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tertio elongate quam quartus dimidio breviore ; prothorace parce sub- 

 tiliterque punctate, lato sed elytris evidenter angustiore, anterius utrinque 

 sinuato, angulis anterioribus minus late rotundatis, lateribus baud ex- 

 planatis, leviter curvatis, basi utrinque sinuata, angulis posterioribus 

 obtusis, baud rotundatis ; elytris crebre fortiter punctatis. 



Long., yj mm.; lat., 3 mm. 



I have seen only two individuals of this insect. They are in very 

 bad condition ; but although they show scarcely any pubescence on the 

 upper surface, I hardly think this is due to abrasion. They are both 

 males ; the middle of the hind margin of the penultimate and antepen- 

 ultimate ventral segments has a fringe of long pubescence, which is 

 continued forwards at each end on to the face of the segment, so as to 

 form a kind of curved mark. 



Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun. 



567. V. longipalpiS, Sharp; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1878, 

 p. 49. V. elongatus, angustulus, dense punctatus, opacus, ferrugineus, 

 prothorace basi in medio nigricante, elytris fusco-ferrugineis ; capite 

 exserto, sat lato, dense subtiliter punctate, opaco; antennis elongatis, 

 tenuibus, articulo tertio elongate quam quartus vix duplo breviore ; 

 prothorace brevi, elytris paulo angustiore, dense subtiliterque punctate, 

 conspicueque pubescente, anterius utrinque vix emarginato, angulis 

 anterioribus haud productis, rotundatis, lateribus curvatis, basi subro- 

 tundata, utrinque vix sinuata, angulis posterioribus obtusis ; elytris in- 

 aequalibus, evidenter tricostatis, maculatim pubescentibus, dense subtiliter 

 punctatis. opacis. 



Long., 8 mm. ; lat, vix 3 mm. 



This species is remarkable on account of the surface of the elytra, 

 which are quite distinctly longitudinally tricostate, and also bear numer- 

 ous large but very indefinite depressions, while the short, but conspicuous 

 yellow silky pubescence is arranged in such a manner as to cause a 

 spotted appearance. 



This species is another discovery of Captain Broun's, at Tairua. 



NOTE. On a careful comparison of White's description of Anobium 

 tricostellmn, (Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 8) with specimens of Veronatus 

 longipalpis, one might be inclined to suppose that the latter was identical 

 with the former. My surmise, . however, will probably prove to be 

 erroneous, as Dr. Sharp, no doubt, examined the typical specimens of 

 the New Zealand Coleoptera in London, which I of course have been 

 unable to do. 



568. V. Sharpi, n.s. This species, in its general appearance, so 

 much resembles V. longipalpis that it is apt to be mistaken for it ; it is, 

 however, a rather narrow insect, with less prominent eyes, the head more 

 depressed and bare, the thorax has a more obvious impressed line on 

 the middle, and the labrum is so very little exposed that it is intermediate 

 in form between Atopida and Veronatus. 



The colour, clothing, and sculpture of both species scarcely differ. 

 Length, 4 lines ; breadth, i \. 



I have named this fine species in honour of Dr. Sharp. The speci- 

 men before me was found at Tairua. 



