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ASTETHOLEA LEPTUKOIDES, 11. Sp. 



Elongata,fusco-castanea, pal/pis pedihusque Jlavotestaceis ; supra lavis, glabra, 

 sericeo-nltens ; thoracis medio aiigulatim dilatato, elytris vix striatis, interstitiis 

 nonnuUis paulo elevatis. Long. 4 lin. 



Canterbury (Mr. Wakefield). 



Distinguished from A. pauper by its dark castaneous colour, and 

 by the absence of distinct punctures on tbe elytra. The head is of 

 the same rounded form, flattened in front and very broad between the 

 eyes and base of antennae ; but the thorax is decidedly broader and 

 perfectly smooth. The elytra have very shallow striae without visible 

 punctuation, and some of the interstices are elevated, but the apical 

 portion is perfectly smooth. 



Xtlotoles bfllatus (Sharp MS.), n. sp. 



Elonga/iis, sub-cylindricus , cinereo subtiliter sparsini, elytris maculatim, vestitus ; 

 aniennis pedibusque tesiaceo-viridibus ; thoracis medio convexo ; elytris basin vershs 

 punctatis, tuberculo titrinque centro-basali elongato valde elevato ; antennis infra 

 sparsini setosis, articulis apice fuscescentiius. Long. 2 lin. 



Tairua, near Auckland (Capt. Broun). 



More slender in form than the typical species of the genus : the 

 elytra have distinct shoulders, but are scarcely broader than the middle 

 part of the thorax. The ashy vestiture appears to be very variable in 

 pattern, in one of the specimens before me being arranged on the 

 elytra in longitudinal rows of spots, and in another forming two ill- 

 defined fasciae, one before the middle, oblique, and the other sub-apical, 

 transverse. The centro-basal tubercles are prominent and smooth. 



Xtlotoles pictulus, n. sp. 



Angustus, subcylindrictis, castanett.i, nigro-plagiafus, nitidus, thoracis limbo 

 macuUsque utrinque elytrorum duabus albo-iomentosis ; elytris humeris omnino ro- 

 tundatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis, bast punctatis; femoribus tibiisque basi 

 albo-testaceis. Long. Ij tin. 



Tairua, near Auckland (Capt. Broun). 



A small and vei'y distinct species. Integument glabrous, sinning 

 castaneous with black clouds on disc of thorax, and in the middle, and 

 towards the apex of the elytra ; scattered white tomentum clothes the 

 sides of the thorax and forms three streaks on the elytra, namely, two 

 elongate at the base, and one curved towards the apex. The body is 

 slightly convex, but the base of the elytra is much depressed. The 

 elytra are not wider than the thorax, and the shoulders are rounded off ; 

 the base has a few punctures, and there is a line of the same on each 



