Anthribiclte of New Zealand. 431 



Obs. I. This species seems to agree very well with the 

 characters assigned by Lacordaire to the genus Cratoparis^ 

 except that it has the rostrum decidedly contracted at its 

 base. 



Obs. II. The two individuals before me arc very different 

 in the colour of their clothing, though they agree exactly in 

 other respects. 



Anthribus Huttoni, n. sp, 



A. capite rostrato, oculis prominulis, cinereo-, griseo- fuscoque to- 

 mcntosus ; antennis femoribusque piceis, tibiis tarsisque rufea- 

 centibus ; prothorace conico, angulis posterioribus acutis, carina 

 basi subcontigua. Long. corp. 4^ m. m. 



Body clothed with gi'QY, ashy, and fuscous hair-like scales, 

 which form on the elytra an indistinct tessellated pattern. 

 Antennae dark red or pitchy, either shorter than the length of 

 the insect, or nearly reaching that length ; they are moderately 

 stout ; second joint about equal in length to the first, rather 

 more slender than it; third joint longer than any of the others ; 

 eighth joint similar in shape to the seventh, and but little 

 shorter than it ; ninth almost triangular, becoming gradually 

 broader from its base to its extremity ; the three apical joints 

 form a rather broad, flattened club, of variable length. Head 

 in front of the eyes with abroad flat rostrum, which is a little 

 dilated towards the extremity, its front edge being scarcely 

 emarginate ; the antennal cavities are near the apex of the 

 rostrum, rather widely separated from the eye ; they are fovei- 

 form, being slightly prolonged towards one another on the 

 under face of the rostrum ; the eyes are large and prominent, 

 not emarginate, their front part encroaching a little on the 

 front of the rostrum. Thorax only about half as broad 

 at its front margin as at its base, its carina very close to the 

 elytra (but not applied to them) in front of the scutellum, 

 then gently sinuate on each side so as to form the hind angle 

 of the thorax, which is acute and extends quite as far out- 

 wards as the shoulder of the elytra ; the lateral portion of the 

 carina forms the lateral margin of the hind portion of the 

 thorax, and does not extend quite so far forwards as half the 

 length of the thorax. The elytra are very convex trans- 

 versely, and so densely clothed that their sculpture is quite 

 obscured. The legs are long and slender, and the basal joint 

 of the tarsi is as long as the three following together. 



In the male the antenna; are variable in length, but are 

 generally longer and stouter than in the female ; in tliis latter 

 sex also they appear to be variable in their dcvclopmcMt. The 

 two sexes ma^' bo rcadilv distinguishrd bv the form of the last 



