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Near A. vates. Eyes rather more rotundate, but nevertheless 

 with a very slight frontal truncature. Thorax rather shorter, apex 

 medially incurved ; carina a little nearer the base, slightly angulate 

 towards the scutellum, and, beyond, oblique rather than curvatc ; 

 the surface closely punctured. Antenna shorter, more finely and 

 sparsely pubescent, the basal joint without distinct grey hairs, the 

 second more slender at base but more clavate at the extremity. 



Length, 2^ lines ; breadth, J line. 



One example, found near Howick. I may here state that all my 

 measurements of species of Anthribidae, as regards length, include 

 the rostrum. 



2226. A. tessellatus, n.s. Nigro-piceous, subopaque, the an- 

 tennae (save the infuscate club and apical half of intermediate joints) 

 dark-red ; the knees, claws, base of femora, and sometimes the 

 basal part of tarsal articulations, rufesceiit ; clothed with con- 

 spicuous grey hairs, giving the wing-cases a spotted or tessellate 

 appearance, and, on the thorax, forming an indistinct central line as 

 well as spots near its sides ; besides these there are many slender 

 ash- coloured hairs which may easily escape observation. 



A. inornatus rather than A. vates is the nearest ally. From the 

 former it differs in having the carina rather more strongly rounded, 

 with a short sinuosity or incurvature opposite the scutellum, the 

 outer angles are more sharply denned, and the thorax, in line with 

 these, is a little wider than the base of the elytra ; its surface closely, 

 rather finely, almost rugosely sculptured. The eyes rather more 

 obliquely, yet only slightly, truncate in front, the front or inner part 

 more prolonged, so that they are more approximate above than in 

 A. vates. Scutellum grey. Elytra less evidently impressed before 

 the middle. The larger, less widely separated eyes distinguish it 

 from A. brunneus. 



Length, 2i lines ; breadth, f line. 



Tairua. One a female, I think found during a recent visit. 



2227. A. CUrvatUS, n.s. Fmco-rufous, rather obscure, legs 

 clear chestnut-red, antennas red, the club a little opaque with fine 

 pubescence but hardly at all darker in colour; pubescence not 

 coarse, yellowish-grey and yellowish, the former most conspicuous 

 on the elytral disc, but not causing distinct spots. 



There are four similar species A. inornatus, A. concolor, 

 A. brunneus, and A. tessellatus. The last, being blackish, with 

 obviously-spotted elytra, may be left out of consideration ; the first 

 two are unicolorous, black or piceous, so these too are dissimilar in 

 some respects ; the nearest species is therefore A. brunneus, but in 

 A. curvatus the carina assumes the form of an uninterrupted curve 

 from one side to the other, without any median angulation, or incur- 

 vature. The antenna are rather longer (three-fifths of the length of 

 the body), their basal joint a little more exposed, second joint 

 appearing to be slightly longer than first, not abruptly clavate, and 

 one-third shorter than the next one, ninth shorter than the last two, 

 19 FT. v. 



