Broun. — Coleopfoons Faitna of tJie Cltatliam Islands. Ill 



A brightly coloured species which, on account of the unusually large 

 smooth occiput, should be placed in proximity to the New Zealand 

 -■1. coloratus, 1630. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3-3| mm. ; breadth, f-1 mm. 



Pitt Island. 



We are indebted to Mr. T. Hall for the discovery of this species. 



Obs. — In one example the dark marks on the elytra coalesce, and the 

 thorax is more or less infuscate. 



Group Anthribidae. 

 Anthribus GeofEroy. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 545. 

 100. Anthribus cristatellus sp. nov. 



Nitid, variegate ; fuscous, mandibles rufous, antennae fusco-testaceous ; 

 legs castaneous, the tibiae with a dark spot below the middle, a pale spot 

 above, and another near the extremity ; vestiture hairlike, mievenly dis- 

 tributed, pale tawny and obscure reddish, the pale setae concentrated and 

 forming a large spot near the front angles of the thorax, each elytron tri- 

 cristate near the suture. 



Kostrum, mandibles exclusive, a third of the length of thorax, broad and 

 flat, medially emarginate in front, slightly narrowed towards the eyes, rather 

 closely punctate, usually rufescent. Thorax of about equal length and 

 breadth, moderately narrowed before the middle, slightly rounded behind, 

 the trmicate apex with deflexed angles, its pmictation moderately coarse 

 and close ; the carma is very near the base, truncate in the middle, rounded 

 towards the sides, without forming the least trace of posterior angles, and 

 prolonged half-way along each side. Scutellum minute, merely a grey 

 speck. Elytra only a little longer than thorax, of about the same width 

 as it is at the base, truncate there, gently curvedly narrowed posteriorly, 

 with broadly rounded subtruncate apices, leaving the broad vertical 

 pygidium exposed ; they are striate-punctate. 



Antennae rather shorter than the head and thorax, inserted below the 

 sides of the rostrum nearly midway between its apex and the eyes ; their 

 2nd joint rather longer than the uncovered portion of the 1st, joints 3-8 

 gradually yet only slightly shortened successively, clavate at the extremity, 

 the 8th evidently longer than broad ; club densely pubescent, of about 

 the same length as joints 6-8, basal joint triangular, the terminal ovate or 

 rotundate. 



Underside piceo-fuscous, very finely pubescent. Metasternum short. 

 Basal ventral segment, in the middle, almost as long as the 2nd and 3rd 

 united, obtusely angulate between the coxae, 5th reddish, longitudinally 

 concave. Prosternum moderately coarsely punctate. Anterior coxae 

 slightly separated. 



Eyes free from thorax, widely distant from each other, moderately 

 prominent, with distinct facets, obliquely oval, entire. Tarsi narrow, their 

 3rd joint as long as the 2nd, with slender lobes. 



This must be located in proximity to the New Zealand A. lewisi, 2988. 

 The thoracic carina is not exactly similar, being a little closer to the base, 

 with obsolete broadly rounded posterior angles. Some specimens are more 

 dully coloured and less variegated. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 4|— 5 mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



Pitt Island. 



Several specimens in Mr. Hall's collection. 



