564 COLEOPTERA 



the sides of the head just in front of the eyes ; their basal joint clavate, 

 but more slender at the base, and nearly as long as the third ; second 

 short, slender at base ; joints three to eight clubbed at apex, the third 

 and fourth about equal, each shorter than fifth ; ninth a little shorter 

 than eighth, its apex and the two terminal joints forming an elongate 

 club. Head short and very broad, deflexed in front, dilated laterally 

 in front of the eyes; the latter transverse, large, but narrow, and widely 

 emarginated. Rostrum enormously developed, in its widest part as 

 broad as the thorax, deflexed and quite flat above; its sub-acute posterior 

 angle distinct from head, there being a sharp angular excision between 

 them, in front of the angle there is a lateral sinuation towards the middle, 

 beyond which it is dilated and angular, from that point to the truncate 

 apex it is oblique ; it is f line broad, densely pilose, the central portion 

 yellowish, the rest grey; the mandibles excessively large, f line in length, 

 and projecting beyond the rostrum. Thorax transverse, about half as 

 long as broad, its apex curved outwardly, sides rounded, with a central 

 notch defining the termination of the carina ; its surface is uneven, sub- 

 depressed, and densely clothed with testaceous and fuscous hairs ; its 

 carina is distinct, distant from the base, angulated towards the scutel- 

 lum, and slightly sinuated at each side of the centre, beyond the sinua- 

 tion it is directed obliquely forwards, and then backwards to form the 

 sub-acute posterior angle, and from the angle it proceeds forwards to 

 the middle of the thorax. Scutellum small, sub-quadrate. Elytra 

 oblong, a little wider than the thorax, transversely convex, nearly 

 parallel sided, with the apex rounded obtusely; each elytron bears a 

 prominent basal tubercle near the suture, there is another considerable 

 elevation behind, consisting of three more or less distinct, almost united 

 tubercles, and beyond these the apical portion is nearly vertical ; the 

 disc is somewhat depressed, rather uneven, with not very regular punc- 

 tured striae; their clothing is variegated with fuscous, piceous and 

 obscure-green, the latter colour predominating at the sides. 



Legs moderate, the tibiae slightly flexuose, and of the same colours as 

 the elytra ; tarsi with an elongate basal joint, longer than second and 

 third conjointly, the second elongate-triangular, third very srnall ; claws 

 with a distinct tooth. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Described from a specimen sent me from Napier by Mr. Meinertzha- 

 gen of Waimarama. 



990. A. fuSCOpictuS, n.s. In form somewhat similar to A. 

 hetara ; but with the prothorax much more, and gradually, narrowed 

 towards the front, its carina distant from the base, sharply defined, angu- 

 lated towards the scutellum, almost sinuated and oblique towards the 

 sides, where it forms a moderately acute angle, and from thence pro- 

 longed towards the middle ; its sculpture somewhat rugose laterally, and 

 on the middle obscured by its dense covering of fuscous and yellowish 

 hairs. The rostrum is broad, of nearly the same width throughout, so 

 that it is not distinctly narrower than the head, though impressed at the 

 antennal insertion ; the rounded sub-reniform eyes are prominent ; it is 

 covered with greyish hairs, and is closely punctured. The antenna are 



