OF NEW ZEALAND. 799 



tatus, and much more contracted medially ; more nearly resembles 

 A. rubricus ; not like any other known species. The most brightly 

 coloured example has been selected as the type. 



Length (rost. excl.), | i line ; breadth, f . 



About half a dozen individuals have been received from Mr. P. 

 Stewart-Sandager, of Wellington. 



1424. A. Sentus, n.s. Convex, sub-ovate, medially narrowed 

 and depressed, rough ; clothed with pale-brown scales and erect 

 hair-like setae ; dark-red, tarsi and antennae testaceous - red, club 

 pitchy-red. 



Rostrum moderate, nude, and linearly punctate in front, squamose 

 behind. Head immersed to the eyes. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 sub-ovate, its anterior portion depressed and narrower than the base ; 

 except an ill-defined dorsal line, coarsely punctured ; the squamosity 

 more congregated on each side of the middle than elsewhere ; it is 

 produced anteriorly. Elytra of the same width as the thorax at the 

 base, which is emarginated at the middle ; they are considerably 

 rounded laterally and widest near the middle ; their surface uneven, 

 having rows of coarse punctures, and six squamose elevations near 

 each side of the sutural region, which, consequently, seems de- 

 pressed. Legs robust, setose. Antennae normal, inserted in the 

 middle. 



Not unlike A. cingulatus in contour; the elytra are more regularly 

 rounded laterally and narrower at the base, and the whole insect is 

 darker and of a rougher aspect. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line ; breadth, -J. 



My two specimens were from Wellington, where they were found 

 by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager. 



Nos. 1290, 1291, and 1292 might with advantage be removed 

 from Dolichoscelis, and with the present, as well as one or two other 

 species, be included under a distinct generic name. I have, however, 

 seen but few examples, and, though homogenous, they do not dis- 

 cover any well-marked structural character to warrant the creation 

 of a new genus. 



1425. A. latirostris, n.s. Elliptical, very convex ; variegate, 

 antennae and tarsi reddish. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, broad, dilated anteriorly, smooth 

 along the middle, punctulated elsewhere, pitchy-red, squamose behind. 

 Prothorax as long as broad, not greatly narrowed in front, rather 

 flat above ; covered with depressed scales, greenish in front, fuscous 

 near the base and sides, greyish ones prevail on two basal lines, 

 whilst erect blackish ones form two inconspicuous dorsal crests ; its 

 sculpture is quite invisible. Elytra but little wider than thorax at 

 the base, gradually narrowed from behind the oblique shoulders, 

 almost triangularly obovate, disc a good deal elevated, hind slope 

 abrupt ; their sculpture completely concealed ; squamosity dense ; 

 flat pitchy scales cover a great part of their surface ; there are a 

 few pale-brown ones near the shoulders, some grey ones near the 

 base and sides; the posterior declivity is covered with fusco- 



