OF NEW ZEALAND. ' 619 



Arnomus. 



Sharp ; Ent. Afon. Mag., October, 1876. 



CoxcB anteriores distantes. AntenncB elongatne filiformes, basi distan- 

 tes. Caput subinsertum, oculis integris. Elytra ampla, thorace latiora, 

 pygidium obtectentia. Sciitellum conspicuum, parvum. 



The interesting insect for wliich I propose this generic name, is 

 somewhat aUied to Stylosomus ; and would apparently, in Chapuis' 

 arrangement, indicate a fresh group, allied to the Stylosomites, and placed 

 at the beginning of the Cryptocephalidce. It differs from Stylosomus, by 

 the widely separated coxae, by the ample elytra which give the insect a 

 different form, and by the visible scutellum. The group Stylosomites 

 consists of the single Mediterranean genus Stylosomus, and, by altering 

 its formula somewhat, the New Zealand genus might be included in 

 it. 



1086. A. brouni, Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., October, 1876. Ferru- 

 gineus, capite pectoreque ipneis, antennis apice fuscis ; dense punctatus. 



Long. Corp., 2-^-3 mm. 



Fetn. abdomine apice fovea magna. 



Antennce rather long, slender, the four or five basal joints reddish, the 

 others infuscate. Head brassy-green, very densely punctured. Thorax 

 very transverse, but a good deal narrower than the elytra, reddish, more 

 or less tinged with brassy, extremely densely and rather finely punc- 

 tured, the interstices being excessively small ; the sides and base finely 

 margined. Scutellum small, black and impunctate. Elytra very densely 

 and rather coarsely punctured, with a small but distinct shining humeral 

 callus. Legs elongate, red ; the tarsi moderately stout and long. 



The species apparently varies a good deal in colour ; especially as to 

 the extent and distinctness of the brassy tinge. 



Five specimens of this very interesting species have been recently 

 sent me from Tairuaby Captain Broun, whose i)ersevering researches are 

 bringing to light a remarkable number of important New Zealand insects, 

 and in whose honour I have named it. 



Alema. 



Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., October, 1876. 



Caput exsertum, ore haud inflexo. Antennce filiformes, ad insertio- 

 nem approximatse. Thorax coleopteris duplo angustior, lateribus vix 

 marginatis. Femora posteriora incrassata. Acetabula antica occlusa. 



Antennce eleven-jointed, inserted near one another on the middle of 

 the head. Thorax scarcely broader than the head, quadrate, but con- 

 stricted behind the middle. Elytra without epipleurc^e. All the coxcr 

 but slightly separated ; there is no projection of the process between the 

 front ones. The legs are rather long and slender, the tibice without spurs 

 or grooves ; the first joint of the tarsi twice as long as the second ; third 

 much broader than the others, bilobed, fourth rather short, not so long 



