Branp.— On. the Anthribide of New Zealand. 881 
form of the basal parts of the thorax. The legs and antenne are similar in 
structure to those of 4, huttoni, but are rather stouter, and the second joint 
of the antenne is more elongate in 4. vates.  Anthribus incertus, White, is 
possibly an allied but rather larger species. 
Anthribus phymatodes, Redt. (?). 
A. oblongus, angustulus, pube grisea leviter variegata vestitus ; antennis 
pedibusque testaceis, his fusco maculatis ; elytris quadricallosis, 
callositatibus posterioribus pone medium sitis. Long. corp. 8-4 
m.m. 
Antenne elongate, reddish. Eyes moderately deeply emarginate ; 
upper border of antennal cavity near, but distinctly separated from the eye. 
Thorax as long as broad, its carina very distinct, quite separated from the 
elytra, forming a rounded angle at the side, and extending forward about 
halfway to the front of thorax ; hind angles of thorax quite indistinct, and 
not applied to shoulders of the elytra, so that a gap or notch is left on each 
side between the thorax and elytra ; its surface is covered with fine, greyish, 
somewhat variegated hair-like scales. Elytra rather long and narrow, 
clothed with somewhat variegated greyish scales, and in front of the extre- 
mity bearing a transverse blackish mark ; they bear near the suture four 
rather strongly elevated callosities, the scales on which are black ; the 
front pair of these elevations are near the base, the hind pair just behind 
the middle. The legs are yellowish, with indistinct darker marks. 
Sent from Tairua by Captain Broun. 
Obs, I. I have seen only three mutilated individuals of this species: two 
of them bear a pair of strongly elevated tubercles on the head just anterior 
to the eyes ; the other specimen is smaller, and has the head and rostrum 
narrower, and has no trace of the tubercles just mentioned. It is perhaps 
a female, while the larger individuals are no doubt males. 
Obs. IL. This species is very distinct from Lawsonia longicornis and 
variabilis, by its tuberculated elytra, by the differently formed basal portion 
of the thorax, by the differently shaped eyes, and by the greater space 
between these and the upper margin of the antennal cavities. 
Anthribus hetera, n. sp. 
A. oblongus, angustulus, pube grisea leviter variegata vestitus ; antennis 
testaceis, clava nigricante, et articulis 8o 8m apicibus nigris, iisdem 
apicibus vix nodosis, pedibus testaceis, nigro maculatis; elytris 
quadricallosis, callositatibus posterioribus pone medium sitis. 
Long. corp. 3 m.m. : 
Antenne just about as long as the insect (8 millims), yellow, with the 
club black, and the apex of each joint from the third to the eighth also 
black, but the extremity of each of these joints only indistinctly nodose, the 
ninth joint not quite so long as the tenth and eleventh together. 
