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whole surface is so densely covered with depressed scales that the 

 sculpture is concealed. 



Elytra sub-cylindrical, with prominent shoulders, widely incurved 

 and somewhat compressed laterally near the middle, transversely con- 

 vex, with rounded apices ; their surface is rather uneven, somewhat 

 elevated just in front of the abruptly declivous apical portion, and bear- 

 ing on each three tubercular elevations which are situated nearer to the 

 suture than the margin ; their surface is densely covered with rounded 

 and depressed whitish scales, intermingled with elongate yellowish ones, 

 the former predominating. The legs are elongate, and clothed like the 

 body. 



Metasteruum elongate ; two anterior pairs of coxie sub-contiguous, 

 the posterior moderately remote. 



Length, 2\ ; breadth, \ line. 



Of this remarkable insect I found two specimens, the female at 

 Tairua, the male near Whangarei Heads. The genus, I think, should 

 be placed at the end of the Anolnidce. 



FAMILY— BOSTRICHIDES. 



Ligula without paraglossK, membraneous or coriaceous. Mention 

 corneous. Maxillce ciliated, lamelliform, bilobed. The //^^z^ frequently 

 covered by the prothorax so as to be invisible from above. Antennce 

 with eleven or nine joints, of which the last three are clavate ; inserted 

 at the front margin of the eyes. Pronotum and parapleura of the 

 prothorax confounded. Anterior coxce thick, globose or oval, a httle 

 prominent ; the intermediate globose ; the posterior transversal, often 

 covered outwardly by the metathoracic parapleurse ; apical spurs of the 

 tibicR much developed, particularly those of the anterior; tarsi pentamer- 

 ous, their basal joint very small, their second and fifth very large. 

 Abdomen with five segments, the first larger than the others. 



Apate. 



Fabricius ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Colivp., Tom. 'w.,p. 537- 



Organs of the mouth more or less villose. Mentiim transversely 

 triangular. Ligula widened and sinuated in front. Head sub-cylin- 

 drical, elongated, the epistome usually provided with a central tooth. 

 Eyes distant from the prothorax, rounded and prominent. Antenncr 

 ten-jointed, the two basal joints longer than the following five, joints 

 three to seven transversal, serrate, gradually widening ; club shorter than 

 the stalk, its joints transversal, strongly serrate. Prothorax transversal, 

 convex, more or less tuberculate or rough in front, often with a curved 

 spine on each side in front, its angles rounded. Scutellum triangular, 

 truncated at the end. Elytra elongate, cylindrical, truncated and den- 

 tate at their extremity in the greater number of species. 



Tibice sometimes unarmed, sometimes denticulated on the external 

 edge ; the spur of the anterior stout and curved ; tarsi normal. 



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