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in the middle in front, sometimes dilated at the sides in front of the 

 eyes ; these latter slightly divided, their upper portion visible above, 

 small. First joint of the antenna very long, the following five of variable 

 size, the club short and stout. Prothorax transversal, margined, and 

 nearly straight at the sides, feebly emarginated in front, a little rounded 

 or nearly straight at its base. Saitellum of variable size and form. 

 Elytra more or less sub-cylindrical, and covering the pygidium. Legs 

 rather robust ; anterior tibia tridentate, in general strongly, the others 

 dilated, truncated and ciliated at the end, their spurs long and acute ; 

 tarsi rather long, slender, the first joint of the two hind pairs more or 

 less elongated, claws small. Prosternum carinated, foveolated in front 

 of the coxae, forming behind a small projection more or less elongated 

 and shaggy. 



454. A. exSCUlptuS, White ', Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 9. An- 

 gustulus, parallelus, sat convexus, nudus, nigro-piceus, antennis pedi- 

 busque dilutioribus ; capite mutico ; prothorace transverso, elytris latiore, 

 basi crebre fortiter, punctato, punctis anterius magis sparsis ; elytris 

 crenato-striatis, humeris acute tuberculatis. 



Long, corp., 4| mm. 



Head very convex, finely punctured without any traces of tubercles ; 

 clypeus much emarginate. Thorax greatly broader than long, an front 

 a good deal broader than the elytra, narrowed to the base, which is as 

 broad as the elytra ; the surface is without depressions, but bears irregu- 

 larly-distributed coarse punctures, which, on the middle of the front part, 

 are almost absent. Elytra with nine striae, each of which is punctured 

 with large but rather distant punctures, and also with a series of punc- 

 tures along the lateral margin. The scutellum is elongate and narrow. 

 The middle coxa are widely separated ; the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsus is as long as the hind spur. 



Two individuals were sent from Tairua by Captain Broun; they 

 are no doubt the two sexes, for in one of them the pygidium is a 

 good deal more inflexed, and the apical ventral segment shorter in the 

 middle than in the other. 



NOTE. I have given Dr. Sharp's description (Entom. Mon. Mag., 

 vol. 13,^. 70) of A. distans, which has been found to correspond with 

 the type of A. exsculptus in the National collection. Mr. White's 

 description is of little value, no size is given, and it could only be 

 applied to this species so long as others were unknown. 



455. A. candens, n.s. Body rather narrow, sub-parallel, mode- 

 rately convex, of a chestnut-red colour, rather shining. 



The head bears an indistinct impression between the eyes, and a 

 slightly elevated curved line in front of them ; it is finely and remotely 

 punctured, the most conspicuously punctate part behind a broad line 

 behind the vertex ; clypeus widely emarginated. Prothorax transversely 

 quadrate, rather broader in front than behind, the sides nearly straight, 

 but a little sinuous behind, front angles prominent but not acute, the 

 posterior "distinct and rectangular; the base is round and somewhat 



