1488 COLEOPTEEA 



Sc2ctelhcm absent. The sides of the thorax, iu front, incurved 

 between the canal-angles and the upper surface. 



Distinguishable by the deep elytral strice, narrow interstices, and 

 small size. 



Length (rost. excl.), ^ ; breadth, f line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. Three examples, on the ground 

 amongst leaves. 



2568. A. alpestris, ^^-s. Compact, subovate, very complex, 

 without superficial inequalities, a little shining ; infuscate-red, legs 

 more obscurely coloured, with fuscous and pallid setai ; antennce 

 and tarsi yellowish-red ; clothed for the most part with slender ful- 

 vescent or testaceous scales (according to individual varieties), and 

 a few pale erect setae, in one example there is an angular, bare, 

 pitchy space on each side of the elytra. 



Eostrum pitchy-red, finely punctate, gradually and very slightly 

 narrowed near the middle, squamose behind, suddenly, but only 

 slightly, pinched in near the eyes. Tliorax about as long as broad, 

 very much, but not at all abruptly, narrowed towards the front, 

 base truncate ; closely but not coarsely punctured. Elytra convex, 

 widest at the middle, the sides rounded ; base not wider than the 

 thorax and closely applied thereto, feebly bisinuate ; they are punc- 

 tate-striate, the striae near the suture, near the middle only, very 

 deep and broad ; the interstices nearest to these sulci are a little 

 elevated on top of the declivity, the others arc broad. 



Underside more or less punctate, with a few greyish slender 

 scales. 



AntcnncB medially inserted ; scape short, just attaining the eye, 

 gradually thickened ; funiculus 7-articulate, first joint larger than 

 second, 3-7 increase in breadth ; club broad, ovate, the three 

 apical joints very short. Eijcs broadly-oval. No ocular lobes, the 

 sides of the thorax, in front, incurved. Tarsi with the third joint 

 densely clothed underneath, broadly expanded and lobed, fourth 

 narrow, claws small. Femora grooved below, the anterior near the 

 apex only. Tibia uncinate. Pectoral canal bounded between the 

 middle coxae by a moderately-raised margin. Metasternum broadly 

 rounded in line with the hind part of the middle coxae. Abdomen 

 large, first segment nearly twice the length of the second in the 

 middle, the suture between them a little sinuous. 



The insect looks like a small, broad Scclodoliclius. The deep 

 sutural striae of the elytra, with the raised adjacent interstices, will 

 lead to its recognition almost at a glance. 



Length (rost. excl.), f ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Pirongia. Two, amongst leaf-mould brought by Mr. A. T. 

 Urquhart. 



2569. A. picatus, ii-s- Compact, very convex, ovate, without 

 inequalities of surface, shining, piceous ; covered with fulvous and 

 grey hair-like scales, the grey ones irregularly distributed and some- 

 times forming spots, there are also erect fuscous setae ; legs obscure- 

 red, tarsi and antennae red, club smoky-brown. 



