OF NEW ZEALAND. 1351 



second and third joints almost equal, well developed, each shorter 

 than the fourth. The middle of the presternum, the metasternum, 

 and the abdomen infuscate. 



The thoracic sculpture not so dense as it is in B. ohscurus, the 

 coloration and clothing different. 



Length, 2f lines ; breadth, ^ line. 



Boatman's. I am indebted to Mr. Cavell for my specimen. 



Group-DASC YLLID^ . 



AmplectopUS (('ien., p. 1137, Part V.). 



2368. A. latuius, !i'-s- Oval, rather broad, subopaque ; 

 clothed with short, depressed, brassy setse and hairs ; rufo-castane- 

 ous, sides of elytra fuscous, legs reddish ; the tarsi and three basal 

 joints of the antenna rufo-testaceous, the other joints infuscate ; 

 underside reddish, indistinctly punctate, with slender greyish hairs. 



A broader form than .4. ovalis, the base of the elytra distinctly 

 broader than the thorax and apparently minutely granulate, the 

 rest of their sculpture similar but still finer, not distinctly punctate, 

 the sculpture, however, difficult to define accurately ; ihe apices are 

 a little bent up. Thorax very transverse, marked like the elytra. 

 Antcnnce pubescent, joints 6-10 gradually thickened, all transverse. 



Front tibia with a slender terminal spur. Labial palpi minute, 

 the maxillary moderately elongate, their three last joints suboblong 

 and of nearly equal size, the apical joint ver}- slightly narrowed 

 towards the extremity. 



Length, ^ ; breadth, i- line. 



Waitakerei Eange. Two examples in my own collection. 



2369. A. fuSCUS, 'i-^- Oblong-oval, subopaque, dark-brown ; 

 clothed with depressed, but comparatively rather coarse, seta-like, 

 brassy hairs ; the three basal joints of the antenn;© reddish, the 

 remaining joints nearly black. 



Thorax about twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, finely 

 and distantly punctured. Elytra but little wider than thorax at the 

 base, apices slightly refiexed ; their punctuation not close, mode- 

 rately fine, but distinct. Antcnnce, with a thick basal joint ; third 

 slender at base, but dilated towards the extremity, which is oblique ; 

 fourth a little longer than broad, 5-7 small, seventh transverse ; 

 8-10 strongly transverse. 



Differs from A. ovalis in antennal structure and elytral sculpture. 



Length, 1 ; breadth, ^ line. 



Boatman's. One example, and two of .1. ovalis, found by Mr. 

 Cavell. 



Group— MEL YRID-ffi. 



Dasytes (Gen., p. 328). 



2370. D. littoralis, ''^■s- Elongate, narrow, nitid, greenish- 

 blue, legs and antenna nearly quite black ; the second joint of 



