382 Transactions. —Zoology. 
Tairua : a single individual sent by Captain Broun. 
Obs. This insect differs from 4. phymatodes only in the colour and form 
of the antenne ; and if the individual of that species with untuberculated 
head prove to be'only an undeveloped male, then A. Aetera will perhaps be 
found to be only the female of 4. phymatodes. 
Anthribus discedens, n. sp. 
4. oculis vix emarginatis, oblongus, pube grisea et nigro-fusca vestitus ; 
antennis pedibusque rufis, illis articulis apice, his femoribus medio 
fuscis; elytris basi bicallosis. Long. corp. 81 m.m. 
Antenne elongate and slender, reddish, joints 8-8 each a little thick- 
ened, but scarcely nodose at their apex; ninth joint quite as long as the 
tenth and eleventh together; antennal cavities large, their upper edge ap- 
proaching very close to the eye; the eye itself is scarcely emarginate. The 
thorax is not quite so long as broad, is densely and rather coarsely punc- 
tured, and clothed with variegated hair-like scales ; its carina distinct and 
forming an obtuse angle on each side. Elytra with rows of rather strong 
punctures, clothed in large part with blackish hair-like scales, and else- 
where with similar but greyish hairs, at the base with a pair of quite dis- 
tinct callosities, and with indications of a second pair of callosities just on 
the middle. 
Tairua : a single specimen sent by Captain Broun. 
Obs. The different form of the eye very readily distinguishes this from . 
the other allied species ; the form of the thorax is similar to that of Law- 
sonia longicornis rather than to that of A. phymatodes. At first sight it 
would be thought that the eye in this species is not emarginate ; but on a 
comparison with allied species it is seen that we have here an emarginate 
eye, in which there is a concomitant change of form, so that it appears like 
a round eye with a pointed projection above the cavity for the antenne. 
Anthribus altus, n. sp. (Cratoparis). 
A. oblongus, dense tomentosus, antennis pedibusque testaceis fusco 
variegatus, illarum clava fusca; rostro ante oculos fovea minuta, 
oblonga; elytris basi bicallosis, pone medium penicillis duobus. 
Long. corp. 4 m.m. 
Antenne shorter than the head and thorax; second joint oval, about as 
long as first; of the following joints, 8-8, each is a little shorter than its 
predecessor, 9-11 forming an abrupt loosely articulated club. Rostrum 
short and broad, a good deal constricted in front of the eyes, and in the 
middle showing a small oblong depression. Thorax not so long as broad, 
a good deal narrowed in front, its disc forming an indistinct elevation or 
callosity ; elytra with the basal part on each side the scutellum much 
elevated, and behind the middle each bearing an elevated tuft of pubescence; 
