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3249. Parmius violaceus sp. nov. Parmius Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt. 

 p. 331. 



Elongate, subdepressed, shining; violaceous, the tibiae and basal two 

 joints of antennae fusco-testaceous, remaining joints and the tarsi darker, 

 the front of the forehead and the clypeus pale yellow; the body and legs 

 with numerous outstanding conspicuous pallid hairs. 



Head, including the large prominent eyes, as broad as the middle of 

 thorax, longitudinally bi-impressecl in front ; it is very irregularly, finely, 

 and indistinctly punctured. Thorax of about equal length and breadth, 

 a good deal dilated laterally near the middle; its surface apparently 

 impunctate but finely transversely rugose, with an angular basal impres- 

 sion and a pair of small shallow foveae near each side. Elytra a little 

 uneven, with slightly elevated irregular rugae. 



Antennae rather short, their basal joint stout and evidently longer 

 than 2nd; joints 3—8 differ but little, each longer than broad; club tri- 

 articulate, its intermediate joint cordate and hardly as long as the others. 



More robust than the representative species, 602. In this species, as 

 well as 602, 603, and 2037, there is a more or less definite emargination 

 of the eyes; the author's generic diagnosis therefore requires correct ion . 



Length, 6^ mm. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Mount Quoin. Described from a mounted specimen forwarded by Mr. 

 Hubert W. Simmonds. 



Group Anobiidae 



3250. Anobium inaequale sp. nov. Anobium Pabricius. Man. N.Z 

 Coleopt.. p. 339. 



Cylindric, uneven, variegate; fuscous, the hase and the elevations 

 of the elytra somewhat rufescent, legs and antennae rufo-piceous, tarsi 

 obscure fusco - testaceous ; vestiture unequally distributed, variegated, 

 flavescent and greyish. 



Head vertical in front, slightly narrower than thorax. Eyes huge 

 and subrotundate. Thorax rather broader than it is long, somewhat con 

 stricted near the middle, apex slightly rounded, posterior angles obtusely 

 rectangular; distinctly gibbous on the middle, its sculpture close and 

 granular. Elytra rather broader than thorax, their apices individually 

 rounded and not entirely covering the pygidium; with minute, dense, 

 rugose, and granular sculpture, and series of punctures winch are regular 

 along the sides but more or less interrupted on the dorsum ; on each 

 elytron, near the suture, there is a slight basal elevation, a narrower but 

 more distinct elevation in line with the hind thigh, and a nodosity on 

 top of the apical declivity; in advance of the last, hut nearer the side, 

 there is an oblique one; besides these, some smaller asperities are visible. 



Antennae elongate, basal joint stout, 2nd short, joints 3-8 inwardly 

 serrate, 9-11 elongate, the 9th being almost as long as the preceding four 

 combined. Tarsi gradually expanded, penultimate joint broadly excavate 

 above, the 5th short and thick, dilated towards the extremity, so as to 

 be of elongate-cordate contour, with thick claws. 



Macranobium truncatum (161.'') is the only species that is at all 

 similar, but the antennal structure is manifestly different. 



Length, 5 mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Titahi Bay, Wellington. A single mounted specimen from Mr. A. 

 O'Connor, and one, minus legs and antennae, received from Mr. Hubert 

 Simmonds. 



