254 COLKOl'TEHA. 



Gi-oiij) Antiuuiudak. 



3659. Anthribus venustus sp. uov. Anthrihus Geoffroy, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 545. 



Variegate, subopaque, the derm, however, is shining; antennae light 

 brown, but with the basal joint and half of the next blackish; pubes- 

 cence decumbent, elongate, mostly dark grey and inteui-elv black and 

 somewhat patchy on the elytra; coarser llavescent hairs form a fascia 

 across the top of the posterior declivity, a pair of contiguous spots on 

 each elytron before the middle, 3 small ones on the base of thorax, and 

 a much larger sublimate spot near each side in front of the carina, the 

 scutellum and middle of the tibiae are similarly clothed, and there is 

 a minute speck near each eye; the fi"ontal portion of the thoi-ax is 

 covered with reddish-brown pubescence. 



Rostrum as long as the thoi-ax, a good deal dilated and obtusely 

 angulate in front, slightly emai-ginate behind tlie small labi'um; its 

 surface closely, moderately coarsely, and somewhat rugosely punctured, 

 and with a slender carina along the middle. Thorax a fifth broader than 

 long, gradually narrowed anteriorly, more abruptly at the base, its 

 punctation fine in front, but, owing to the vestiture, indistinct else- 

 where; the carina moderately distant from the elytra, subtruncate at 

 the middle, rounded at the sides. Scutellum small. Elytra oblong, 

 rather broader than the thorax and twice its length, with broadly 

 rounded apices; they are only slightly convex, without perceptible 

 crests, and only indistinctly punctate. Pygidium short and vertical. 



Antennae inserted at the sides, near the front, slightly longer than 

 the head and thorax; their 2nd joint rather longer than the exposed 

 ])ortion of the basal, subclavate at the exti'emity; joints 3-8 gradually 

 decrease in length, all evidently longer than broad; club oblong, 

 triarticulate, finely pubescent, its basal joint subtriangular, the inter- 

 mediate transversely quadrate, the terminal conical. 



Underside shining black, witli fine grey pubescence. 



This is congeneric with 'Sharp's A. hrouni, 964. The eyes are un- 

 emai'ginate, moderately prominent, and broadly oval. It is the prettiest 

 and most conspicuously marked species as yet found in New Zealand, 

 and cannot, therefore, be mistaken for any other. 



Length (i-ostrum inclusive), 4^ nun. ; breadth, 1§ mm. 



Invercargill. Caught by Mr."A. Philpott on the 10th August, 1912, 

 and generously presented to me for description. 



Grciup Lamiidae. 



3660. Somatidia rubella sp. nov. Somntidia Thomson, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 600. 



Nitid, convex, much narrowed and dejii-essed towards the junction 

 of the thorax and elytra ; irregularly clothed with distinct decumbent 

 and suberect fulvous hairs, but destitute of erect conspicuous setae; 

 almost wholly fusco-rufous, the elytra rather more infuscate, tarsi and 

 tibiae more or less obscurely fulvescent, these latter pale brown near 

 the base and apex. 



Head broader than the front of the thoi-ax, with a few distinct 

 punctuies, the intervals minutely scul]iturcd. Thorax of about equal 

 length and breadth, subglobular, its sid<'s strongly rounded and rather 

 more narrowed and depressed towards the base than it is in front; it 

 is moderately coarsely but rather distantly punctured, a little more 



