.930 COLEOPTERA 



1669. A. nigritulum, n.s. Oblong, convex, piceo-niger^ 



antennae and tarsi piceous, claws rufous. 



Head rugose-punctate. ProtJwrax transverse, its middle part 

 widest, considerably narrowed anteriorly, sinuated behind, front 

 angles obtusely rounded, posterior sub-acute, slightly projecting, 

 apex deeply arcuate-emarginate, base slightly but widely incurved ; 

 median groove shallow, with two basal and two lateral impressions, 

 reticulate-punctate. Scutellum broadly triangular. Elytra sub- 

 oblong, broadest near the middle (in the female behind that part) ; 

 their two sutural striae nearly regular, the rest of their sculpture 

 consists of striae and punctures. Abdomen f\.iiely reticulate-punctate ; 

 prosternum with linear sculpture ; epipleuras punctate. 



<? . Anterior tibm arcuate externally, incrassate near apex, the 

 intermediate more strongly arched, posterior nearly straight, all 

 more or less pubescent near the inner extremity. 



$ . Tibice slightly arched, simple, pubescent. Form broader ; 

 sculpture finer. (7 hues x 3x-) 



Larger and broader than my specimen of A. bullatum, measuring 

 6 X 2^, more oblong, less uneven, structure of tibiffi dissimilar. 



<? . Lejigth, 6^ lines ; breadth, 2f . 



Taken by Mr. S. W. Fulton on Mount Maungatua, Otago. 



Group-ANTHICIDiE . 



Anthicus (p. 411^- 



1670. A. minor, ^^-s. Head quadrate, convex, hind angles 

 rounded, nearly impunctate, with some fine, pale hairs ; eyes small, 

 distinctly facetted. Antenna rufo-fuscous, but with the three basal 

 joints paler. Prothorax cordiform, very much contracted behind, 

 sides foveate, its punctation fine and distant ; rufo-castaneous. 

 Elytra sub-oblong, apices individually rounded, finely punctate ; 

 not so dark as the head, but castaneous at the shoulders. Underside 

 sparsely pubescent ; sternum castaneous. Abdomen blackish. 



Eesembles the European A. floralis in form, smaller, diiferently 

 sculptured, and with more slender legs. 

 Length, i^ lines; breadth, f. 

 Habitat near Howick, Auckland. 



Group-OTIORHYNCHID^. 



Trachyphloeus (p- 430)- 



1 67 1. T. ru^foSUS, n.s. Convex, sub-ovate, thickly covered 

 with fuscous scale- like matter intermingled with pale setiform scales, 

 those on the thorax placed transversely, but en the elytra in rows 

 on the interstices ; scape rufo-fuscous, setose ; funiculus and club 

 shining brick-red ; legs infuscate-rcd. 



Prothorax sub-transverse, narrowed anteriorly, sides obtusely 

 rounded ; coarsely wrinkled transversely. Elytra almost cordiform, 

 base bisinuate ; with rows of coarse punctures, interstices not dis- 

 tinctly raised. Legs bearing coarse, grey sctEC. 



Like T. irrituo, but larger, the thorax not obviously angulated 



