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those near the suture and apex are substriate ; interstices plane, with many 

 minute distant punctures. 



Tibiae finely hispid, nearly straight, bispinose at the extremity ; basal 

 joint of anterior tarsi subtriangular and evidently longer than 2nd, 4th 

 small. Antennae finely pubescent; exposed portion of the basal joint 

 scarcely longer than 2nd ; 3rd shorter than 4th and 5th combined ; 7-10 laxly 

 articulated, moderately expanded, and subcordate ; 11th large, subovate. 



This should be placed in proximity to 690, A. amaroides Bates {Pheloneis 

 Pascoe), but it is differentiated from that species by the nearly straight- 

 sided thorax and indistinct scutellum. A. urquharti, another congener, 

 may be distinguished by the coarser sculpture. 



Length, 3;^ lines ; breadth, 1 1 lines. 



Titahi Bay, Southland. This is another of Mr. Philpott's captures. 

 Unique. 



Group CiSTELIDAE. 



3108. Amarosoma violacea sp. nov. Gen., Redtenbacher, Voy. " Novara," 



1868. 



Glabrous, nitid, blue ; elytra faintly rufescent on some parts, head and 

 thorax rather darker ; antennae, palpi, and legs more or less rufo-piceous. 



Head distinctly and irregularly but not coarsely punctured. Thorax 

 widest as the base, widely but not deeply bisinuate there, much narrowed 

 towards the front, which is a little emarginate, the lateral margins only 

 visible from above near the base, hind angles subrectangular but obtuse ; 

 the surface very finely, distantly, and irregularly punctured ; at the middle 

 of the base there is a transverse impression, and between it and each side an 

 angulate one, near these the piuictation is more distant than on the disc. 

 Scutellum large, smooth. Elytra oblong, narrowed posteriorly, the shoulders 

 obliquely narrowed so as to be but little broader than the thorax at the base ; 

 the sutural region depressed at the base and with a short series of pmictures 

 there ; on each there are 3 deep punctate striae near the suture, these extend, 

 to the apex but do not reach the base, the outer series of pimctures are 

 sUghtly coarser but become indistinct behind, the interstices appear smooth. 



Antennae unusually thick ; 2nd joint half the length of the 1st, sub- 

 quadrate ; 3rd rather shorter than ith. Tarsi moderately broad, the 

 penultimate joint of the anterior with elongated lamellae, so that the 5th 

 extends only about a third further. Claws finely pectinate. 



Rather broader than A. sophorae (699), the colour altogether different, 

 antennae thicker, the epistome convex instead of being flat. In that species 

 the eiytral striae are well marked behind. 



Length, 5 lines ; breadth, 1| lines. 



Titahi Bay, Southland. Described from a solitary individual found by 

 Mr. A. Philpott, of Invercargill. 



Group SalpIxNuidae. 



3109. Salpingus cognatus sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 398. 



Shining, moderately convex, sparingly clothed with slender greyish 

 hairs and, on the elytra, with inaiiy erect conspicuous ones ; bright rufo- 

 fuscous but becoming a little darker behind, shoulders rather paler, legs 

 pale testaceous, basal 6 joints of iuitennae rufescent, the remainder fuscous. 



Head niuch narrowed anteriorly, rather elongate, and, including the 

 large prominent eyes, rather wider than the front of thorax and more 



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