890 T'ransactions.— Miscellaneous. 
Anthribus rudis, n. sp. 
A. oblongus, fuscus, variegato-pubescens, prothorace macula basali 
albida; elytris tuberculatis, tuberculis fulvo-tomentosis; metasterno 
medio rugoso-punctato. Long. corp. 43 m.m. 
Antenne about as long as head and thorax, rather stout, obscure reddish 
in colour; second joint about equal to first; ninth joint longer than broad, 
gradually dilated from the slender base to the broad apex ; tenth shorter 
than ninth, slightly longer than broad; eleventh smaller than tenth, 
obtusely pointed. Head distinctly rostrated, but the rostrum broad and 
short, hardly longer than broad; the eyes narrow oval, convex, very 
obliquely placed, not emarginate. Antenne inserted at a distance from 
the eyes in a rather large cavity at the side, the hind part of which is 
slightly directed down ; the surface is covered with a somewhat variegated 
pubescence, and is finely carinate on the middle near the front. Thorax 
almost as long as broad, a good deal narrowed towards the front ; the 
surface uneven, but not distinctly tuberculate, covered with a rather varie- 
gated pubescence, in which a white spot at the base is very conspicuous ; 
on each side of this white spot is a smaller black one ; the carina is placed 
at a distance from the base, and is a little sinuate or waved, is more distant 
from the elytra at the angles than in the middle. Elytra rather short and 
broad, their surface uneven, it being elevated into some indistinct tubercles, 
which are clothed with a tawny tomentum ; the rather coarse rows of 
punctures are concealed by a rather dense, somewhat variegated tomentum. 
The metasternum bears very coarse punctures, which on the middle are 
rugose; the legs are reddish, and not very distinctly variegate. 
A single individual, sent by Captain Broun, with the number 120 
attached. 
The species is allied to 4. brouni and A. bullatus, but is larger than 
either of those species ; the uneven elytra and coarsely punctured sternum 
distinguish it from the former species; from A. bullatus, to which it is pro- 
bably more closely allied, the much larger size and the light-coloured 
tomentum on the elytral elevations readily distinguish it. 
Art. LI.—On the Colydiide of New Zealand. By D. Smarr. 
[From the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History,” July, 1876.) 
My object in this paper is to describe, in as brief a manner as is consistent 
with utility, the new species of New Zealand Colydiidea which have been 
sent me by Captain Broun, of Tairua, and by Mr. T. Lawson, of Auckland, 
by the hands of his brother, Mr. R. Lawson, of Scarborough. These 
