484 COLEOPTERA 



not encroaching on the interstices ; the sides are covered with spatulate 

 scales. Scutellum small and rounded. The elytra are rather long, with 

 prominent shoulders, slightly rounded, not at all parallel, sides, and 

 narrow apex ; they are indistinctly striated, the grooves being rather 

 broad, those nearest the suture with large punctures, which, when viewed 

 from the front, seem to be quite regular ; the interstices are somewhat 

 elevated, but less so than they, owing to the squamosity, appear to be ; 

 the surface generally is rugose and rather uneven, and is densely clothed 

 with spatulate scales, the ground-colour being pitchy-red. The legs are 

 ferruginous, and densely clothed with scales and bristles intermixed. 



Length, 4 lines. 



I cut two specimens out of a log at Whangarei Heads; Mr. Pascoe's 

 specimens of A. celator must have been rather small ; I have one which 

 measures 5^ lines, and a second somewhat less. 



859. A. peacei, n.s. Narrow, sub-parallel, slightly depressed 

 above ; body black, covered with depressed yellowish scales, with black 

 spots on the thorax and elytra. 



Antenna pitchy-red, inserted near the middle of the rostrum, second 

 joint of the funiculus not twice the length of the first, joints three to 

 seven moniliform, club oval, articulate. Rostrum moderate, a little 

 narrowed before and behind the antennal insertion, its scrobes reaching 

 the eyes and well-defined ; it is pitchy-red, shining, and punctate, the 

 punctation fine and remote in front, more or less coarse and rugose, and 

 scaly towards the base. Prothorax longer than broad, its base normal, 

 narrowed and constricted anteriorly, very coarsely and rugosely punc- 

 tured, with an indistinct smooth dorsal line and two median spots 

 formed of blackish setae. Scutellum small and depressed. Elytra 

 rather long, narrowed and obtusely produced behind ; their sculpture 

 consists of rows of large punctures ; their clothing variegated by patches 

 of broad semi-erect scales, forming two black spots on each near the 

 base, a larger one in line with the posterior femora and one behind on 

 the suture ; besides these there is a small tuft of elongate yellowish 

 scales on each side of the posterior slope. 



Femora squamose ; tibia coarsely ciliate ; tarsi red and rather 

 narrow. Under-side punctate and squamose. 



This species differs structurally from the preceding, the rostral 

 canal being profound and extending into the mesosternum. The first 

 two abdominal segments are large, the basal sub-concave, and the inter- 

 coxal process is curvilinearly triangular. 



Length (rost. incl.), 6 lines; breadth, 2\. 



I found one example at Parua, and I am indebted to Mr. Peace of 

 that district for another ; his being the first that was found, I have 

 named the species in his honour. 



Indecentia. 



Nov. gen. 



Body convex, elliptical, twice as long as it is broad ; the prothorax 

 large, sub-cordate, broader than the elytra, uneven \ elytra twice the 

 length of the thorax, uneven, very convex transversely, sides nearly 



