Anthribidffi of New Zealand. 435 



Var. Prothoracis margiiiibus et elytrorum basi apiceque plus 

 miausve dilutioribus. 



Antennfe about as long as the thorax, yellow, with the club 

 infuscate, the joints bearing fine and somewhat scanty, but 

 quite distinct outstanding setae ; first joint dilated towards 

 the extremity, and rounded on the inner side ; second joint 

 almost as long as first and rather more slender than it ; joints 

 3-8 slender, each shorter than its predecessor; joints 9-11 

 forming a rather large, loosely jointed club, the middle joint 

 being transverse. Eyes rather prominent, but small and trans- 

 verse ; the antennse inserted just at their inner and front edge ; 

 the rostrum very short and rather sparingly punctured. Thorax 

 rather large, convex, longer than broad, the sides curved ; the 

 carina not close to the base in the middle, and curved away 

 from it towards the sides, and appearing not to be distinctly 

 bent up, but gradually curved forwards, and quite indistinct 

 in its lateral portions ; the surface of the thorax is covered 

 with moderately coarse but rather distant punctures. The 

 elytra are short and convex, curved at the sides, and each one 

 bears nine rows of shallow, moderately coarse punctures. The 

 legs are yellow, but the knees and the apex of tibias and base 

 of the tarsi are a little infuscate. 



Sent from the Northern Island both by Messrs. Broun and 

 Lawson. Though I have examined several individuals, I see 

 no external sexual marks. 



Ohs. The nearest ally of this species as yet known is doubt- 

 less the Notioxenus rufopictus^ Wollaston ; but the Anthrihus 

 t?i^a^ws differs, I judge, from that species by the form of the basal 

 portion of the thorax. The carina in A . inflatus is simply curved, 

 so that its lateral portions are more distant from the elytra than 

 the middle portion is ; behind this carina the basal part of the 

 thorax is depressed, and at the sides is much narrowed towards 

 the base. The metasternum in A. inflatus is excessively short, 

 and the legs are long ; the second joint of the tarsi is smaller 

 than usual in the Anthribidee, so that the third joint about 

 equals it in size. 



Anthrij^us rugosus, n. sp. 



A. piceus, opacus, anteunis pedibusque testaceis, elytris testaeeo 

 signatis ; thorace dense, fortiter profundeque punctato ; elytris 

 striatis, striis profunde impressis fortiterque punctatis, interstitiis 

 angustis. Long. corp. 1| m. m. 



Antennae yellow, with the club more obscure in colour ; 

 rostrum and vertex coarsely punctured. Thorax with a very 

 dense and coarse punctuation, and bearing a few fine hairs. 

 Elytra black, with two small spots at the base of each and a 



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