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obliterated in the middle. Scutellum obsolete. Eyes rather flat, not at 

 all transversal. 



No species in my possession agrees with this. It should be located 

 near 1282, A. spurcus, but in it the antennae are inserted before the middle. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Mount Peel. A pair forwarded by Mr. H. Simmonds. 



3316. Acalles censors sp. nov. 



Convex, densely clothed with yellowish-brown scales and paler erect 

 setae ; thorax piceous, elytra fusco-rufous, antennae fulvescent. Some- 

 times covered with greyish poUenarious matter, through which the setae 

 protrude. 



Very much like A. peeletisis, more broadly oval, the elytra evidently 

 30, and rather broader than the thorax at the base, with more obvious black 

 spots composed of scales and setae, their sculpture more striate ; generally 

 the setae are somewhat concentrated on the 2nd and 4th interstices, on the 

 top of the declivity, so as to form small tufts there. The rostrum is thicker, 

 with 3 or 4 coarse erect setae near each eye, as is also the case, though 

 less distinctly, in A. peelensis. The 1st joint of the funiculus is less 

 swollen, the 2nd is almost as long, and the 7th joint only is transversal. 

 The underside also is very similar, the effacement of the suture between 

 the basal abdominal segments is as complete, but the 5th is not red, and 

 bears numerous minute tawny scales. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Mount Greenland, near Ross. Several specimens sent by Mr. O'Connor, 

 but collected by Mr. H. Hamilton at an elevation of 2,500 ft. 



3317. Acalles gracilis sp. nov. 



Elongate, transversely convex, subopaque ; rufescent, elytra rufo- 

 piceous, tarsi and antennae fulvescent, club fuscous ; squamosity elongate, 

 guberect, unevenly distributed on the elytra, fulvescent ; setae numerous, 

 outstanding and elongate, infuscate. 



Rostrum shining, rufous, sparingly punctate, nude beyond the base, 

 slightly and gradually dilated anteriorly, shorter than thorax, moderately 

 arched. Thorax truncate at base, about a third longer than broad, ovi- 

 form, widest just behind the middle, closely and moderately coarsely punc- 

 tured. Elytra elongate-cordate, about a third longer than thorax, of the 

 same breadth as it is at the base, a good deal narrowed, but not perpendi- 

 cular, behind the posterior femora ; they are deeply sulcate, with rather 

 narrow interstices. 



Scape inserted just behind the middle, short, gradually incrassate ; 

 2nd joint of funiculus about as long as but more slender than the 1st, 

 joints 3-7 transverse, 7th not as broad as the club but rather broader 

 than the 6th ; club ovate, triarticulate, pubescent. Tibiae nearly straight ; 

 tarsi setose underneath, their 3rd joint rather short, bilobed, broad. 



Like A. coniptus (2565), more slender, the hind-body more prolonged 

 posteriorly, less vertical there, without rufescent scales, the club distinctly 

 ovate and not narrowed towards the base, terminal joint of the tarsi rather 

 shorter. There is no scutellum. 



Nos. 874, 2935, 2565, and the present species form a homogeneous sec- 

 tion of the genus, as regards form. The first two are distinguishable by a 

 glance at the inwardly curved anterior tibiae. 



