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rounded in both sexes (rather more acutely in the male), never 

 divaricated. The shape of the body is elongate-elliptical, the 

 elytra at the shoulders being scarcely wider than the base of 

 the thorax. The colour of the integument is coppery brown, 

 but veiled with a laid ashy pubescence, never dense enough 

 wholly to conceal the ground-colour — fresh examples showing, 

 besides, a few condensed white linear spots, placed some on the 

 anterior disk and others as an oblique macular fascia behind 

 the middle ; but these spots are sometimes wanting. The 

 elytra are faintly striated (except the sutural stria), and have 

 a number of large punctures arranged in irregular rows near 

 the base. The antennas are pitchy red, with the bases of some 

 of the joints paler. 



Xylotoles humeratus, n. sp. 



A r . grlseo proxime affinis ; magis nitidus ; elytris ad humeros 

 thoracis basi distincte latioribus, humeris rectangulatis, maculis 

 pubescentibus fulvis; oculis pilis fulvis marginatis. Long. 3-5 

 lin. 6 2 • 



Difficult at first sight to distinguish from X. griseus, but 

 certainly distinct. The difference in general form first strikes 

 the eye — a difference which arises from the thorax being 

 much shorter and more narrowed at the base, and from the 

 elytra at the base being much wider, with wide outstanding 

 rectangular shoulders. The colour is also constantly different, 

 being more brassy greenish and shining, especially on the 

 thorax. The general laid pubescence is greyish, and the stria? 

 and punctures are nearly the same as in X. griseus ; but the 

 denser pubescent spots are always orange-tawny and con- 

 spicuous, arranged in two groups — one near the base (some 

 of them forming an oblique line), and the other behind the 

 middle (forming a line oblique in the opposite direction to the 

 former) . The orbit of the eyes has also a dense fringe of the 

 same tawny-coloured hairs ; and there is a patch of the same 

 on each side of the thorax. 



Many examples from Mr. Lawson of Auckland, mixed with 

 X. griseus. 



Xylotoles subpinguis, White, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. p. 22. 



One example from Mr. Fereday, Christchurch, agreeing 

 well with White's description. 



The species much resembles X. griseus, but has a more 

 spotty pubescence, and the elytra are more prolonged and 

 pointed at the apices ( <? ). 



