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tlie top (if the pustfi'idi' declivity is curved, but it is iiurrowed and vertical 

 towards tlie extremity; they are moderately coarsely substriate-puiictate. 



Jjegs long, the anterior pair particularly, with Hexuou8 tibiae; 3rd 

 tarsal joint exj)anded and bilobe<l. 



Scape inserted behind the middle and reaching tlie i-ye. Funiculus 

 nearly double the length of the scape, its basal two joints about ecjually 

 elongate, joints .3 to 6 evidently longer tlian broad, 7tli distinctly shorter 

 and broader ; club oblong-oval. 



Undei'side subopaque, with tiavesceiit hair-like scales, the breast 

 and basal ventral segment chestnut-red, remaining segments ])iceous. 

 Posterior coxae almost in contact with the middle pair and the ej)ipleural 

 margins. Basal two abdominal segments longitudinally dejjressed in the 

 middle, and on a liigher level than the very short 3rd and dth ; the 

 1st, in the middle, nearly tlirice the length of the 2nd; the 5th rather 

 elongate. 



Nearly allied to 882, but differentiated by the flexuous tibiae, 

 brighter squamosity, and rather stouter and less elongate legs. 



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



Great Barrier Island, March, 1911. Found amongst decayed leaves 

 sent to me by Mr. F. Flynn, of Fitzroy Harbour. 



3458. Metacalles picatus sp. nov. Metacalles Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist., ser. 6, vol. 12, p. 381. 



Convex, subovate, narrowed anterioily, opaque; fusco-niger, tarsi 

 and antennae pitchy-red, club i)iceous ; bearing many outstanding, 

 moderately slender, fuscous setae, but oinamented, the thorax par- 

 ticularly, with numerous decund^ent, ratlier elongate, briglit-ferruginous 

 setae, in strong conti-ast with the dark derm. 



Rostrum slightly shorter than the thorax, parallel, shining rufo- 

 piceous, almost smooth in front, with double series of coarse punctures 

 along its basal portion. Thorax as long as it is broad, distinctly, yet 

 not abruptly, narrowed and depressed before the middle, its apex 

 rounded, the sides nearly straight behind, almost marginate and truncate 

 at the base; without superficial inequalities, its punctation coarse but 

 shallow. Elytra cordate, at the base slightly broader than the thorax, 

 not twice its length, vertical behind; sutural striae well marked, the 

 others obsolete; on each elytron there is a pair of prominent crests, the 

 outer on the shoulder, the inner near the siiture, there is another on the 

 top of the apical declivity near the suture, and a 4th near the hind thigh. 



Scape short, implanted behind the middle, barely reaching the eye, 

 a good deal incrassate towards the extremity; funiculus elongate and 

 sparsely setose, basal joint largest, slender at the base, subclavate at the 

 apex, the next short but longer than broad, joints 3-6 short and monili- 

 form, 7th broader, quite transverse; club broad, ovate, densely pube- 

 scent, indistinctly annulate. Tarsi narrow, the penultimate joint 

 moderately expanded, deeply excavate above but not truly bilobed. 



The (juadricristatt' elyti-a and l)riulit-ferruginous setae are its dis- 

 tinguishing features. 



Lengtii (rostrum exclusive), 2 mm.; breadth, l^nun. 



.Mount Te Aidha. Xovendiei-, IfllO. Fni(pie. 



3459. Getacalles sparsus sp. m)v. GetacaUes Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 1380. 



Oblong, convex, opaque; nigrescent, antennae and tarsi ferruginous; 

 densely covered with small variegated squamae, wliich on the sides of 



