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and an oblong apical patch of the same colour. The legs are squaniose, 

 and bear numerous erect griseous set*; tibm slightly bent. The basal 

 joint oi th.Q fiiniciihis is conspicuous, the club oval. 



Length, i^ line (rost. incl.). 



I found one specimen of this species at Whangarei Heads. 



872. A. pascoei, n.s. Convex, sub-ovate, squamose, piceous. 

 The antenrue are inserted just behind the middle of the rostrum, the 

 scape is rather short, scarcely reaching to the eye, not quite straight, 

 gradually but not strongly inflated ; the basal joint of the funiculus is 

 rather shorter and not much stouter than the second, and both together 

 are as long as the other five sub-equal joints ; the club is ovate and of a 

 fuscous colour, the remainder of the antennse being ferruginous. The 

 rostrum is moderately long and arcuated, slightly and gradually nar- 

 rowed from apex to base, the frontal portion is punctate and shining, 

 the remainder densely covered with griseous scales. Head normal, 

 distinctly concave between the eyes, the sides and base infuscate, the 

 rest clothed like the beak. Eyes rather small, not prominent, almost 

 circular, yet a little truncated anteriorly. Thorax sub-conical, not so 

 wide as the elytra at the base, which is sub-bisinuated, the sides are 

 rounded from the base, the frontal portion being slightly constricted, 

 and narrowed ; its surface is rather finely and closely punctured, the 

 disc almost nude, the sides, base, and a medial transverse line are 

 clothed with fuscous scales, and there is a line of griseous scales follow- 

 ing the outline of the sides. Scutelliim invisible. The elytra are sub- 

 ovate, with distinct (but not prominent) shoulders, the sides gradually 

 rounded and narrowed to the apex ; they bear several series of rather 

 coarse punctures, which, however, owing to the squamosity, are not very 

 apparent, and there is on each a sutural row of small oblong tubercles 

 extending from the base to the middle, the rest of the surface, though a 

 little uneven, is destitute of other tubercular elevations ; with the excep- 

 tion of a discoidal spot, they are densely clothed with dark brown scales, 

 and many irregularly-formed isolated tufts of rufo-testaceous scales and 

 setae. 



The structure of the limbs is similar to that of the smaller species, 

 and they are clothed with piceous scales and fuscous setce. 



Length, 4 lines (rost. inch). 



I found my only example of this fine species at Auckland in 1872, 

 and have named it in honour of Mr. F. P. Pascoe, F.L.S. 



873. A. Signatus, n.s. Sub-oviform, convex, piceous, antennae 

 and tarsi ferruginous. The head is clothed with fuscous scales except 

 on the vertex, where there are a griseous central spot and three outer 

 white ones. The thorax is about as long as broad, not quite so wide as 

 the elytra at the base, from thence the sides are rounded ; the apical 

 half is slightly constricted and narrower than the basal; the surface is 

 coarsely punctured and clothed with fuscous and griseous scales, those 

 of the latter colour being confined to the sides, front, and a small scutel- 

 lar spot. Scutellmn not visible. Elytra sub-cordate, their shoulders of 

 about the same width as the base of the thorax, from thence they are 



