12 Mr. D. Sharp's descriptions of eight neio species 



shining ; in the male it is very broad ; in the female it is a 

 good deal more slender, though still rather stout ; in each 

 sex the point of insertion of the antennte is a little before 

 the middle ; the 2nd joint of the funiculus is quite small. 



This species Avas sent me by Captain Broun, from 

 Tairua, as No. 324. 



Pentartlirum hrevirostre, n. sp. Brevius, robustulum, 

 minus depressum, fortiter punctatum; rostro brevi, crasso, 

 parallelo, opaco ; prothorace elongato, lateribus rotundatis, 

 antrorsum angustato, pone marginem anteriorem depresso, 

 dense, fortiter, profundeque punctato, subopaco ; elytris 

 sat nitidis, prothoracis latitudine, profundius striatis, striis 

 sat distincte punctatis. Long. 2^ mm. 



In this species the club of the antennre is short, stout, 

 and abruptly marked off, and is either circular or oval 

 according as it is viewed from above or from one side ; 

 the 2nd joint of the funiculus scarcely differs fi-om the 

 following ones. I do not know the sex of the individuals 

 before me, but probably they are males. 



I have recently received a pair of this species from 

 Captain Broun, as No. 43, accompanied by the informa- 

 tion that they were cut out of a log at Whangarei. 



Entium aberrans, n. sp. Perdebile, angustum, sub- 

 cylindricum, sat nitidum, rufescens, setis tenuissimis, sat 

 elongatis vestitis ; prothorace augustulo, cylindrico, fortiter 

 crebre punctato, medio longitudinaliter angustissime im- 

 punctato ; elytris fortiter seriatim punctatis ; metasterno 

 elongato. Long. 1§ mm. lat. i^ mm. 



The rostrum is more than half as long as the thorax, it 

 is rather fine and indistinctly punctiu-ed, and like the rest 

 of the upper surfice bears fine hairs. The eyes are rather 

 small, oval, and have their greatest length in the longi- 

 tudinal direction. The thorax is narrow and cylindric, 

 being only very little narrowed in front, and scarcely at 

 all constricted or depressed there, it is coarsely and rather 

 closely punctured, but the punctures become more sjjaring 

 towards the middle, so that they almost leave a smooth 

 space along the middle line. Elytra elongate and slender, 

 but distinctly broader than the thorax, not at all striate, 

 but with very regular rows of coarse punctm-es, Avhich at 

 the apex, however, become fine and indistinct. Under 

 surface sparingly punctured and shining, its setje exces- 

 sively short. 



