434 Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
four small prominences in a transverse straight line; the pallid pubescence covers 
the sides of the basal tubercles, their front being black; there is also much dark 
colour at the apex, and it extends along the suture, though more contracted in the 
middle part. Legs pallid, with the femora and tibiz largely marked with fuscous 
on the middle. 
Greymouth. Helms, No. 64. 
Anthribus cucullatus, n. sp.—Nigricans, pube fusco-griseaque vestitus, rostro 
dense sub-albido pubescente, antennis pedibusque testaceis, his fusco-variegatis ; 
thorace margine anteriore in medio bicristato, elytris tuberculis parum elevatis 
munitis. Long. 4 m.m. 
Allied to A. tuberosus, but abundantly distinct. Antenne: formed as in that 
species, but with less elongate third joint, and the first and second joints densely 
covered in front with white pubescence like that of the rostrum. ‘This latter is 
short and broad. The thorax is rather strongly transverse, covered with variegate 
pubescence, which is condensed in front, forming two small tufts projecting over 
the front ; the carina is remote from the base, sub-obsolete in the middle, only a 
little deflected to the front at the sides, and forming a very rounded angle; the 
elytra have broad but slightly elevated centro-basal and post-median tubercles, 
and four indistinct nodosities, before the declivity; they are densely covered with 
mottled pubescence, which does not form any distinct pattern; the legs are 
variegate. 
Although the form and the structural characters bring this very near to A. 
tuberosus, it is quite different, on account of the small tubercles of the elytra, 
and the colour of the sides. 
Otago. Professor Hutton ; one example. 
Anthribus inornatus, n. sp.—Niger, opacus, haud variegatus, pubescentia 
concolore vestitus, antennis corporis dimidio longioribus. Long. 43 m.m. 
Rostrum about as long as broad. Eyes large and prominent, short, oval, truncate 
rather than emarginate in front. Antenne with the intermediate joints more or less 
pubescent; second joint pyriform, rather slender, but a good deal stouter than the 
third, the three terminal joints forming a well-marked rather large club; the ninth 
longer than broad, gradually broader from base to apex; tenth not quite so long as 
broad; terminal joint longer than tenth, but not solong as ninth. Thorax about as 
long as broad, much narrower from the base to the front. Carina well separated 
from the base, gently curved, turned forwards at the sides, forming an obtuse 
angle; the surface densely, evenly, and finely rugose. Elytra substriate, the stric 
consisting of regular series of very distinct punctures. Legs and tarsi black, more 
or less pubescent at the knees. 
