586 COLEOPTERA. 



<?. Length (rostrum inclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, § mm. 

 Ben Lomond. Taken from leaf-mould by Mr. T. PTall, at an altitude 

 of 5,050 ft., on the 31st January, 1014. 



Allaorus Broun. M;in. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1494. 



4144. Allaorus carinifer sp. nov. 



Elongate-subovate, moderately convex, nitid ; with very few slender, 

 pale setae ; castaneo-rufous, darker at the sides, tarsi paler, club piceous. 



Rostrum stout, subparallel, rather shorter than thorax, only slightly 

 arched ; finely subseriate-punctate, more finely and distantly in front. 

 Thorax rather longer than broad, very little wider just before the middle 

 than behind, a little contracted in front, base truncate ; relatively coarsely, 

 closely, and somewhat rugosely punctured, ([uite finely near the apex, 

 with a fine, not sharply marked carina along the middle of the disc. 

 Scutellum quite visible but small. Elytra hardly twice the length of 

 thorax, of the same width at the base, a little broader near the middle, 

 much narrowed and deflexed behind, with simple apices ; distinctly crenate- 

 striate, the punctures rather large so that the minutely and "distantly 

 punctate interstices appear somewhat uneven . 



Underside nitid, piceous, mcderately coarsely but not closely punctured, 

 each puncture has a fine seta, fifth ventral segment, minutely and distantly 

 punctate. 



Penultimate tarsal joint moderately dilated, excavate above, but not 

 definitely bilobed, apparently an unreliable character owing to the difficulty 

 in removing extraneous matter from the soles. The eyes are slightly convex 

 and larger than those of the type of the genus, A. unjuharfi (2577), being 

 more like those of A. impressus (3945), which, however, is a much larger 

 insect, with the alternate interstices of the elytra somewhat elevated. The 

 distinct scultellum, too, is abnormal, and should perhaps exclude this 

 species from Allaorus. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 2 mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Pakuratahi. A single pair, from Mr. H. W. Simmonds ; 2nd Januarv, 

 1915. 



Group Anthriridae. 

 Anthribus GeofEroy. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 545. 



4145. Anthribus halli sp. nov. 



Robust, oblong, convex, subo])aque, without nodiform elevations ; 

 nigrescent, legs castaneous, each of the tibiae with a greyish spot near the 

 middle and another at the extremity, antennae rufo-castancous ; rostrum 

 and front of thorax covered with distinct reddish-brown and greyish 

 decumbent setae, the latter with an elongate white spot at the middle of 

 the base, and a dark median crest ; elytra with short similarly variegated 

 vestiture, and bearing, on each, about eight small crests, three of which 

 are blackish ; pygidium large, vertical, oblong, covered with grey depressed 

 setae. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, broad, dilated anteriorly, its apex 

 emarginate ; it is closely but irregularly punctured, and has an abbreviated 

 but indistinct median carina. Eyes prominent, eiitire, obli([uely oval. 

 Thorax slightly broader than long, its sides moderately rounded, a good 

 deal narrowed before the middle ; its carina moderately distant from the 



