7g8 COLEOPTERA 



Resembles A. vitutus ; the rostral pmietation is finer and more 

 distant, the elytra slope more gradually behind and are less obviously 

 punctured, and the insect is a good deal larger. 



Length (rost. excl.), 2 lines ; breadth, i line. 



I found my unique example some years ago near Auckland. 



1422. A. diversus, '^s- Broad, sub-ovate, moderately convex, 

 squamose, variegate, dark-red ; antennae and tarsi ferruginous. 



Bostrum moderately long and stout, a little thickened behind, its 

 sculpture consisting of longitudinal grooves, and punctures near the 

 apex, with some yellowish scales behind. Eijes longitudinally oval, 

 depressed, coarsely facetted. Head globular, sunk up to the eyes. 

 AntcnncB moderate, shining ; scape flexuose, clavate at the extremity ; 

 funiculus pubescent, first joint large and stout, second longer than 

 third, joints 3-7 decrease in length but become more transversal ; 

 club ovate. Prothorax about as long as broad, sub-conical, closely 

 punctured, with round, flat, whitish scales on the middle, and erect 

 pale-brown setae elsewhere. Scutellum invisible. Elytra short and 

 broad, broader than thorax, but not much exceeding its breadth at the 

 base, rounded laterally, deflexed behind ; coarsely striate-punctate, 

 without superficial irregularities ; the depressed whitish scales form 

 four spots, two elongate near the scutellum and one near the middle 

 of each side ; pale-brown depressed and erect scales cover most of 

 their surface. Legs stout, densely covered with erect pallid setse. 



In general appearance like A. canescens ; the elytra, however, are 

 of much more rounded outline, and the colour and squamosity are 

 essentially different. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line; breadth, quite -1-. 



I found one at Parua. 



1423. A. cinguiatus, ^'-s. Sub-ovate, narrowed and a little 

 depressed medially, moderately convex ; densely clothed with de- 

 pressed testaceous and dark-coloured scales, and erect, variegate, 

 elongate, hair-like setse ; red ; tarsi and antennae fulvous, the club of 

 the latter blackish. 



Bostrum moderate, shining, longitudinally sculptured. AntcnncR 

 short, glossy, nearly nude ; scape gradually incrassated ; funiculus 

 nearly twice as long as scape, first joint large, second hardly the 

 length of the following two united, joints 3-7 decrease in length ; 

 club large, opaque, pubescent. Prothorax large, longer than broad, 

 but little rounded laterally, transversely convex, gradually narrowed 

 and produced anteriorly, coarsely punctated ; the testaceous, some- 

 times fulvous, scales predominate, but without forming distinct 

 marks ; the upright hairs are fuscous. Elytra obovate, not much 

 longer but broader than thorax, striate-punctate ; the fulvous or 

 testaceous scales are scattered over the surface, but generally form 

 an obvious band in line with the hind thighs ; on the band the erect 

 setffi are usually all white, the darker ones prevail elsewhere. Legs 

 stout, clothed with upstanding pallid setae. Underside pitchy-red, 

 setigerous; the basal segments of the abdomen with large punctures. 



Shorter and relatively broader than A. hystricnhts and ^4. trino- 



