742 COLEOPTERA 



Tomicus. 



Latr. Lacord., Hist, des Ins. Col., Tom. vii., p. 382. 

 Labial palpi with two stout basal joints, especially the second, about 

 equal ; third very short and slender. Lobes of the maxilla very large, 

 somewhat S-shaped, furnished with rigid hairs inwardly, attenuated ante- 

 riorly, longer than the maxillary palpi. Maxillary palpi very short, two 

 basal articulations equal, strongly transversal. Mandibles short. Scape 

 of the antennae elongate-clavate ; funicle 5-jointed, first and second elon- 

 gate, obconical, the former the longer and stouter, joints 3-5 transversal, 

 equal, gradually widened; dub rather small, feebly articulated, the sutures 

 more or less arcuated. Eyes moderate, narrow, sinuate in front, trans- 

 verse and slightly oblique. Prothorax elongate, cylindrical, briefly 

 narrowed anteriorly, widely rounded at base and apex. Scutellum small, 

 more or less elongated. Elytra cylindric, more or less excavated pos- 

 teriorly, the edges of the excavation dentate. Legs moderately robust ; 

 femora linear ; tibice denticulated externally, most strongly at the ex- 

 tremity; first and third joints of the tarsi equal. The three interme- 

 diate segments of the abdomen nearly equal. Body cylindrical. 



1316. T. asper, n.s. Cylindrical, fuscous; antennae and legs testa- 

 ceous. 



Head short, finely and closely sculptured. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, curvedly narrowed and depressed anteriorly, base sub-truncate, 

 most elevated near the middle of the base; coarsely punctate, with 

 numerous small tubercular elevations on the dorsal and frontal portions, 

 and bearing some yellow hairs. Elytra of the same width but twice the 

 length of the thorax, vertical behind; their second interstices abbreviated, 

 the others, particularly the third, more or less obtusely protuberant at the 

 summit of the posterior declivity, the space between appearing concave ; 

 they are punctate-striate, with punctulate, rugulose intervals, the sculp- 

 ture of the disc is, however, rather indistinct, and the clothing consists of 

 short and long, rather fine, yellowish hairs. Under-side brownish, punc- 

 tate and pubescent ; metasternum grooved ; the two basal segments of the 

 abdomen about equal, largest ; third and fourth short, with distinct sutures. 



Owing to the mutilated condition of the specimens, the genus may be 

 considered doubtful. 



Length, i line ; breadth, quite \. 



Wellington. Collected by Mr. P. Stewart. 



Group ANTHRIBID^l. 



Anthribus (P. 545). 



1317- A. picipictUS, n.s. Variegate, somewhat castaneous, 

 covered with greyish and yellowish hairs. 



Rostrum about as broad as but much longer than the head, reddish, 

 punctate, dilated in front; eyes not transversal, distinctly facetted and 

 emarginated in front. Antenna inserted in foveiform scrobes at the sides 

 in front of the eyes ; basal joint stout, its exposed portion rather shorter 

 than the second ; joints 3-8 slender, decreasing in length, each thick- 

 ened, but not nodose, at the extremity ; ninth about as long as the eighth, 

 gradually expanded ; tenth and eleventh short. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, more abruptly behind ; its carina 

 distinct from the base and sinuated towards the sides, and, after forming 



