144 Trnnsactiont, 



A peculiar-looking little weevil. The short, subrotundate hind-body, 

 with its tufts of elongate pubescence and deep sulci, is unlike any of its 

 allies. The pectoral canal is profound and extends almost to the posterior 

 coxae. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), If mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Erua. Another of our rare ground-weevils, of which a solitary example 

 only could be obtained amongst decaying leaves ; January, 1910. 



3328. Metacalles lanosus sp. nov. 



Subovate, convex, somewhat nitid ; rufo-piceous, rostrum reddish, 

 antennae and tarsi fulvesceut, club fuscous ; sparingly clothed with 

 elongate, outstanding, slightly infuscate setae and irregular patches of 

 pale woolly hairs. 



Kostrum parallel, slightly arched, about a third shorter than thorax, 

 pinched in at the base, beyond that shining and almost smooth. Thorax 

 oviform, rather wider near the middle than elsewhere, rather longer than 

 broad, base truncate ; it is closely, coarsely, and somewhat rugosely 

 punctured, less distinctly in front. Elytra cordate, of the same width 

 as thorax at the base, a good deal broader before the middle, narrowed 

 and vertical behind, and only about a third longer than the thorax ; they 

 are striate-punctate, distinctly so alongside the suture ; just before the 

 middle, on the 3rd interstices, there is a pair of dark indistinct crests. 



Legs elongate, tibiae slightly flexuous, the anterior rather slender ; tarsi 

 not broad, 3rd joint a little dilated, scooped out above, but not perceptibly 

 lobate, terminal elongate. Scape implanted behind the middle, a little 

 bent, slender at the base, thickened apically ; funiculus longer than the 

 scape, basal joint thick, 2nd only about half as large, 3-5 short, 6th and 

 7th transverse and bead-like ; neither of these half the breadth of the 

 ovate club, which is triarticulate. 



Easily recognizable by the pale woolly patches on the hind-body. 



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



Makatote. Unique. Another of the acceptable species picked out of 

 the leaf-mould collected in February, 1910, by Mr. W. J. Guinness. 



3329. Zeacalles pictus sp. nov. Zeacalles Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



ser. 6, vol. 12, p. 379. 



Compact, ovate, very convex, somewhat nitid, variegate ; rostrum 

 shining, red, thorax rufo-piceous, elytra fusco-testaceous, legs obscure 

 rufous, tarsi and antennae testaceous ; squamosity variegate, on the thorax 

 rufescent, with a few grey scales, there are also four small dark bare spots ; 

 on the elytra the squamae are more slender, fulvescent, and placed farther 

 apart, small black ones form a pair of basal and median spots or minute 

 crests, on the summit of the posterior declivity there is a pair of more 

 prominent white crests, and smaller ones near the hind thighs, and across 

 the declivity two black fasciae ; the setae are numerous, erect, and nigres- 

 cent. 



Rostrum nearly smooth, with some linear impressions and punctures 

 near its base, it is subparallel and rather shorter than the thorax. Eyes 

 subovate, placed on the upper part of the head. Thorax conical, slightly 

 broader than long, very gradually narrowed towards the front, base 

 truncate ; the surface closely and distinctly punctured, more distantly 

 in front. Elytra on an abruptly higher level than the thorax, of the 



