AXTHlUlilDAK. I -V.) 



widest piirt, there is a slij^litlv curved cai-iiia, wliieli. liowever. becomes 

 quite obsolete towards the sides; its punctatioii is fine, especially in 

 front, but is slightly rugose and more irregular behind. Scutellum 

 small, somewhat rounded. Elytra oblong, a little broader than the 

 thorax' at the base, winch is oblique towai-ds the suture, apices sub- 

 truncate, and not covering the vertical pygidium ; they are distinctly, 

 though not coarsely, seriate-jninctate, and are without any definite 

 nodosities or crests. 



Antennae slender, reaching backwards to the shoulders, inserted near 

 the apex in foveiforni cavities, their basal joint barely half the length 

 of the elongate 2nd, wliich is nodiform at tlio apex ; joints .'5-8 diffei- 

 but little, all are elongate, the 8th, howevei-, is ratlier shorter and a little 

 expanded apically; 9th triangular, shorter and liroader ilian its pre- 

 decessoi-; 10th transverse; the terminal conical. 



Eyes lateral, longitudinally oval, entire, occupying the whole side of 

 the head and just touching the truncate thoracic margin. 



In structural details, excepting the laterally obliterated carina of tlie 

 thorax, this species is congeneric with A. xhnrpi, Dfi.'l, wliich is hii-ger, 

 with thicker and somewhat maculate pubescence. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, quite 1 mm. 



Tisbury, Inveicargill. My specimen was found by Mr. A. Philpott, 

 in February, 1911. 



3464. Anthribus imitarius sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex and nitid ; nigro-fuscous ; tlie Ivuees, 

 middle of tibiae, the basal joint and claws of the tarsi greyish or pale 

 castaneous ; the antennae also light chestnut, but with fuscous tips to 

 most of the joints; the pubescence pale, flavescent and greyish, unevenly 

 distributed, so that the lower sides of the thorax are bare and lilackish, 

 as is also a broad space behind the posterior femora. 



Rostrum as long as the thorax, its frontal half angularly expanded, 

 closely and finely punctate-rugose, slightly emarginate at the apex, with 

 a fine indistinct carina along the middle of the basal portion. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, widest and rounded at the middle, some- 

 what irregularly and finely punctured; its carina hardly discernible, 

 moderately distant from the base, and not forming latei-al angles. 

 Elytra oljlong, rounded behind, with subtruncate apices, the base 

 evidently broader than that of the thorax; with series of moderately fine 

 punctures, but without perceptible inequalities. 



Legs simple. Tarsi rather short, not very slender, basal joint longest, 

 3rd sliort, with elongate lolies ; claws short and distinctly toothed. 



Antennae sparingly pubescent, longer than the liead and rostrum ; 

 basal two joints nearly equal, stout, subpyriform ; joints 3-8 decrease 

 in length, the 8th obconical and rather broader than preceding ones ; 

 club distinct, its basal joint subtriangular, largest, tlie next ti-ansversal, 

 the apical conical. 



With a single exception this species closely resembles tlie female of 

 A. hrou/n\ 064, in structure. The eyes are a little more i-otundate and 

 less prominent, the antennae are rather shorter, the vestiture is 

 altogether ligliter, there is no metallic tinge, the shoulders are obviously 

 more prominent, and the insect itself is much smaller. The exceptional 

 featu)-e is the obsolete thoracic carina. Tn both species the eves are just 

 free from the thorax, but in tlu^ allied A. s/nulnz/er/, 2224, these orirans 

 are distant from it. 



Length (rostrum inclusive'). 3 mui. ; l)readt]i, 1 l mm. 



