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Femora stout, the anterior with a small denticle, the others angulate 

 and dentate. Tibiae shghtly flexuous and minutely mucronate. Tarsi 

 with pilose soles, 3rd joint expanded and deeply lobed, terminal very short, 

 claws obviously thickened but not distinctly toothed. 



Antennae elongate and slender, implanted between the middle and the 

 apex ; scape attaining the eye ; 2nd joint of funiculus rather longer than 

 3rd but shorter than and barely half the width of the basal ; 7th transverse 

 and bead-like ; club ovate, triarticulate. 



Underside chestnut-red, shining, Avith, hke the femora, numerous grey 

 setae. Prosternum medially incurved in front ; metasternum sulcate along 

 the middle, finely wrinkled transversely, and slightly longer than the basal 

 ventral segment, which is depressed in the middle ; the punctation fine, 

 but not close. 



Female. — Eostrum minutely and distantly punctate. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3^ mrn. ; breadth, \\ mm. 



Mount Dennan. Discovered by Mr. Hubert Simmonds. 



3296. Dorytomus consonus sp. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed ; thorax and base of elytra dark rufous, the 

 rest of the latter bright fulvous, the legs and antennae infuscate red ; with 

 numerous fine but distinct grey setae. 



This closely resembles D. maorinus but is rather smaller, and may be at 

 once separated by an examination of the vestiture. The thorax is shghtly 

 longer and more gradually narrowed towards the front, its sides conse- 

 quently are less rounded. The elytra are a httle shorter, with more shallow 

 striae, so that the interstices, which are not as smooth, seem less elevated. 

 The antennae are more slender, and the setae on the legs more conspicuous. 



The underside also differs, being dark red, with more distinct punctures 

 and setae ; the depression on the basal ventral segment is prolonged, 

 though not as deeply, half-way along the 2nd, and the well-marked depres- 

 sion in front of the anterior coxae of D. maorinus is altogether absent. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2^ mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Erua ; January, 1910. Half a dozen found on various shrubs; none on 

 Oleariae. 



3297. Aneuma spinifera sp. nov. Aneunia Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 455. 



Oblong, slightly convex, a little nitid, with numerous suberect slender 

 greyish setae, which are more scanty and slender on the thorax ; somewhat 

 rufo-testaceous, legs testaceous. 



Eostrum moderately arched, parallel, of about the same length as the 

 thorax, subseriate-punctate, but smooth along the middle. Thorax sub- 

 truncate ^t base and apex, without ocular lobes, a third broader than long, 

 its sides a little rounded, its surface distinctly and closely punctured. 

 Scutellum small, minutely punctate. Elytra oblong, twice as long as 

 thorax, and broader than it is at the base ; moderately coarsely and regu- 

 larly striate-punctate, interstices with minute serial punctures and shghtly 

 convex behind. 



Femora stout, with a minute denticle underneath ; tibiae straight. 

 Antennae inserted before the middle ; scape slender, attaining the front 

 of the eye ; funiculus very finely setose, basal joint distinctly longer and 

 thicker than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rather longer than broad but shorter 

 than 2nd, joints 5-7 bead-hke ; club oblong-oval. 



