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sides of the thorax are not always alike, but, notwithstanding, I consider 

 all the five individuals to belong to this species. 



327. A, pallidipictus, n.s. Slightly convex, sparsely clothed 

 with fine pallid setae ; piceous, legs, palpi, and antennae reddish, the 

 club darker. 



Head granulated, the antennal elevations conspicuous, with a few 

 fine pale yellow setae. Thorax about as long as broad, disc transversely 

 convex and uneven, granulated, with a row of three irregularly-formed 

 tubercular elevations on each side of the middle, its sides are explanated 

 and deeply indented, with four lobes, the front one widest, but not 

 greatly broader than the second, forming the prominent anterior angle, 

 the second and third are nearly equal, the fourth smallest, forming the 

 posterior angle, the median indentation being the largest, the lobes are 

 almost in pairs ; the black colour is relieved by the pale yellow setse on 

 the raised portions, and the reddish sides, these bear pallid scales and 

 setae. The elytra are oblong, parallel-sided, rounded and deflexed 

 behind, rather flattened and obliquely depressed transversely before and 

 near the middle, with almost vertical sides ; there are on each, two not 

 very large basal compressed elevations, two rounded ones on the middle, 

 and two behind these, both pairs disposed obliquely, and two or three 

 others close to the apical slope ; beside these there are two or three 

 smaller ones which form an oblique row near the base, and one near the 

 apex ; their surface is uneven and granulated ; there are a few fine setae 

 on the surface and discoidal tubercles, but they are most conspicuous 

 on the posterior portion, where they are greyish ; but on each side there 

 is an evident marginal line and another along the edge of the disc, with 

 an intervening row of small spots, formed of yellow setae, with traces of 

 a similar line and row on the disc ; their margins, like those of the 

 typical species, are serrate and ciliated. Sometimes one or two of the 

 raised spots are reddish. The tibia are straight, rather slender, and 

 ciliated with setulse. 



Length, ij line; breadth, J. 



Four specimens found in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour. The 

 species vary a little in size, and some examples are more obscurely 

 coloured than others, owing chiefly to the removal of their clothing. 



328. A. SCabra, n.s. Very similar to A. pallidipictus in form, sculp- 

 ture, and colouration, yet certainly distinct : there are only three lateral 

 lobes to the thorax, the anterior occupying about one-half the length of 

 the side, and it is not variegated ; the elytra are less obviously tubercular, 

 and, consequently, do not exhibit the apparent depressions seen in the 

 other, their setse are greyish and chiefly congregated behind on a small me- 

 dian space, and a row of marginal spots ; on each there are three elevations 

 behind near the suture, two others beyond these, the posterior very 

 small, one near the middle (a mass of setae rather than a tubercle), and 

 the two basal which are not very conspicuous ; the rest of their surface, 

 as well as that of the head and thorax, is rough with granules, which, on 

 the elytra, as may be observed in the preceding species also, sometimes 

 form rows. 



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