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punctate, but not very distinctly so, owing to the squamosity ; the 3rd. 

 interstices bear, on each, two dark sUghtly raised spots, the posterior 

 dechvity is somewhat laterally compressed along the middle, and is spotted. 



Legs stout and elongate, thickly squamose, tibiae nearly straight ; tarsi 

 with fine hairs above, 3rd joint broadly dilated but not deeply lobed. 



Scape inserted just before the middle, shorter than the funicle, reaching 

 the front of the eyi^ gradually incrassite ; 2nd joint of funiculus slender 

 and elongate and as long as the thick 1st, 3rd and 4th about equal, longer 

 than broad, 7th transverse ; club oblong-oval, its basal joint large, the 

 others small. 



Rostral canal broad and deep as far as the back part of the anterior 

 coxae, bounded behind by the raised but not cavernous mesosternal lamina. 

 Metasternum short. Abdomen thickly squamose in its natural state, so that 

 its structure cannot be ascertained ; when scraped and cleaned the basal 

 segment appears slightly curved between the widely separated coxae, 

 the suture, however, is very fine, it is medially flattened, and, like the other 

 segments, closely and moderately coarsely punctured, but there is no 

 definite suture between it and the 2nd ; the 3rd and 4th are moderately 

 short, with deep sutures, these conjointly are as long as the 5th. 



It may be placed near A. axstralis (2180), but in it, as well as Pascoe's 

 A. intutus, there is a distinct scutellum, of which there is no trace in 

 A. eruensis. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2^ mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Erua. Two, picked out of leaf -mould sent to me by Mr. W. J. 

 Guinness during March and April, 1910. 



3315. Acalles peelensis sp. no v. 



Convex, elongate, oviform, subopaque, without superficial inequalities ; 

 obscure fusco-rufous, rostrum pitchy red, antennae ferruginous ; thickly 

 covered with depressed infuscate grey squamae and rather long and coarse 

 outstanding setae. 



Rostrum about half the length of thorax, slightly expanded towards the 

 extremity, coarsely punctate, less so in front, and bearing scales and setae. 

 Thorax a trifle longer than broad, but appearing elongate ; a good deal, 

 yet only very gradually, narrowed anteriorly ; coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured, more finely at the base. Elytra oviform, hardly double the length 

 of thorax, and scarcely any broader than it is at the base ; they have 

 series of coarse oblong punctures, but become substriate behind ; on the 

 suture, at the summit of the declivity, there is a blackish spot, there are also 

 a few indistinct ones near the sides. 



Legs moderately elongate, thickly setose, the tarsi more finely, their 

 3rd joint with moderately broad lobes. Scape implanted behind the middle 

 and attaining the eye, gradually incrassate, and nearly glabrous. Funiculus 

 very finely pilose, basal joint much and somewhat abruptly clavate, 2nd 

 sLmder, shorter than the 1st but longer than the following one, 4-7 become 

 shorter and broader. Club oblong-oval, indistinctly triarticulate, its basal 

 joint more than half of the entire length. 



Underside piceous, with numerous coarse setae, coarsely and irregularly 

 punctured, the basal ventral segment rather distantly in the middle, the 

 2nd more finely, the 5th indistinctly and somewhat rufescent. Rostral 

 canal deep, bounded between the intermediate coxae by elevated borders. 

 Metasternum short. The suture between the basal two segments quite 



