OF NEW ZEALAND. 339 



Group ANOBIID^E. 



Antenna with eleven, ten, or nine joints, inserted at the front margin 

 of the eyes ; dentate flabellate, or terminated by a club. Pronotum 

 distinct from the prothoracic parapleura among nearly all. 



Anobium. 



Fabricius ; Lacord. Hist des Ins. Coleop., Tom. iv.,/. 519. 



Mentum transversal, more or less trapezeiform. Ligula dilated and 

 bilobed in front. Last joint of labial /a^*/ a little enlarged and strongly 

 truncated at the end ; that of the maxillary fusiform. Mandibles large, 

 rounded externally in front and bidentate at their extremity. Labrum 

 transversal, entire, and ciliated in front. Head short, deflexed, fre- 

 quently invisible from above and immersed in the thorax as far as the 

 eyes ; these are rounded and prominent. Antenna of variable length, 

 with eleven joints ; the first thick, arcuated, conical ; second more 

 slender than first, short, obconical ; joints three to eight very short, 

 serrate, obconical or transversal ; the ninth and tenth forming a very 

 loosely articulated club, at least rather longer than the stalk ; often very 

 much longer, especially among the males ; terminal joint longer than the 

 others. 



Prothorax convex, generally transversal, margined laterally, the apex 

 widely projecting and rounded, bisinuate at its base, with its posterior 

 angles rounded. Scutellum small. Elytra elongate, more or less 

 cylindrical. Legs moderate, usually rather robust ; tarsi five-jointed, 

 first to fourth joints gradually decrease, the fifth thick, claws small. 



Body more or less cylindrical and pubescent, rarely smooth. 



6 1 8. A. amplicolle, n.s. Cylindrical, convex, elytra rather more 

 than twice the length of the thorax ; reddish-brown, the depressed 

 portions of the thorax darkest ; legs and antennse infuscate-red, the latter 

 lighter in colour ; palpi yellow. 



Antenna eleven-jointed, basal joint moderately stout, very much 

 bent, about as long as the tenth ; second small, smaller than first, but 

 larger than the contiguou^pnes ; joints three to eight obconical, very 

 small and slender, the thircProngest, these six joints collectively distinctly 

 shorter than the ninth and tenth ; ninth large, not much wider at the 

 base than the eighth, gradually dilated and obliquely rounded inwardly 

 at the apex ; tenth two-thirds of the length of the ninth, very slender at 

 the base, of nearly the same form (elongate-triangular) ; eleventh joint 

 as long as the ninth, elongate oval. They are finely pubescent with grey 

 hairs, and are longer than the thorax. Head pilose. Prothorax trans- 

 versely convex, a good deal narrowed anteriorly, widest in front of the 

 base, and, behind its widest part, abruptly and obliquely narrowed ; the 

 side, extending from the front angle to the hind part of the lateral 

 dilatation, is about a third of the length of the thorax above \ the frontal 

 portion (above) is entire, with an indistinct dorsal line, the central 

 portion in front of the base is a good deal elevated, and this elevation 



