868 COLEOPTERA 



Bostrum as long as thorax, a little arched, sub-parallel, its 

 middle part elevated, smooth and shining, the sides with two grooves 

 having a carinate interval between them, the base with erect, 

 yellowish, scale-like setae, the front with depressed hairs. Antenna 

 medially inserted, shining and nearly nude, funiculus longer than 

 scape, its first joint stout, elongate-obconical, second smaller and 

 sub-cylindric, 3-7 about equal, club ovate. Prothorax oviform, 

 rather longer than broad, constricted behind the apex, the latter 

 rufescent, closely and coarsely punctate, clothed with erect, yellow, 

 scale-like setae and a few decumbent hairs. No scutelhim. Elytra 

 broader than thorax, oviform, coarsely striate-punctate, interstices 

 narrow, bearing rows of setae very similar to those on the thorax. 

 Legs stout, clothed with greyish setae ; tarsi moderately broad, 

 second joint transversal, third expanded and bilobed. 



Nos. 1275 and 1286 make the nearest approach as regards 

 form : the regular rows of setae on the elytral interstices, together 

 with the absence of scales and superficial inequalities, will lead to its 

 recognition. 



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



I found my specimen on the Waitakerei Range. 



1547. A. posticalis, n.s. Sub-ovate, contracted medially, 

 gradually narrowed towards the front, widest in line with the hind 

 thighs, convex, not uneven, piceous.; legs and apex of beak obscure- 

 red, tarsi and antennae testaceous-red ; clothed with depressed, 

 pitchy and greyish-yellow scales, and similarly- coloured long erect 

 setae. 



Eostrum as long as thorax, moderately arcuated, a little dilated 

 apically, sparingly punctured, its base squamose. Antenna im- 

 planted just behind the middle, nearly nude ; scape short, funiculus 

 like that of A. setifer. Prothorax rather longer than broad, almost 

 oviform, gradually narrowed, but scarcely constricted anteriorly; 

 punctate ; the pale scales, though scattered, have a tendency to 

 congregate along the middle. Scutellum invisible. Elytra broader 

 than thorax, rather short, sub-cordate, abruptly bent down behind ; 

 striate-punctate, interstices plane and rather broad ; the paler cloth- 

 ing predominates behind, there are two or three blackish elevations 

 near the middle of each, but in a denuded specimen their surface is 

 destitute of distinct inequalities. Legs stout, clothed in the same 

 way as the body. 



This insect in general contour and structure resembles No. 1274, 

 and, to some extent, No. 1281, but the thorax is narrower and more 

 perceptibly and gradually narrowed anteriorly without any distinct 

 frontal constriction. In both of these species the hind-body is not 

 very much longer than the thorax, is much rounded from the base 

 (where the width equals that of the thorax), and then rather sud- 

 denly narrowed and deflexed behind. 



Length (rost. excl.), i line; breadth, \. 



I have seen two only ; they were picked out of a miscellaneous 

 collection forwarded from Taieri by Mr. S. W. Fulton. 



