species of New- Zealand Coleoptera. 159 



Btporhynchoilos crislntus^ sp. n. 



Sithopar/ur, nigro-jjiccous ; the legs, rostrum, and antenna: 

 rut'o-picoous. 



Iliad apparently impressed between the eyes, with slender 

 dark grey stjuanKC. lioslrum finely punctate, with some 

 slender hairs near the base, not distinctly carinatc. Thorax 

 niueh narrowi'd, but not al)ru|)tly constricted in front, with 

 two erect crests just over the heiul and an indistinct one at 

 the middle of each side ; there is a depression before the 

 seutcUura; the surface distinctly but not coarsely or closely 

 punctured ; its squaraosity decumbent, disposed irregularly, 

 and nearly as dark as thi; derm. Scutellum distinct, nearly 

 white. Elytra sharply limited or marginate laterally and 

 riifescent ; sides indexed, asperate, and with fovea-like 

 impressions ; each elytron has four series of about ten d(;ep 

 elongate depressions, which cau hardly be called punctures, 

 and do not form stria3, all beiug plainly separated j the lateral 

 or fifth series are very coarse ; on the suture, at the middle, 

 there is a well-marked dark crest ; in frout of this, on the 

 suture only, whitish scales extend to the scutellum ; inter- 

 stices finely punctured ; the squauiieare dark but not coarse, 

 are nearly coucolorous, and do not entirely cover the surface ; 

 the posterior declivity is not quite vertical. 



Leys with short grey and blackish setaj ; femora not 

 deeply notched below ; intermediate tibia3 thickened and 

 arched just below the knees, the others nearly straight. The 

 upper vestiture of the tarsi is remarkable, the third joint of 

 the anterior bearing coarse outstanding setie. 



Length (rost. excl.) 2^ ; breadth 1^ line. 



Broken lliver. Unique. Although not showy, this 

 species is, to me, a very attractive little weevil. Mr. J. H. 

 Lewis discovered it. 



Group Anthribidae. 

 Anthribus lewisi, sp. n. 



Niyrcscent, tomentose, variegate ; the front of rostrum 

 greyish or pale tawny; scutellum and a spot in front of it 

 white ; two small basal crests on the elytra and five or six 

 smaller spots near the sides tawny ; along the elytral suture 

 there are six dull intensely black marks, and about as many 

 more nearer the sides ; the pygidium is greyish ; legs of a 

 chocolate hue, m ith a grey spot on the middle and another 

 at the extremity of the tibiic. 



Rostrum shorter than thorax, flat and a little expanded in 



