242 COI.KOl'TKRA. 



3641. Getacalles fulvicornis sp. no v. 



Oblong, compact, convex, opaque; fusco-piceous, legs fusco-x'ufous, 

 antennae and tarsi fulvescent; thickly covered with depressed tawny 

 and erect paler squamae, the latter predominate near the sides and 

 form several small tufts on the elytra. 



Rostrum stout, parallel, somewhat arched, as long as the thorax, its 

 sculpture hidden by the squamosity. Thoi-ax slightly longer than broad, 

 contracted and a little depressed in front for nearly half its length, 

 closely and moderately coarsely punctured. Scutellum grey. Elytra 

 truncate at the base, just perceptibly broader than the thorax there, 

 twice its length, their sides straight as far as the top of the subvei'tical 

 declivity; they are striate-punctate alongside the sutui-e and behind, 

 elsewhere coarsely but irregularly seriate-punctate; there are about a 

 dozen small, irregularly placed crests on the dorsum; on the 3rd inter- 

 stices there are 2 small nodosities, the smaller on top of the hind declivity, 

 the other just below it, there is another on the 5th; these, however, 

 as well as the discal punctation, are invisible until the surface has been 

 denuded. 



Legs with pale depressed and erect scales. Tarsi rathei' nai-row, 

 penultimate joints only slightly dilated and bilobed. 



Scape inserted near the apex, attaining the front of the eye, latlier 

 slender near the base, gradually incrassate beyond, almost glabrous; 

 funiculus finely pubescent, 2nd joint scarcely twice as long as broad, 

 nearly as long as the 1st but more slender; joints 3-7 subquadrate and 

 about equal; club densely pubescent, elongate-oval, quadriarticulate. 



The fulvescent antennae and tarsi, and evidently more elongate club, 

 the rather longer rostrum and differently sculptured elytra distinguish 

 this species from G. minor, 2411, the nearest species. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2§nun.; breadth, 1| mm. 



Curiosity Gully and Rakaia Gorge, near Methven. Three found by 

 Mr. T. Hall during August and September, 1912, amongst decaying 

 vegetable matter, on the ground. 



3642. Getacalles parvulus sp. nov. 



Oblong, convex, opaque; fuscous, legs somewhat rufescent, antennae 

 and taisi fulvescent; densely clothed with depressed tawny and greyish 

 scales, and with more elongate erect greyish ones near tlie sides and 

 forming about ten small tufts on the after part of the elytra. 



Rostrum rather longer than the thorax, squamose. Thoi-ax about a 

 third broader than long, moderately contracted in front, closely punc- 

 tate. Elytra oblong, subtruncate at the base, and, owing to the obtuse 

 but slightly prominent shoulders, appearing a little broader than the 

 tliorax there, they are almost twice its length, and striate-punctate. 



Underside densely squamose and punctured, llostral canal profound, 

 extending to the middle of the intermediate coxae. Metasternum ex- 

 cessively short, so that the middle and posterior coxae are in contact. 

 Basal ventral segment twice the length of the 2nd, its hind siiture 

 sinuate, the next two short and on an abiuptlv lower level, the oth 

 longer tlian the 2nd. Soles of tlie tarsi finely setose. Palpi visi])le, 

 short and thick. 



Consideral:)ly smaller than G. fulvieoniis, the vcstiture finer and more 

 variegated witli grey, with a shorter thorax, the scutellum indistinct 

 or sunken, the legs relatively more slender, joints 3-7 of the fnnicle 

 quite moniliforni, and the club shoiter. 



