240 COI.KOPTERA. 



a largo portion of the thoracic disc and an oblong Ijasal space on the 

 middle of the elytra, but behind are more irregulai-ly disti-ibuted ; 

 antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum parallel, slightly arched, half the width of the head, of 

 about the same lengtii as tlie tliorax, and squamose almost to its ex- 

 tremity. Head inmiersed up to the eyes, plane between these. Thorax 

 contracted anterioidy, but not abriiptly, for nearly half of the whole 

 length, fully a third broader than long; somewliat flattened above, 

 without distinct ei'osts, its coarse punctation hichlen by the tilted 

 squamae. Scutellum concealed. I']lytra oblong, gradually narrowed 

 and subvertical behind, not perceptil)ly wider at tlw base than the thorax, 

 twice its length; they are coarsely sei'iate-punctate near the sutui-e, but 

 more in-egularly beyond; the 3rd interstices are slightly I'aised nea]' 

 tl«; base, there are several snuill patches of erect concentrated scales but 

 no conspicuous crests. 



Scape medially inserted, attaining the eye, clothed with pale elon- 

 gated scales and a few setae. Funiculus with slender setae, its 2nd 

 joint slightly longer than the elongate 1st and, combined, quite equalling 

 the scape in length, 3rd and 4th equal and evidently longer than broad, 

 the 7th shorter than the 5th or 6th; club oblong-oval and acuminate, its 

 dense pubescence concealing the articulations. 



Legs with depressed and outstanding squamae, all the femora dentate 

 underneath; tarsi with elongated scales above, their basal joint as long 

 as tlie terminal, the 3rd moderately expanded and bilobed. . 



The ijale tilted squamae on the dorsum form its principal peculiarity; 

 there is some evidence of this in 2944, which, on account of its sub- 

 dentate femora, would find a more fitting place near this species than 

 in Acalles. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 5i mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Pudding Hill, near Methven. Described from a specimen found on 

 the 4th May, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3639. Crisius latirostris sp. nov. Crisius Pascoe, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 500. 



Convex, subovate, uneven, rufo-fuscous; densely covered with de- 

 pressed squamae of a tawny, sometimes fulvescent, hue, but usually the 

 median basal space of the elytra, as well as the nodosities, are dai-k 

 fuscous; antennae and legs fusco-rufous. 



Rostrum i-ather broad, arclied, subpai-allel, as long as the thorax. 

 Constricted at the base; ]»iteliy-red and finely ])unctate near tlie 

 extremity, squamose behind, obsoletely (marinate along the middle. 

 Head globose and rufescent undei-neath, distinctly impressed between 

 the eyes. Thoi-ax nearly a third broader than long, abrui)tly contracted 

 in front, which is obtiisely produced and slightly bicristate ; it has a 

 median pair of rounded crests and in some examples a minute pair 

 behind, no ])unetation is visible. Elytra subcordatc, evidently more 

 convex than the thorax, twice its length, iiut hai-dly broadei' than it 

 is at tlie base, their posterior declivity subvei'tical ; they are indistinctly 

 seriate-punctate, on each elytron, near the base, there is an irregular 

 elongate elevation, the summit of the declivity is trinodose, and a single 

 nodosity is placed near the side but more in advance, sometimes the 

 declivity itself is minutely trinodose, the doi'suni el^^ewhere is somewhat 

 uneven. 



