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punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, sutural stria abbre- 

 viated anteriorl}', sides nearly straight, extremities scarcely rounded, almost 

 truncate. 



Ahdomin with two segments exposed, rufo-testaceous. 



Legs rather short, bright j'ellow. 



Under parts rufo-castaneous, with the metasternum and apical segments of the 

 venter i)aler. 



Differs from other species in its large size, broad form, very large thorax, and much 

 attenuated elytra and bright orange colour. 



Ifabitat, Australasia. Found in New Zealand. 



Anisomeristes ater. 



A. ater, Matthews, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xxii. p. '22o, 1886. 



L- c. /5-^g=l'12-l"25 mm. — Perbrevis, latus, postice valde attenuatus, valde 

 convexus, nitidus, aterrimus, pilis aureis sat longis vestitus ; proiwto magno, 

 latissimo, antice cireuhiriter rotundato, nitidi.ssimo, indistincte punctato, margins 

 basali arcuatii, angulis latis, valde productis ; t:liitris snt parvis, pronoto angusti- 

 oribus, sat longioribus, ad humeros lntissimis, postice valde attenuatis, profundi.'i- 

 sime punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali profunde impressa, lateribus 

 rc'ctis et margiuatis, apicibus vix rotuudatis ; pedibus flavis, femoribus piceis ; 

 antennis valde robustis, Itete flavis, ai'ticulis 5 et 7 valde incrassatis. 



Body very short and broad, much attenuated posteriorly, very convex, shining, deep 



black, clothed with rather long golden hair. 

 flead j)iceous, large and broad ; eyes rather large and prominent ; antenna? bright 



3'ellow, very robust, with the fifth and seventh joints very much enlarged. 

 Thornx large and very broad, circularly rounded in front, very shining, indistinctly 



punctured, basal margin arcuate, with the angles very broad and much 



produced. 

 Scutellum rather lai'ge, subti-iangular. 

 Elytra rather small, rather longer, but narrower than the thorax, widest at the 



shoulders, and much attenuated posteriorly, very deeply punctured, with the 



interstices smooth and shining, sutural stria very deep, sides straight and 



margined, extremities scarcelj- rounded. 

 .1 lidomcn with apical segments exposed and black. 

 Lf(]s moderate, femora piceous, and tibife yellow. 



Under parts piceous and deeply punctured, mouth and ventral segments paler. 

 Differs from .1. Sharpi in its much smaller size, shorter form, and deep black 



colour: from A. Iierelierei in its larger size, very broad thorax, unicolorous 



and deeply punctured elytra : and from both in the greater enlargement of the 



fifth and seventh joints of the antennre. 

 lliibititt, Australasia. Found in New Zealand. 



Anisomeristes basalis. 



(Sfj-^ieoilents) basalis, Sharp, Trans, li. Dublin. Soc. iii. p. I'll, 1885. 



L. c. f''u lin. = 1"12 mm. — Late ovalis, convexissimus, nitidulus, pilis aureis 

 Silt dense vestitus, rufo-testaceus, elj^trorum humeris late fuscescentibus ; pronoto 

 sat magno, brevi et lato, semicircuiari, levissime punctato, interstitiis nitidis, 

 margino anteriori leviter retlexa, margine basali leviter sinuata, angulis latis, parum 

 [)roductis ; clytris pronoto lougioribus, baud latioribus, sed magis profunde punctatis, 

 interstitiis alutaceis, ad humeros latissimis, postice attenuatis, lateribus leviter 



