160 On new New-Zealand Coleopfera. 



front. Antennce inserted medially below the sides ; second 

 joint almost as stout as, but longer than, tlie exposed portion 

 of first ; 3-5 elongate and nearly equal ; 6-8 rather shorter, 

 but more incrassate at apex ; club moderate, basal joint 

 longest and subtriangular, second transverse, terminal short, 

 oval. Eyes oblique, entire, oval, and prominent. Thorax 

 scarcely broader than long, a little narrower in front than 

 behind, only moderately rounded laterally ; its punctuation 

 not distinct; at the sides there are a few small granules ; 

 there is a crested prominence on the middle ; the carina is 

 near the base at the middle, but further from it at the sides ; 

 posterior angles not sharply defined. Elytra slightly uneven 

 above, distinctly broader than thorax at the base, apices 

 obtusely rounded; they have series of small punctures, which 

 are more or less interrupted by the small crests. 



A. brouni has the eyes lateral and longitudinally oval, 

 instead of being oblique and more on the upper part of the 

 head ; the rostrum is longer and evidently narrower ; the 

 basal thoracic carina differs, and the antennae are longer, 

 with more elongated joints. A. bullatus is its nearest 

 congener. 



Length (rost. inch) 2^ ; breadth | line. 



Broken River. One individual, discovered by Mr. J. H. 

 Lewis, whose name has been given to it. 



Anthribus philpotti, sp. n. 



Rostrum in front as broad as the head, excluding the eyes, 

 feebly incurved; the back covered with grey hairs. Thorax 

 transverse, its sides strongly rounded, distinctly and closely 

 punctate, clothed chiefly with dark hairs, but with a narrow 

 grey streak near the base ; the carina fine, medially angulate, 

 distant from the basal margin and bent forward at the sides ; 

 there are two small apical crests. Scutellum small, grey. 

 Elytra wider than thorax at the base, oblong, parallel, finely 

 but distinctly striate-punctate ; each elytron bears a large 

 basal prominence, a smaller one behind the middle, and two 

 still smaller on top of the posterior declivity, the inner the 

 larger of the two ; the clothing consists of greyish, brown, 

 and dark hairs, so intermingled that no definite spots are 

 formed; each shoulder is covered with greyish-yellow pubes- 

 cence, and thus appears conspicuous. Legs and tarsi pubes- 

 cent, variegate, testaceous, and fuscous. 



Antenna as long as the body, inserted in foveiform cavities 

 at the sides ; basal two joints stout and of the same length, 

 the first with distinct grey pub^jcence : third about a third 

 longer than fourth, clavate at the extremity ; joints 4-9 also 



