72 COLEOPTBRA. 



/'. (jnuill.s is tlu' only near ally. Its 1hm(1 has (lifTertMit sculpture, the 

 closely punctured spa(e on the thorax is much narrower, the elytral striae 

 are more distinct ; in /''. ininiicuti the striae l)eyond the 3rd are represented 

 \)V mere series of tine distant punctures. 



Length. 2i lines ; hreadth, h line. 



Raurimu. One. foinid during my collecting tour in .lanuary, l!t(><l. 



Group .V.MlIHIIilDAK. 



3U.'^. Anthribus anguliceps sp. lun . (Jen., Man. X.Z. C'oleopt.. j). 545. 



i^'uliolilong. slightly nitid ; fuscous, the sides and ape.\ of thorax and the 

 shoulders and pt)sterior declivity ])aler ; legs fu.sco-testaceous, the lower 

 half of the tibiae fust-ous : antennae ]iale l)rown. joints .V() and the cliih 

 rather darker. 



Rostrum rather longer than the head, a little dilated in front, slightly 

 enuirginate there, rather flat, longitudinally rugose, with some greyish hairs 

 near the front of each eye. Scrobcs just visible al)ove, in front, their upper 

 margins slender, medially incurved. l)ut forming a slight angle close to the 

 eves. Head with irregular short rugae, so as to appear as if coarsely 

 puiK tate. Thtirdx slightly transverse, curvedly narrowed anteriorly ; its 

 carina moderately distant from the base, rounded towards the sides, but 

 not forming definite angles ; the base narrowed and depressed, with an 

 inconspicuous patch of grey hairs in the middle ; disc with irregular rugae, 

 nearly smooth in front, the sides with indistinct grey hairs. Elytra oblong, 

 rather wider than thorax, not nodose or crested, but transversely impressed 

 before the middle ; they are striate-punctate, with scanty greyish pul)es- 

 cence. Pyijidium short, vertical, flat behind. 



Antenruw inserted near the apex; basal 2 joints sul)pynform and nearly 

 e(iual ; 3-7 slender and elongate, difl'ering but little ; the 3rd rather longer 

 than the others ; 8th as long as broad, slender at the base : 1st joint of the 

 cluh triangular, 2nd nearly so, terminal ovate. Eyes entire, obliquely oval. 



This small species must be placed near 964, A. brouni. The rostrum is 

 relatively shorter and broader. The minute angulation close to each eye 

 is a distinctive character. The sculpture of the head and thorax bears no 

 reseml)lance to that of its allies. 



Length (rostrum inch). 1 line ; l)readth, quite ^ hue. 



I'arua forests, near Whangarei. Unique. 



3144. Anthribus rugifer sp. nov. 



Head and thorax rufo-fuscous, the apex of the latter an<l the elytra 

 obscure fusco-testaceous, legs and antennae testaceous, the clul) only slightly 

 infuscate. 



Similar to A. atujuliccps in structure and .sculpture. i)ut narrower. There 

 are no grey spots near tlie eyes, which are rather smaller and less oblique. 

 The elytra are unimpressed across the middle; they are narrowi-r. Miuch 

 |)aler. and less distinctly punctured. The tibia<' are immaculate. 



Length, 1 line ; breadth, nearly | hne. 



WOodliill. near Kaipara. Unique. 



3140. Anthribus maurus sp. nov. 



Suboblong, convex, subopa<|ue. nigrescent ; pubescence dark grey, 

 hardly distinguishable from the derm itself ; close to the front of each eye 

 there is a minute grev spe( k. and another on the scutellum ; on the front of 



