OF NEW ZEALAND. 1497 



2580. A. OVatus, n.s. Shining, fuscous, femora sordid-tes- 

 taceous, antennae slightly rufescent. 



Bostrum slightly narrowed behind, punctate. Thorax longer 

 than broad, hardly at all narrowed behind, very slightly wider at 

 the middle, gradually narrowed anteriorly to the width of the head ; 

 its punctuation moderately close. Elytra rather short, widest just 

 before the hind thighs, narrowed posteriorly ; their punctures very 

 irregular, those on the disc mostly very large, only about five in 

 each row, some almost longitudinally confluent ; behind quite 

 striate, so that the interstices appear elevated. Tarsi with slightly- 

 thickened terminal joints, the third very slightly excavate above at 

 the apex. 



This species is more ovate than the preceding ones, it is rela- 

 tively broader, less medially narrowed, the outline of the head 

 and thorax is not interrupted, the head is smooth and more apparent 

 above ; the sculpture is totally different ; the antennae are inserted 

 nearer to the apex of the rostrum, though this probably is merely a 

 sexual character ; the clothing and interstices are similar ; there is 

 no trace of the scutellum ; the eyes are like those of A. pedatus. 



Length, $ ; breadth, f line. 



Mount Pirongia. Another of Mr. Urquhart's discoveries. It is 

 unique. 



Group-LAMIID^E. 



Xylotoles. 



The following is substituted for the description of No. 2422 on 

 p. 1388, Part VI. : 



2422. X. phormiobius, n.s. Elongate, rather narrow, slightly 

 nitid, fuscous ; covered with greyish pubescence, which, near the 

 hind thighs, usually forms a small tuft or spot on each wing-case. 



Thorax rather broader than long, its sides somewhat swollen near 

 the middle ; near the front there is a deep constriction which is con- 

 tinued from one side to the other as an angulate linear depression, 

 the space before this is more closely sculptured than the disc ; near 

 the base there is another linear impression, the space behind it is 

 covered with fine transverse striae, and is much narrower than the 

 apical portion ; the longitudinal impression along the centre is not 

 always well marked. Scutellum depressed in front, curved and 

 densely fringed behind. Elytra but little wider than the thorax at 

 the base, the shoulders not in the least prominent, they are some- 

 what attenuate posteriorly, and, at the extremity, there is a distinct 

 sutural gap, in some examples the extreme apex is acute and 

 slightly turned inwards ; on each elytron there are two more or less 

 evident costae, the outer unites with the other behind, at this point 

 both become obsolete, and the punctures cease ; just behind the 

 scutellum there is a depression, their surface is not smooth, being 

 very finely and moderately closely sculptured. Legs pale obscure- 

 red, femora sometimes infuscate, tibiae with long grey hairs, occa- 

 sionally maculate, the posterior curvate towards the front. Antenna 



