OF NEW ZEALAND. 471 



laterally-compressed elevations ; the sides deflexed with narrow epi- 

 pleurse. Legs moderate ; femora gradually distended ; tibia slightly flex- 

 uous and unarmed ; tarsi spongy below, basal joint oblong, narrowed at 

 base, as long as the following two, second subcordate, penultimate bilo- 

 bed and dilated, fourth elongate, claws simple. Intercoxal process mode- 

 rate, conical, depressed at base ; metasternum moderate, rather convex, 

 grooved longitudinally; mesosternum projecting so as to separate (slightly) 

 the middle coxse ; second segment of the abdomen nearly as large as the 

 first, its suture straight, the third, fourth, and fifth of nearly equal 

 length. 



This genus is formed for the reception of White's Rhinaria sextuber- 

 culata. 



833. A. SGXtubercUlata, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 13. 

 Piceous, covered with testaceous-grey hairs; antennae red, with the apical 

 joints dull and infuscate, they are pubescent. 



Head and basal half of rostrum densely pilose, the apical half of the 

 latter nude, shining and punctulate. The prothorax is a little narrowed 

 anteriorly and constricted near the front, and, besides less obvious eleva- 

 tions, bears two obtuse dorsal tubercles behind the middle ; its clothing 

 is denser at the sides than elsewhere, so that the median line is shining 

 and very sparsely pilose. Scutellum hirsute. Each elytron bears two 

 large laterally-compressed tubercles, one basal, the other median, both 

 nearer the suture than the side, and an obtuse one at the outer angle of 

 the posterior declivity ; their surface appears rather flat, though not 

 really so, and bears some coarse irregular punctures and indefinite eleva- 

 tions, with clothing similar to that of the thorax. The breast is punc- 

 tate, with a few granular elevations, and the whole under-surface is 

 pilose. 



Length, 61 lines ; breadth, 2-J. 



The length includes the snout ; the breadth has been measured at 

 the posterior declivity of the elytra. I found two examples at Tairua, 

 from which the above description has been taken. White records Wel- 

 lington as its habitat, and Mr. Earl as the discoverer. 



834. A. tridens, Fabritius. C. femoribus dentatis, cinereus, elytris 

 dentibus tribus, apiceque emarginatis. 



Nova Zealandia. Mus. D. Banks. 



NOTE. Mr. White states (Voy. Er. Terr. Ins., p. 13.^) that his 

 Rhinaria sextuberculata is nearly allied to another New Zealand species 

 in the Banksian cabinet, the Curculio tridens, Fabr., and, on that autho- 

 rity, I have placed both species together, though the present species 

 has toothed thighs ; neither belong to Rhinaria, which, to say nothing of 

 other characters, has geniculated antennae. 



The Curculio modestus, Fabr., I have expunged from the list of New 

 Zealand species, as I do not see how it can be identified by the following 

 description : " C. cinereus, thorace elytrisque fusco-maculatis." (Syst. 

 EL ii., 512-30.) 



