OF NEW ZEALAND. 411 



724. C. vestita, Sharp ; Ent. Mon. Mag., June, 1877. Elonga- 

 tus, angustus, fulvus, densius flavo-tomentosus, opacus, obsolete punc- 

 tatus ; antennis pedibusque elongatis, illis crassiusculis. 



Long., 5 mm. 



Antenna stout, 2f mm. long, second joint a good deal shorter than 

 the others, only about half as long as third, eleventh elongate, rather 

 longer than any of the others. Head not punctured, but covered with a 

 fine pubescence like the rest of the surface ; it is slightly broader than 

 the thorax. Thorax elongate, deeply constricted just behind the middle, 

 its punctation and pubescence similar to those of the head. Elytra 

 elongate and narrow, narrowed towards the shoulders, bearing on the 

 basal portion some series of fine indistinct distant punctures, which are 

 made still more indistinct by the dense fine pubescence. 



Riccarton, found by Mr. Wakefield, in November, 1873. 



Anthicus. 



Payk. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. v.,/. 596. 



Mentum and ligula quadrate; last joint of the labial palpi ovate; 

 that of the maxillary cultriform, usually slender, and rounded inwardly. 

 Mandibles arcuated, bifid at apex. Labrum transversal, entire, with 

 rounded angles. Head deflexed, trigonal, sub-quadrate or abbreviated- 

 oval, somewhat convex, attached to the thorax by means of a distinct 

 neck. Eyes moderate, lateral, oviform. Antennce longer than head and 

 thorax, gradually thickened towards the extremity, rarely filiform, the 

 joints obconical, the last two or three joints sometimes transversal, 

 eleventh oval, acuminate. Prothorax of variable form, but generally 

 longer than broad, and always more or less narrowed posteriorly. 

 Elytra elongate, sub-parallel, or oval, with their shoulders more or less 

 distinct. Legs long, a little robust ; femora somewhat incrassated ; 

 tibia slender, their spurs sometimes absent ; first joint of the tarsi long, 

 especially that of the posterior tarsus, the penultimate sub-bilobed. 

 Intercoxal process moderately broad, triangular, seldom sub-parallel. 

 Body long, smooth or pubescent. 



725. A. ObSCUriCOmis, n.s. Body shining pitchy-black, the 

 head darkest ; legs testaceous with the tibiae infuscate ; palpi fusco- 

 testaceous ; antennae fuscous, with the three basal joints generally paler 

 in colour. Palpi sub-securiform. Antennce moderately long, pubescent, 

 basal joint almost pyriform, second shorter than third, four to eight 

 obconical, nine to ten sub-quadrate, eleventh moderately long, sub- 

 ovate, acuminate. Head broader than the thorax, rounded behind, 

 rather smooth and shining : eyes moderately large, coarsely facetted. 

 Prothorax not so large as head, sub-cordate, a good deal rounded in 

 front, widely sinuated, and a little constricted behind, the contraction 

 prolonged in the form of a curved line near the base ; its surface is 

 finely punctured, and, like the head, clothed with cinereous pubescence. 

 Elytra elongate-oval, slightly parallel, wider than the head, moderately 

 convex, the shoulders obtusely rectangular ; their anterior half is some- 



