428 Mr. D. Sharp on the 



Anthrihus vates^ n. sp. 



A. capite rostrato, oculis perconvexis, piceus, tomento griseo fus- 

 coque vestitus ; prothorace conico, angulis posterioribus minus 

 discretis, carina ab elytrorum humeris remota. Long. corp. 5 

 m. m. 



Antennae moderately stout, shorter than the body, obscure 

 reddish ; second joint rather elongate, third nearly one and a 

 half times length of second. Head with a short, broad rostrum ; 

 antennal cavities large but not sulciform, placed quite at the 

 side of rostrum, and distinctly prolonged on its under face, the 

 space separating the hind edge of these cavities from the eye 

 small but distinct ; the eyes are almost hemispherical. Thorax 

 conical, not quite so long as broad ; its carina in the middle is 

 separated by a short distance only from the base of the elytra, 

 but is curved so that its angle is twice the distance from the 

 elytra that the middle is ; the angle of the carina is almost a 

 right angle (but not sharply marked), and it is only produced 

 a very short distance forwards along the side ; behind the 

 carina the sides of the thorax are narrowed, so that a very 

 evident gap is left on each side, between the angles of the 

 thorax and those of the elytra. The elytra are covered with 

 a dense variegated tomentum, which conceals their lines of 

 punctures. 



Tairua : a single male specimen sent by Captain Broun. The 

 ventral segments in this sex are distinctly flattened and im- 

 pressed along the middle. 



Obs. Though this species in general structure is closely 

 allied to A. Huttoni, it is very readily distinguished therefrom 

 by the difference in the form of the basal parts of the thorax. 

 The legs and antennae are similar in structure to those of A. 

 Huttoni, but are rather stouter, and the second joint of the 

 antennae is more elongate in A. vates. Anthrihus mcertus, 

 White, is possibly an allied but rather larger species. 



Anthrihus phymatodes, ^edt {?). 



A. oblongus, angustulus, pube grisea leviter variegata vestitus ; 

 antennis pedibusque testaceis, his fusco maculatis ; elytris quadri- 

 callosis, callositatibus posterioribus pone medium sitis. Long. 

 Corp. 3-4 m. m. 



Antennae elongate, reddish. Eyes moderately deeply emar- 

 ginate ; upper border of antennal cavity near, but distinctly 

 separated from the eye. Thorax as long as broad, its carina very 

 distinct, quite separated from the elytra, forming a rounded angle 

 at the side, and extending forward about halfway to the front of 



