438 Mr. D. Sharp on ^Ae Antliribidje of New Zealand. 



angles nearly white, and at the base on each side of the middle 

 with some golden-coloured hairs, and with some similar ones 

 about the tubercles. Elytra with a very fine and dense punc- 

 tuation, and with some rather larger punctures, which are in- 

 distinctly arranged in rows ; each one bears three very large 

 tubercles placed at a little distance from the suture, and each 

 is notched at the base so as to expose the rather large and 

 elevated scutellum ; the suture just behind the scutellum is 

 elevated, and there is a fine but distinct sutural stria ; the 

 surface bears extremely short and fine and indistinct pale 

 hairs, which ai-e more conspicuous about the tubercles than 

 elsewhere. Under surface rather densely clothed with a pale 

 grey pubescence. Legs pale green, with the apex of the tibige 

 and the tarsi black. 



Ohs. This very remarkable insect is readily distinguished 

 by the rounded scutellar angles of the elytra ; its place among 

 the New-Zealand species at present known is next to Anthri- 

 bus ahiis, and, in the present state of the classification of the 

 Anthribidse, should find its place near the species of Cratopai^i's. 



Anthrihus rudis, n. sp. 



A. oblongus, fuscus, variegato-pabescens, prothorace macula basali 

 albida ; elytris tuberculatis, tuberculis fulvo-tomentosis ; meta- 

 sterno medio rugoso-punctato. Long. corp. 4f m. m, 



Antennje about as long as head and thorax, rather stout, 

 obscure reddish in colour ; second joint about equal to first ; 

 ninth joint longer than broad, gradually dilated from the 

 slender base to the broad apex ; tenth shorter than ninth, 

 slightly longer than broad ; eleventh smaller than tenth, ob- 

 tusely pointed. Head distinctly rostrated, but the rostrum 

 broad and short, hardly longer than broad ; the eyes narrow 

 oval, convex, very obliquely placed, not emarginate. Antennas 

 inserted at a distance from the eyes in a rather large cavity at 

 the side, the hind part of which is slightly directed down ; the 

 surface is covered with a somewhat variegated pubescence, and 

 is finely carinate on the middle near the front. Thorax almost 

 as long as broad, a good deal narrowed towards the front ; the 

 surface uneven, but not distinctly tuberculate, covered with a 

 rather variegated pubescence, in which a white spot at the base 

 is very conspicuous ; on each side of this white spot is a smaller 

 black one ; the carina is placed at a distance from the base, 

 and is a little sinuate or waved, is more distant from the elytra 

 at the angles than in the middle. Elytra rather short and 

 broad, their surface uneven, it being elevated into some indi- 

 stinct tubercles, which are clothed with a tawny tomentum ; 

 the rather coarse rows of punctures are concealed by a rather 



