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than the head, ihc eyes are larger and placed more on the upper surface; 

 the posterior femora are very strongly dilated, with a large dentiform 

 angulation underneath, similar to those of Stephanorhynchus ; and 

 the oblong-quadrate elytra are nearly thrice the width of the thorax at 

 the base, but in Stenopoctcia the elytval base is scarcely at all broader 

 than til at of the thorax. 



3634. Stenopactola prolixa sp. nov. 



Narrow, very elongate, the hind-body tAvice the length of the ros- 

 trum, head, and thorax combined, without crests or tubercles, only 

 slightly convex; obscure fusco-rufous, legs fulvescent, antennae testa- 

 ceous, club infuscate; densely covered with small, depressed, circular 

 squamae of a bright-tawny hue, and a few suberect, rather longer, 

 greyish ones; sometimes the thorax along the middle and the sides of the 

 elytra are infuscate. 



Rostrum and head together slightly shorter than the thorax, the first 

 nearly glabrous and pitchy-red at the apex. Thorax nearly a third 

 longer than broad, apex feebly rounded, its base somewhat ol^lique 

 towards the sides, only indi.stinctly constricted before the middle, its 

 punctation concealed by the squamosity. Elytra quite thrice the length 

 of the thorax, but not any broader at the base ; legularly and rather 

 finely striate-})unctate, with moderately broad, nearly plane interstices. 

 Legs squamose. 



Underside fusco-testaceous, distinctly but not very closely punctate, 

 bearing depressed setae along the middle but scales near the sides and 

 on the last ventral segment. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3| mm. ; breadth, limm. 



Mount Hutt. Three individuals forwarded by Mr. 1'. Hall, who 

 found them on the 30th March, 1912. One of tliese is less brightW 

 coloured, and appears greyish. 



Gi'oup Crtptorhynchidae. 



3635. Acalles confusus sp. nov. Acalles Schoenherr, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt.. p. 488. 



Subovate, opaque, elytra more convex than the thorax; covered with 

 variegated, depressed, tawny and grey scales, and bearing also numerous 

 erect ones, in some specimens those on the thoracic disc are brighter ; 

 fusco-piceous, antennae and tarsi fusco-fulvous, the tibiae somewhat 

 similar. 



Rostrum moderately arched, stout, parallel, nearly as long as the 

 thorax, rufescent and finely setose near the apex. Head broader than 

 the rostrum, but not abrupth^ so, minutely bicristate lietAveen the flat eyes. 

 Thorax widest just behind the frontal contraction, slightly narrower 

 towards tlie truncate base, rather broader than long; it is distinctly 

 and closely punctate, the squamae near the sides and front are suberect. 

 Elytra subcordate, nearly vertical and considerably narrowed behind, 

 nearly double tlie length of and much broader tlian the thorax, but, 

 owing to the oblique slioulders, scarcely at all wider than it is at the 

 base; they are evidently striate-punctate, the erect squamae usually 

 form a distant pair of crests on top of the posterior declivity, the sides 

 are a little uneven, sometimes small clusters of scales cause a few asperi- 

 ties nearer the middle, those on the shoulders are often ferruginous. 



Legs stout and elongate, the tibiae with short outstanding squamae. 

 Tarsi setose, not sponge-like below, their basal joint almost the length 

 of the terminal, the penultimate somewhat expanded and bilobed. 



