alike in both srjecies. 



Length, nearly 2 nun, ; breadth, | mm. 



Hunua flange, near Drury. I found one amongst decaying leaves 

 on the ground. 



3183. Aphytopus granifer sp. npv. 



Fuscous, slightly shining, with distinct suberect greyish pubescence, 

 the legs and basal joint only of the antennae testaceous. 



Head about as broad as thorax, rather finely but not closely punc- 

 tured. Thorax narrower than elytra; its sides nearly straight, but 

 somewhat contracted in front, where it is narrower than the head; it is 

 slightly bi-impressed longitudinally from the base to beyond the middle; 

 its punctation is close and moderately coarse. Elytra oblong, hardly 

 double the length of thorax, shoulders a little rounded, the base incurved 

 so as to be adapted to that of the thorax; they are relatively coarsely 

 but not deeply or closely punctated. Hind-body elongate, with very fine, 

 distant, granular sculpture, which, however, is quite definite on the 

 basal segment. 



Antennae elongate, finely pubescent, their 2nd joint as long as the 

 1st and nearly as stout, joints 3-6 about equal, oblong, 7th and 8th a 

 little shorter and broader, 9th and 10th rather broader, 11th about as 

 long as the preceding two together. 



The granulation of the hind-body at once distinguishes this from 

 the foregoing species. The 3rd antennal joint is not stalk-like at 

 the base, and the terminal articulation seems unusually large. The 

 thoracic sculpture accords with the description of the type of the genus, 

 as is also the case regarding the peculiar tarsal structure. 



Length, 2h mm. ; breadth, h mm. 



Erua, near Waimarino Plains; elevation, 2,400ft. Two specimens 

 picked out of leaf-mould which Mr. W. J. Guinness collected for me in 

 April, 1910. 



3184. Aphytopus guinnessi sp. no v. 



Shining, castaneous, legs and basal two joints of antennae testaceous, 

 pubescence greyish. 



Head broader than front of thorax, finely but not closely punctured. 

 Thorax seemingly rather longer than broad, curvedly narrowed in front, 

 the base curvate, without definite discoidal impressions, distinctly punc- 

 tate, not quite as closely on the middle as at the sides. Elytra oblong, 

 evidently broader than thorax, less so at the base, the shoulders being- 

 rounded; they are more distantly and less definitely sculptured than 

 the thorax. Hind-body elongate, slightly rufescent at the base, dark 

 fuscous behind, with fine, distant, ill-defined sculpture, not granulate. 



Antennae elongate, 2nd joint quite as long as the 1st and nearly as 



stout, 3rd about as long as the 4th but more slender at the base, 4-7 



oblong, 8th slightly shorter and thicker than 7th but not quite as broad 



as either of the following two, 11th nearly as long as the 9th and 10th 



-conjointly. 



Differentiated by the finer sculpture. 



Length, 2-J- mm. : breadth, quite -|- mm. 



