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linear. Antetmce moderate, more or less robust, scape clavate, adjoining 

 the eye ; first and second joints of fiinicidiis elongate, the others some- 

 what rounded and compact ; club oblong-oval, obtuse, articulate. Eyes 

 more or less strongly facetted, large, sub-depressed, triangular, acumi- 

 nated below. Prothorax transversal or not, more or less convex, late- 

 rally rounded, narrowed anteriorly, moderately projecting in front, with 

 feeble lobes, and truncated or slightly bisinuated at the base. Scutellitm 

 none. Elytra convex, ovate or oblong-oval, wider than thorax, narrowed 

 at base, truncated. Legs usually robust ; femora gradually incrassated ; 

 tibicR straight, compressed, uncinated ; tarsi rather short, moderately 

 dilated, sponge-like below, first joint elongate, fourth rather large, as are 

 its claws. Pectoral canal short. Body oblong-oval, uneijual. 



This genus scarcely differs from Tylodes ( Lacord. Hist, des Ins., 

 Tom. vii.,/. 96.), and is not very well defined, the form of the species is 

 very variable. 



866. A. intutUS, Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. 

 A. ovatus, fuscus, griseo-squamosus, squamulis erectis adspersus ; rostro 

 breviusculo, modice crasso ; antennis subferrugineis, funiculi articulo 

 primo quam secundo paulo longiore ; clava breviter ovata ; prothorace 

 subtransverso, antice constricto, postice rotundato ; clytris breviter 

 ovatis, basi prothoracis paulo latioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis lineari- 

 bus, interstitiis secundo quartoque leviter elevatis et postice paulo 

 callosis ; pedibus squamis erectis numerosis vestitis. 



Long., I §-2 lin. 



Tairua (Captain Broun). 



There is a very small but distinct scutellum in this species, which 

 should perhaps exclude it from Acalles. It is about the size and shape 

 of A. roboris. 



867. A. erroneus, Pascoe ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. 

 A. obovatus, fuscus, squamis griseis fuscisque variegatus, aliis erectis 

 adspersus ; rostiv breviusculo ; prothorace subtransverso, apice bicristato, 

 supra in medio tuberculis duabus magnis instructo ; clytris pone medium 

 latioribus, versus apicem gradatim angustioribus, supra elevatis, striato- 

 punctatis, interstitio secundo in medio bicristato ; pedibus variegatis, 

 squamis erectis vestitis. 



Long. I J lin. 

 Tairua (Captain Broun). 



Size and shape of A. misellus ; the elytra furnished on each side with 

 two strongly marked crests crowned with erect scales. 



868. A. hystriculUS, Pascoe: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876. 

 A. siibovatus, ferrugineus, squamis griseis fuscisque variegatus, aliis 

 elongatis erectis numerosis adspersus ; rostro modice elongato, dimidio 

 basali squamis albidis in seriebus (juatuor dispositis instructo ; antennis 

 pallidis, articulo primo funiculi quam secundo manifeste longiore ; clava 

 elliptica ; prothorace vix longiore quam latiore, utrinque rotundato, 

 antice paulo constricto ; clytris obovatis, in medio utrinque rotundatis, 



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