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Tlic liiK' piiiictiitidii iiiid olytnil sciilptuiv at once ditlVroiitiiitc this 

 species liom J. wdhjiihU. In A. tinriAln the lie;',d and thorax are more 

 finely punctured, the former more distantly. \\n\ hitter more ( losely. The 

 wliok^ insect is hroader, the h'ji;s are more rohu.st. an<l tlie.elvtrai margins 

 and geneial cohjration dilTer. It is also distinct from .1. nhscunis. which 

 is described as broader than .1. tra he field i, with the liead and thorax closelv 

 punctured and suliopaque. 



Length, 4i lines ; hreadth. 1^ lines. 



Invercargill. Named in lionour of iMr. .\. IMiilpott. troin whom I received 

 it, as well as two or three specimens which agrei^ with Di-. Sli.np's dcsciiption 

 of A. iibscunis. 



31()2. Artystona tinctella sp. nov. 



Elongate, transversely convex, a little shining ; pitchy-i)lack tinged 

 with violaceous ; antennae and tarsi rufo-piceous ; the legs, palpi, and 

 labrum blackish. 



Head transversely impressed in front of the eyes, finely and rathei- dis- 

 tantly punctured. Thorax quadrate, very slightly broader than long, with 

 obtuse angles, finely and moderately closely punctured, more tinelv than 

 the head. SeuteUuni minutely punctured, and with a slight apical groove. 

 Ebjtra evidently broader behind the middle than at the base, lateral margins 

 distinctly expanded for two-thirds of the entire length, and well developed 

 even at the shoulders ; they are finely striate-punctate. basal sculpture 

 less definite ; interstices distantly punctured, and only moderately inter- 

 rupted and nodose towards the extremity ; they bear numerous minute 

 setae. 



Easily distinguishablr troni A. walcjieldi hy the fine sculpture of the 

 head and thorax and the violet-tinged elytra ; and from A. eriehsoni l)y the 

 much finer, less interrupted, elytral sculpture, and the quite truncate apex 

 of the thorax, which in A. eriehsoni is widely and (piite detinitelv incurved. 



Length, 5^ lines ; breadth, 2-^ lines. 



West Plains. Southland. T am indebted to Mr. A. I'hilpott for my 

 specimen. 



3103. Artystona vicina sp. nov. 



Elongate, transversely convex, with vt^ry few slender yellowish setae : 

 piceo-niger ; legs, antennae, and palpi rufo-piceous ; labrum rufescent : 

 head and thorax subopaque ; elytra moderately nitid. 



Head distinctly yet moderately finely but not closely punctured. th(^ 

 forehead rather more finely and a little shining. Thorax ipiadrate, very 

 slightly transverse, apex truncate, with slightly t)btuse depressed angles, 

 its sides feebly rounded before the middle, posterior angles obtuse, its 

 surface finely but not closely {)unctured. SenielUuii nearly smooth. Elytra 

 elongate, slightly wider than thorax at tiie base, a little wider behind the 

 middle ; with finely punctured shallow striae, which, however, are effaced 

 at the base, but become deeper behind : interstices with di.stant serial 

 punctures, becoming more elevated behind, where they are more or less 

 interrupted and form oblong nodiform elevations. 



Underside nigrescent, moderately siiining. finely punctured, and sparingly 

 pubescent, the terminal ventral segment distinctly grooved along each side. 



Smaller than A. wakefieldi, with the head and thorax very much mort' 

 finely punctured and not at all rugo.se : the elytra more evidently striate, 

 but with the interstitial nodosities iint cominencing till near the extremity : 

 the thorax al.so ditfei"s. 



