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Ohn. — Although s<jvci'iil Species Ix'longiiig to this genus, and the 

 allied Olirjota, Leptoglossa, and Polylohus, occur in New Zealand, and 

 liave had sjiecific iianu's attached to them In- M. A. Fauvel, of Caen, 

 no descriptions, so far as can be ascertained, have been published as 

 vet. 



3394. Aphytopus pictulus sp. iiov. Aphytopus Sharp, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 1024. 



Elongate, moderately nitid ; pubescence yellowish-grey, distinct, not 

 very elongate, decumbent, thicker on the thorax and elytra than on the 

 abdomen, the liead nearly glabrous; head, thorax, and base of elytra 

 pale rufo-castaneous, lemainder of these last fuscous, basal segments of 

 abdomen fulvescent, 3rd to 5th piceous, the legs and liasal two joints of 

 the anteiinae testaceous, the following ones infuscate. 



Head, including the large eyes, broader than the front of thorax, 

 moderately narrowed backwards, neither closely nor verj' distinctly 

 punctured, the vertex very smooth. Thoi-ax half the length of the 

 elytra, broadest and slightly rounded at the base, the sides finely mar- 

 gined and nearly straight but curvedly narrowed anteriorly; moderately 

 finely yet distinctly but not closely punctate, without dorsal impressions. 

 Elytra oblong, broadei" tlian thorax at the base, curvedly narrowed near 

 the apices, which are oblique towards the suture ; their punctation a 

 little irregular, nowhere coarse, rather finer behind. Abdomen longer 

 tlian the elytra, not as broad ;is they are, with fiiie, rather distant, 

 granular sculpture. 



Antennae i-ather longer than tlie head and thorax; 2nd joint elongate, 

 (juite as long as the 1st but rather more slender; joints 3-8 almost alike, 

 all longer than broad; 9th and 10th moderately dilated, subrjuadrate 

 and, together, rather longer tlian the elongate-conical terminal joint, 

 these more distinctly pubescent than the preceding ones. Tibiae straight 

 and, like the tarsi, distinctly pubescent. 



Undei-side testaceous, but with tlie al)donien fuscous from the 2nd 

 segment backwards. 



Allied to A. /lorosiis-, 3182, but more oljviously variegated, with the 

 thorax rather shorter and more narr<jwed anteriorly, differently formed 

 and longer antennae, iVc. 



Length, 1§ mm. ; breadth, ^ mm. 



Retaruke. My specimen was found amongst dead leaves that were 

 sent to me by Mr. W. J. Guinness in l\Iay, 1911. 



Group Tachypokidae. 



3395. Conurus asperellus sp. nov. Conurus Stephens, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 96. 



Elongate, slightly convex, attenuate posteriorly, nitid; head, tliorax, 

 and elytra chestnut-ied, abdomen of a brownish coppery hue; the man- 

 dibles, legs, and basal four joints of the antennae somewhat fulvescent, 

 the succeeding joints slightly infuscate; pubescence slender, greyish- 

 yellow, mostly decum))ent, subei'ect on the head, the abdomen, along its 

 sides and on tlie terminal segment, with long, outstanding, blackish 

 setae. 



Head trigonal, with a slender, dark, slightly incurved, inteiocular 

 line, and another along the centre of the vei-tex, but without distinct 

 punctation. Thorax, at its l)ase, about w fourth broader than it is 



