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A. gratus, Broun. 922. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 517. • 



Concolorous, testaceous, rostrum sliglitly rufescent. 



Tliorax broadly but slightly impressed behind the middle. Elytra near 

 the middle. 



$ . Length, 1 line ; breadth, \ line. 

 Parua, ^Yhangarei. Unique. 



A. longipes, Broun. 930. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 522. (Plate XVI, 



fig. 1 ) 



Piceous ; the thorax, rostrum, and antennae rufescent ; the dark head and 

 club opaque. 



Thorax broadly impressed. Elytra with slightly rounded shoulders, 

 scutellar region depressed, slightly transversely impressed before the middle. 



J . Length, \\ lines ; breadth, quite \ line. 



Whangarei. Both sexes. 



A. simulans, Sharp. 933. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 523. 



Slender, obscure rufous, antennce testaceous, club piceous. 



Thorax indistinctly impressed behind the middle, opaque, closely and 

 strongly punctured. Elytral striae not deep but strongly punctured. Under- 

 side nigrescent. 



Length, If mm. 



Auckland. 



A. coloratus, Broun. 1630. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 911. 



Eostrum, antennae, and thorax rufescent ; elytra fusco-testaceous, with 

 irregular dark marks ; legs of a chocolate hue ; head and club piceous. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, narrowed behind the middle. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Elytra with deep striae. Thorax impressed along the middle, 

 and with a smooth central line, which does not attain the base. 



An aberrant species. 

 J . Length, If lines ; breadth, f line. 



Tuakau, Auckland. Unique. 



A. femoralis, Broun. 1751. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 970. 



Shining, rostrum and thorax dark red, elytra castaneo-rufous, antennae 

 concolorous, club pale red. 



Thorax rather finely punctured, impressed behind the middle, almost 

 foveiform at the base. Elytra broadly impressed before the middle. Femora 

 medially inflated. Pubescence unusually scanty. 



? . Length, If lines ; breadth, | line. 



Mount Egmont. Three. 



A. nitidirostris, Broun. 2202. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1250. 



iEneo-piceous, antennae shining red, club piceous, legs almost chocolate ; 

 rather thickly covered with pale-yellow long slender hairs. 



Thorax slightly flattened. Elytra impressed before and behind the 

 middle. 



3 . Length, 1;^ lines ; breadth, | line. 



Mount Egmont. Unique. 



A. distinctus, Broun. 2421. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1388. 



Shining, rufous, elytra castaneo-rufous, the legs and club fusco-rufous. 

 Thorax evidently impressed behind the middle, finely punctured, intervals 



