OF NEW ZEALAND. Q35 



Rostrum as long as thorax, broad, slightly narrowed behind. 

 Antenna moderately short ; second joint of funiculus rather longer 

 but more slender than first ; club oblong-oval. Prothorax contracted 

 in front, coarsely punctured. Scutellum invisible. Elytra cordate, 

 as wide as thorax at base, broadest in line with the middle thighs, 

 abruptly deflexed posteriorly ; with rows of coarse, distant punctures ; 

 the sutural region appears depressed, and each side of the depression 

 is a little elevated and ends in elongate crests ; there are also some 

 smaller tufts near the sides. Legs stout and squamose. Pectoral 

 canal limited by the raised border of the mesosternum. Meta- 

 sternum very short. Basal segment of abdomen very large, third 

 and fourth very short. Femora grooved below. 



Much shorter and broader than A. triangulatus , which, however, 

 makes the nearest approach to it. 



Length (rost. excl.), if lines; breadth, f. 



Taken from amongst decaying vegetable matter on the ground, 

 near Ho wick. 



Tychanus (p. 49 8 )- 



1682. T. ventralis, n.s. Convex, narrowed anteriorly, densely 

 clothed with greyish-brown scales and coarse, erect setae ; fuscous, 

 tarsi and antennae ferruginous. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, excepting its apex, densely squamose, 

 punctate. Antenna implanted before the middle, the two basal 

 articulations of funiculus equal, the following gradually thickened 

 to the width of the base of the club, which is ovate. Prothorax 

 suddenly narrowed anteriorly ; its punctation concealed by its 

 covering. Scutellum distinct, often quite grey. Elytra broader 

 than thorax at base, a little dilated behind the posterior femora, then 

 abruptly bent down and narrowed, apices not distinctly callose, 

 convex ; striate-punctate, and bearing many irregular elevations. 

 Legs scaly, thighs deeply grooved and moderately dentate below. 

 Underside piceous ; basal segment of abdomen large, its suture 

 strongly bisinuated ; second very transversal, suddenly bent down 

 to the same plane as the apical one, the latter depressed. 



Its nearest ally in point of form is T.ferrugatus, but the narrower 

 part of the thorax is as long as its basal portion; the elytral 

 asperities assume the form of irregular elevations rather than 

 distinct tubercles ; the tarsi are short and thick, so that the penulti- 

 mate joint, though bi-lobed, is scarcely twice the breadth of the 

 second ; the depressed rounded scales on the hind-body are occa- 

 sionally rufescent. 



Length (rost. excl.), if lines ; breadth, i. 



Mokohinau Island : Mr. P. Sandager. 



Sympedius (p. 499)- 



1683. 3. lepidus, n.s. Compact, convex; piceous, densely 

 covered with depressed and semi-erect, grey and greyish-yellow 

 scales, the latter colour predominating on the throat ; antennae and 

 tarsi obscure-ferruginous. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, more or less punctate in front, 



