OF NEW ZEALAND. 1157 



2052. A. dunedinis, >i>-s. (Sharp; Trans. Eoy. Dub. Soc., 

 1886, p. 410.) Oblongum, convexum, paruin nitidum, aeneum, 

 antennis pedibusque runs, femoribus picescentibus ; prothorace 

 subquadrato, crebrius subtiliter punctate ; elytris subobsolete 

 punctatis, ad basin seriebus minus regularibus punctorum paulo 

 majorum. 



Long., 8mm. 



This has most affinity with A. simulans, Eedt,, from which, 

 however, it is readily distinguished by the much longer thorax, and 

 by the fact that the serial sculpture of the elytra is confined to their 

 basal half, and is even there more or less irregular. The thorax is 

 fully one-fourth broader than long; the surface very closely and 

 regularly punctate, with a definite punctiform basal fovea on either 

 side, the lateral margin rather fine, the hind angles rectangular, but 

 not sharply marked, the surface convexly transverse, especially in 

 front, so that the front angles are much depressed, and the anterior 

 margin seems comparatively less emarginate than in A. zealandicum 

 and many others. 



Dunedin. Another species we owe to Professor Hutton. 



OBS. The above agrees in almost all particulars with A. lentum 

 (No. 692), but there is no allusion to the fact of the scutellum being 

 invisible. T. B. 



2053. A. urquharti, n.s. Subcylindrical, convex, shining, 

 bronzed nigro-fuscous, glabrous ; femora glossy pitchy-brown, tibiae 

 infuscate-red, tarsi and antennas paler. 



Head rather finely and not closely punctured, with shallow 

 frontal impressions. Antenna rather short, terminal joint ovate, 

 much longer than broad. Thorax transverse, apex nearly quite 

 truncate, base only feebly sinuate at the middle ; sides very gently 

 curved towards the obtuse anterior angles, slightly sinuated behind 

 the middle, margins fine and but little thickened behind, posterior 

 angles rectangular ; disc just perceptibly uneven, its punctures like 

 those on the head, rather distantly placed in front, nowhere close. 

 Scutellum short, broad, punctate. Elytra scarcely exceeding thorax 

 in width, very little curvate laterally ; finely striate-punctate, be- 

 coming obsolete on the hind slope, interstices minutely punctured. 

 Abdomen transversely convex, third and fourth segments impressed 

 near each side. 



There is considerable similitude between this species and A. 

 amaroides, its nearest ally. The head, however, is rather more ex- 

 tended anteriorly ; the thorax is longer, not at all depressed near the 

 eyes, more unlevel above yet not in the least rugose. The elytra 

 are a good deal longer, with fine interstitial punctures. 



Length, 3J ; breadth, If lines. 



Stratford, Mount Egmont. My specimen was found by Mr. 

 A. T. Urquhart, in whose honour it is named. 



2054. A. miniatum, n.s. Elongate, subparallel, glossy cupreo- 

 rufous, legs piceous, tarsi and antennae red, palpi fuscous. 



