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losopunctato, omnino opaco ; elytris crebre fortiterque punctatis, breviter 

 sparsim pubescentibus, sat nitidis; segmentis ventralibus parce punctatis. 



Long., 6 mm. ; lat., 2^ mm. 



I have named this species in honour of Captain Broun, to whom we 

 are indebted for its discovery, as indeed for most of its allies. I recently 

 received two individuals from Tairua. 



562. A. proba, Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1878, /. 47. 

 A. angustula, sat convexa, rufescens, supra opaca, obscura, pedibus 

 testaceis, dense punctata, conspicue pubescens ; capite exserto, densissime 

 punctato, opaco, mandibulis porrectis ; antennis sat elongatis, articulo 

 tertio elongato, quam quartus paulo breviore ; thorace transverse, elytris 

 multo angustiore, basin versus angustato, anterius truncate, angulis anteri- 

 oribus depressis nullo modo acutis, basi elytris applicata, angulis pos- 

 terioribus subrectis, densissime punctato, omnino opaco ; elytris dense 

 fortiterque punctatis, evidenter pubescentibus, haud nitidis; segmentis 

 ventralibus dense punctatis. 



Long., 5 mm. ; lat, 2 mm. 



This species is smaller than the preceding one, and is readily dis- 

 tinguished by the different punctation and pubescence of the elytra, 

 and by the indistinct front angles of the thorax ; in general form it ap- 

 proximates a good deal to the European Anobium castaneum, Fab. 



I have received the species from Captain Broun. I do not know 

 whether it was found at Tairua or Auckland. 



NOTE. I found it at Tairua. 



563. A. castanea, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 8. Deep 

 chestnut-brown, finely punctured with short hairs preceding from the 

 punctures ; antennas and legs testaceous. 



Length, 4 lines. 

 New Zealand (on Kaudi). 



NOTE. I have not seen this species, so far as I can judge by the 

 meagre description given by Mr. White. 



564. A. hlrta, n.s. Sub-depressed, moderately narrow, head and 

 thorax red, dull, elytra castaneous with the suture blackish, legs testace- 

 ous, antennae (save the basal joints) fuscous ; the head and thorax are 

 clothed with fine long hairs, the elytra are much more coarsely and 

 rather densely pilose. Antenna moderate, the third joint shorter than 

 the fourth, the succeeding ones somewhat dilated towards their extremity, 

 the last obtusely rounded at the apex, and longer than the tenth. Head 

 rather large, finely granulated, each granule with a puncture in the 

 middle, as observable in the preceding species, with the labrum con- 

 siderably exposed. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind, base and apex 

 sub-truncate, with moderately prominent angles, and its surface sculp- 

 tured in the same way as the head. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 very coarsely and rugosely punctured. 



Length, nearly 2 lines ; breadth, . 



I found my specimen near Whangarei Heads ; it is allied to A. 



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