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striae near the suture, and a still shorter third one ; the 

 slionldcr is elevated and smooth, and from it two smooth 

 plicaj or obtuse ridges, witli a deep distinctly punctured stria 

 between them, extend backwards almost to the apex. 



Undersi le piceous, sparingly and finely punctured and 

 pubescent. 



It should be placed near E. subceneus. 



Length 2; breadth nearly 1^ line. 



Kaitoke and Pakuratahi, Wellington. One example from 

 Mr. G. V. Hudson. 



Atrichatus nitidulus, sp. n. 



Convex, oblong-oval, shining, glabrous; elytra and legs 

 fusco-testaceous ; the head, thorax, and terminal joints of 

 the antennae rufescent. 



Head rather finely punctate, with two smooth, oblique, 

 slight inter-antennal elevations. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long, apex truncate, base a little rounded ; its sides 

 with distinct dark margins and moderately curvate; front 

 angles depressed and nearly rectangular, the posterior 

 slightly projecting outwardly ; the disk finely and irregu- 

 larly but not very closely punctured, more closely near the 

 sides ; the basal margin with a series of fine closely placed 

 punctures. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra rather broader 

 than thorax, curvedly narrowed near the extremity, the 

 suture somewhat rufescent and almost impunctate ; their 

 punctuation moderately coarse and irregular, nowhere close, 

 a little finer near the base and suture, nearly serial at the 

 sides behind the smooth shoulders, and with two or three 

 ill-defined apical striae on each. 



Legs robust, tibiae a little dilated near the extremity and 

 grooved externally. Tarsi rather broad ; basal joint large, 

 narrowed tosvards the base, slightly emarginate at apex; 

 second triangular ; third bilobed and larger than in Euco- 

 laspis. Antenna inserted at sides of forehead, attaining the 

 middle of elytra ; basal joint stout ; second evidently shorter 

 than the contiguous ones ; they are sparingly pubescent. 



Rather smaller than A. ochraceus, more shining, differently 

 coloured, and with more slender antennae. 



Length 2^ ; breadth 1^ line. 



Broken Kiver {Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; one individual. 



Group Crypto cephalidse. 

 Arnomus viridicollis, sp. n. 

 Subnudus, shining, variegate ; thorax seneo-viridis ; elytra 



