544 COLEOPTERA 



bilobed. The two first abdominal segments and the metasternum canal- 

 iculated. 



Body elongated, partially pubescent. 



Female very much shorter than the male in every way. Rostrum a 

 little longer than the prothorax, its basal portion conical and shorter 

 than the anterior, which is filiform, and slightly straightened at the 

 extremity. Antennae not quite attaining the base of the prothorax ; the 

 latter oblong-oval, attenuated in front, hardly furrowed above. Elytra, 

 conjointly, obtusely acuminated at their extremity. The two first seg- 

 ments of the abdomen convex, not canaliculate. 



961. L. barbicomiS, Fabridus. Pitchy-brown, the elytra, though 

 not invariably, with humeral, median, and posterior testaceous spots. 



Male. Rostrum rugosely sculptured, with many short pallid hairs 

 above, its sides almost serrate, and the lower surface densely ciliated 

 with curved blackish hairs. The prothorax is longitudinally depressed 

 on the middle, and clothed and sculptured very much in the same way 

 as the head and snout. The elytra have five discoidal furrows on each, 

 the punctation of which consists of large, sub-quadrate impressions, 

 and the interstices, particularly near the shoulders, are a little elevated, 

 and more or less transversely rugose ; their clothing is similar to that of 

 the thorax. Antennae inserted near the apex of the beak. 



Female. Rostrum smooth and shining in front of the point of inser- 

 tion of the antennae, which is just behind the middle, sculptured behind 

 in the same way as that of the male but not fringed below ; the thorax 

 rugosely sculptured, slightly impressed longitudinally, and much shorter 

 than in the male. 



The size varies considerably; my finest specimen of the male sex 

 measures 34 lines in length by 2\ in breadth, the rostrum alone being 

 1 7 lines long ; in other examples, however, the whole insect does not 

 attain the length of the snout as specified above, the greater number 

 being from one inch to one and a half inches in length. 



I have one male and female from Mr. J. Buchanan, of Wellington. 

 I found one only at Tairua, but several in the forests near Whangarei 

 Harbour, and from these the specific description has been derived. 



FAMILY ANTHRIBIDES. 



The head produced into a rostrum, sometimes elongate, sometimes 

 very short, always more or less robust. The under-mentum with a large 

 broad cordiform or sub-quadrate peduncle, bilobed, and lodging between 

 its lobes the chin and tongue. Maxilla bilobed ; their lobes narrow, 

 linear, rounded at the end and finely ciliated. Palpi filiform ; the 

 labial with three, the maxillary with four joints, the terminal elongate 

 and attenuated at the extremity. Mandibles more or less prominent, 

 depressed, widened and denticulated at their base, arched and pointed 

 at their extremity. Labrum distinct, rounded and ciliated in front. 

 Antenna inserted on the snout, straight, eleven-jointed, terminated by a 

 club of from three to five joints ; sometimes filiform. Eyes large, entire 



