436 Mr. D. Sharp on tJie 



very large apical patch yellow ; they bear each nine broad 

 and deep strias, so that the interstices between these are very 

 narrow ; the stride also are coarsely punctured. Legs yellow, 

 with the knees and tarsi a little infuscate. 



Tairua (a single specimen sent by Captain Broun). 



Ohs. In size, form, and structure this species seems almost 

 exactly similar to A . inflatus ; but the sculpture of the upper 

 surface is extremely different. 



Postscript. 



Since the preceding paper left my hands I have received 

 from Capt. Thomas Broun a few species of New-Zealand 

 Coleoptera ; and among them are three very interesting new 

 Anthribidaj. The descriptions of these I have thought it well 

 to publish in company with those of the preceding species ; 

 and as they are not indicated in the tabular arrangement, I 

 have pointed out the nearest ally of each. Captain Broun 

 informs me that he can at present give no further information 

 as to the habits of these three species, than that they are found 

 on birch and are excessively rare. 



Anthrihus spinifer^ n. sp. 



^. capitelongius rostrato, oculis convexis, niger, fusco-nigro tomen- 

 tosus ; capite ad oculorum margines, prothorace basi utriiique 

 Bcutelloqiie tenuiter ochraceo lineatis ; coleopteris brevibus latis, 

 sutura medio acute elevata, apice bipenicillata. Long. corp. 

 (rostro incl.) 5 m. m. 



Antennae reaching to the back of the thorax, black, with 

 the eighth joint clothed with white hairs ; first and second 

 joints rather long, about equal to one another; of 3-8 each is 

 a little shorter than its predecessor ; eighth joint slender, much 

 longer than broad ; ninth joint dilated gradually from base to 

 apex, distinctly longer than broad ; tenth transverse ; eleventh 

 longer than tenth. Head produced into a rostrum, which is 

 greatly dilated at the extremity and is rather shorter than the 

 thorax ; the eyes are quite entire, ve«y prominent, and nearly 

 circular ; the antennae are inserted near the apex, quite at the 

 sides, in short cavities which are very slightly prolonged back- 

 wards and downwards : it is black in colour, with a line of 

 yellow scales at the inner margin of each eye. Thorax a good 

 deal narrower than the elytra, rather longer than broad ; the 

 carina distant from the base, nearest to it in front of the scu- 

 tellum, and gradually curved forwards towards the sides, and 

 not continued forwards after the termination of the curve : 



