Srnp.— On the Anthribide of New Zealand. 379 
with dark fuscous, so as in some individuals to be nearly entirely black, the 
three apical joints forming a broad, flat club; first joint short, only 
moderately thickened; second rather longer than first, third longer and. 
more slender than second; eighth distinctly stouter than the preceding 
joints. Head distinctly rostrate, the rostrum dilated towards the apex; its 
front margin slightly emarginate behind the labrum ; the eyes prominent, 
oval, widely separated; the antennz inserted at the sides, very near the 
apex, and separated from the eye by a space about equal to the length of 
the eye; the antennal cavities elongate fover, and abruptly limited behind; 
its surface densely and rather finely rugose-punctate, and bearing hairs a 
little variegated in colour. Thorax about as long as broad, much narrowed 
towards the front, its carina moderately distant from the elytra and gently 
bent forwards along the sides without forming an angle; the sides of the 
thorax behind the carina a good deal narrowed : the surface is densely but 
rather indistinctly rugosely sculptured, and bears variegated hairs as its 
clothing. Elytra much variegated, the sides and extremity being darker 
than the discoidal part, and near the sides there is a slight metallic 
appearance ; they bear rows of punctures, which are rather coarse, but 
much obscured by the clothing. The legs are yellowish, more or less 
variegated with dark marks. Tarsi rather slender, second joint rather deeply 
emarginate, third small. 
Sent from Auckland and Tairua by Captain Broun and Mr. Lawson. 
Obs. I. This species varies much in size and in the development of the 
antenne, and also a good deal in colour. The specimens which I consider 
to be females are small, and the antenne are shorter and more slender than 
in the other sex; the rostrum also varies much in length. 
Obs. II. This species in general structure much resembles Tropideres 
niveirostris, the antenne of the two species being very similar. The rostrum, 
however, is much more produced in A. brouni; and its form, as well as 
that of the head, is different; the eyes are more entirely lateral in 4. 
brouni, and the antennal cavities are different in form. Tropideres sepicola, 
however, in all these respects appears to approach Anthribus brouni more 
closely ; so that the generie qualifications (if I may use this term) of 4. 
brouni must be considered doubtful. 
Anthribus bullatus, n. sp. 
«l. capite breviter rostrato, oculis prominulis, oblongus, variegato- 
tomentosus, antennis pedibusque testaceis; elytris pone medium 
quadrifasciculatis ; pygidio quadrato. Long. corp. 23 m.m. 
Antenne formed much as in A. brouni, but with the joints of the club 
more laxly articulated, and with the eighth joint scarcely differing from the 
seventh. Rostrum similar in form to that of 4. brouni, but yet much 
