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there are some other small spots of similar dark colour on the elytra ; 

 the femora, and two broad spots or brands on the tibiae, as well as 

 two indistinct elongate basal spots on the thorax, are also dark in 

 colour ; the rest of the tibiae, and the antennae, fusso-testaceous, tarsi 

 variegate. The clothing consists of yellowish hairs on the paler 

 places, and of blackish ones on the darker spots, even the rostrum 

 being densely covered. 



A form closely resembling A. brouni in structure. Antennas 

 reaching thoracic carina, more or less pubescent. Rostrum moderately 

 finely punctate, dilated at apex. Eyes rather smaller, more distant 

 from thorax; head longer. Thorax not so broad behind the middle, 

 sculptured like the rostrum ; the carina further from the base, not 

 so well marked and continuous, being indistinct, and inclined for- 

 wards rather than backwards at the middle, and near each side 

 there is a short space where it seems almost absent, this space being 

 covered by pubescence, the outer angles obtuse ; there is, besides 

 the carina, an ill-marked raised line nearer the base. ScutelLum 

 minute. Elytra but little wider than the thorax at the base, sub- 

 oblong, convex, with a distinct sutural stria, the series of punctures 

 rather fine and distant, much less evident than in A. brouni, and, 

 indeed, quite obsolete on most part of their surface ; they are not 

 depressed behind the base. Tarsi with the second joint emarginate 

 at apex, lobes of the third rather narrow. 



$? . Length, 2 lines ; breadth, line. 



Moeraki. One female, found by Mr. Sandager on a climbing 

 plant during winter. The species bears the name of its discoverer. 



OBS. Since the description of Anthribus sandageri was written 

 I have received four or five additional specimens, some of which are 

 smaller than the type. In these the general ground-colour is almost 

 wholly blackish -brown except the darker transverse space behind 

 the posterior femora, and an ill-defined oblique longitudinal streak, 

 but so densely clothed are they as to appear somewhat testaceous ; 

 the hairs on the rostrum have a golden hue. The rostrum, when 

 denuded, exhibits a fine smooth carina along the middle, ending in a 

 broad shallow interocular depression. The thorax is finely, closely, 

 and almost rugosely sculptured. The head is immersed up to the 

 eyes. The antennce have the six basal joints tipped with brown. 

 The elytra have the sutural striae uninterrupted from base to apex, 

 but the serial punctures almost entirely cease near the hind thighs. 

 I think these specimens represent a varietal form only, but it may 

 be as well to give them a name (A. obsoletus}, in case they may 

 ultimately prove to be distinct. 



2225. A, brunneus,w.s. Body uniformly pale reddish-brown ; 

 antennae red, club and tarsi infuscate ; the clothing consists for the 

 most part of greyish scale-like hairs, which cover the head and 

 rostrum, form a narrow line from front to rear of the thorax and 

 some large spots on its sides, on the elytra they form numerous 

 conspicuous rather elongate spots ; and, in addition to these, there 

 are some slender, obscure, reddish hairs. 



