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few setae; funiculus flniigatc, with slender fuscous setae, its basal two 

 joints equally elongate, 3rd and 4th evidently longer than broad, 5th 

 rathei' shorter, 7th rather shorter and broader than the bead-like 6th ; 

 club oblong-oval, densely pubescent, triarticulate. 



Legs robust. Tarsi densely and finely setose underneath, the basal 

 joint evidently longer than the next, the penuitiniate moderately dilated, 

 inedially excavate above but not distinctly bilobed. 



Underside densely clothed with tawny scales, so that the sutiires 

 between segments 2 to 5 are completely hidden; the basal ventral seg- 

 ment is broadly impressed in the middle, and nearly double the length 

 of the 2nd. Pectoral canal profound, limited behind by I'aised borders 

 just at the front of the intermediate coxae. 



From all the New Zealand species of about e(pial bulk this is differen- 

 tiated by the somewhat flattened thorax and distinctly ridged rostrum. 



Length (rostrum exchisive), 5 mm.; breadth, nearly 3 mm. 



Mount Te Aroha. My specimen was detected amongst decaying 

 leavi's in November, 1910. It must be located in Section 1, near 872. 



3455. Xenacalles simplex sp. no v. Xenacalles Broun, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. 45, p. 146. 



Convex, elongate, subovate, opaque, without distinct crests or nodo- 

 sities; covered with depressed, infuscate, and obscure greyish squamae, 

 and also many coarse but not very elongate erect setiform scales; the 

 body piceous, tarsi and antennae ferruginous. 



Rostrum arched, subparallel, nearly smooth along the middle, sub- 

 seriately and distinctly punctate, rufescent near the tip, sparsely 

 squamose at the base, not quite the length of the thorax. Eyes large, 

 I'ather flat, free. Scape inserted just ))efore tlie middle, but hardly 

 attaining the front of the eye, rather slender, flexuous, and very 

 gi'adually incrassate. Funiculus lather longer than the scajDe, basal 

 joint thicker and slightly longer than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th longer than 

 broad, joints 5—7 shorter. Club elongate-oval, its 1st joint largest. 

 Thorax subconical, quite as long as b)-oad, not abruptly narrow^ed 

 anteriorly; closely but not very coarsely punctured. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra elongate-cordate, very little broader than the thorax at the base, 

 nearly twice its length, Avidest before the middle, gradually narrowed, 

 somewhat laterally compressed, but not quite vertical l)ehind ; they are 

 striate-jDunctate near the base, quite striate behind. 



Legs elongate, slightly variegated, with numeious ei'ect, ])ut not very 

 elongate, squamiform setae. 



Underside thickly clothed with tawny and fuscous scales, these latter 

 somewhat cf)ngregated on the middle of the intermediate segments, and 

 bearing also a few white suberect ones. The rostral canal is profound, 

 and extends to the front of the metastei n\im, which is short, closely 

 punctate, and l)roadly depressed. Abdomen very elongate, its basal 

 segment strongly rounded and subangulate in front, rather flat and 

 closely punctured ; the 2nd, in the middle, more than half the length 

 of the 1st; 3rd and 4th but little al)]ireviated, so that, conjointly, they 

 are rather longer than the 2nd, which is hardly the length of the 5th. 



Distinguishable from the type of the genus, 1427, by the obscurelv 

 coloured vcstiture, the absence of crests, more elongate antennae, broader 

 tarsi, and by the elytra being Itss dilated near the base. In 1427 the 

 basal ventral segment is obliijue towards the front, and (piite angulate 

 there. 



Length (rosti-um exclusive). 4nmi.; breadth. l*|mni. 



Hakapoua, Southland. I'wo examph's from Mr. A. Philpott. 



