OF NEW ZEALAND. 



549 



vestitus ; prothorace conico, angulis posterioribus minus discretis. carina 

 ab elytrorum humeris remota. 



Long. Corp., 5 mm. 



Anten72ce moderately stout, shorter than the body, obscure reddish ; 

 ^second joint rather elongate, third nearly one and a half times length of 

 second. Head with a short broad rostrum ; antennal cavities large but 

 not sulciform, placed quite at the side of rostrum, and distinctly pro- 

 longed on its under face, the space separating the hind edge of these 

 cavities from the eye small but distinct ; the eyes are almost hemisphe- 

 rical. Thorax conical, not quite so long as broad ; its carina in the 

 middle is separated by a short distance only from the base of the elytra, 

 l)ut is curved so that its angle is twice the distance from the elytra that 

 the middle is ; the angle of the carina is almost a right angle (but not 

 sharply marked), and it is only produced a very short distance forwards 

 along the side ; behind the carina the sides of the thorax are narrowed, 

 so that a very evident gap is left on each side, between the angles of the 

 thorax and those of the elytra. The elytra are covered with a dense 

 variegated tomentum, which conceals their lines of punctures. 



Obs. — Though this species in general structure is closely allied to 

 A. htittoni, it is very readily distinguished therefrom by the difference in 

 the form of the basal parts of the thorax. The legs and antennse are 

 similar in structure to those of A. huttoni, but are rather stouter, and 

 the second joint of the antennse is more elongate in A. vates. A. 

 incertiis, White, is possibly an allied but rather larger species. 



Tairua ; a single male specimen sent by Captain Broun. The vent- 

 ral segments in this sex are distinctly flattened and impressed along the 

 middle. 



968. A. lanuginoSUS, n.s. AntenncB testaceous, as long as 

 thorax and elytra ; inserted at the sides, midway between the eyes and 

 apex of rostrum, in deep cavities just large enough to permit the free 

 motion of the basal joint, which is short and stout ; second short, 

 almost oviform ; third longest, very slender ; fourth to eighth, each 

 shorter than its predecessor, these eight joints a little dilated at their 

 extremity ; club elongate, closely articulated ; ninth joint elongate- 

 triangular ; tenth quadrate ; eleventh larger than tenth, rather acute. 

 Head |)roduced into a short broad rostrum, which is a little constricted 

 just in front of the eyes ; it is of a pitchy colour and densely clothed 

 with yellowish liairs ; mandibles very strong, nearly straight externally, 

 but curved in front and strongly dentate internally. Eyes prominent, 

 not very large, reniform. Thorax about as long as broad, narrowed 

 and rounded anteriorly, considerably so behind ; the carina is distinct, 

 distant from the base, approaches the scutellum in the centre, is widely 

 sinuated outwardly, curved at the sides, and terminates abruptly, its 

 extremity is rather prominent, so that the side of the thorax appears to 

 be excised ; its surface is punctate, and bears many yellowish hairs. 

 The elytra are wider and much longer than the prothorax, shoulders 

 prominent but slightly oblique, gradually widened behind, apices 

 rounded ; each elytron bears two somewhat laterally-compressed tuber- 

 cles near the suture, one near the base, the other beyond tlie middle ; 



