432 Mr. D. Sharp on the 



ventral plate, which in the female is much more elongate than 

 in the male, and is shaped so that its middle part forms a sort 

 of projection. 



Auckland and Tairua : sent by Mr. Lawson as well as bv 

 Captain Broun, but apparently rare. 



Obs. I. In certain specimens the elytra are marked by a 

 dark transverse fascia across the middle, of which there is no 

 trace in other specimens. 



Ohs. II. This species is one Avhose position in the accepted 

 classification of the group I should find it very difficult to define. 

 In respect, to the peculiar form of the hind angles of the 

 thorax, and the position of the thoracic carina, it forins a 

 decided point of connexion with Etnalis spin{coUis,ixon\ which, 

 however, it is very distinct by reason of its emarginate eyes 

 and more rostrate head. 



Ohs. III. I have named this interesting species in honour 

 of Captain F. W. Hutton, of Dunedin, to whom science is 

 largely indebted for its recent progress in New Zealand. 



Anthribus crasstcSy n. sp. 



A. capite hand rostrato, oculis subconvexis, brevis, transversim 

 convexus, niger, nigro-tomentosus et minus distincte cinereo- 

 maculatus ; elytris disco fascia abbreviata transversa, cinerea ; 

 antennanim basi tarsisque rufo-testaceis. Long. corp. 2 m. m. 



Carina of thorax quite basal; antennae inserted at inner 

 margin of eyes. Head small, and much inserted in thorax, 

 with a fine, dense, and indistinct punctuation. Eyes rather 

 large, but not very prominent, their inner edge scarcely rounded 

 and taking an oblique direction ; along this inner edge of the 

 eye and at some little distance behind its most anterior part 

 is the point of insertion of the antennge ; there is no distinct 

 cavity for their reception. The parts of the mouth are very 

 small, and the front of the clypeus is truncate. The antennae 

 are pitchy, except the two basal joints, which are yellowish ; 

 they are slender, and about as long as the thorax ; the first 

 joint is rather slender, and has its inner edge only moderately 

 curved ; the second joint is about as stout as the first, and 

 rather shorter than it ; joints 3-8 are very slender, each is 

 distinctly shorter than its predecessor, the eighth being but 

 short ; joints 9, 10, and 11 form a long, slender, and very laxly 

 articulated club, each of them being quite narrow at the point 

 of insertion. Thorax rather large, a good deal narrowed towards 

 the front, the disk a little elevated, covered with a dense, fine, 

 rugose sculpture, and only with excessively indistinct pubes- 

 cence ; its carina is close to the elytra, and follows the direction 



