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Length (rostrum exclusive), "iiiui).; breadth, 1mm. 

 Itakuia Gorge. Another of the minute ground-weevils discovered hv 

 Mr. T. Hall. Two specimens, 2Tth Septembei-, 1912. 



3643. Getacalles variellus sp. uov. 



Convex, oblong, ratiier elongate, opaipie variegate; fuscous, legs 

 fusco-rut'ous, antennae light ferruginous; coveied Avith depressed tawny, 

 grey, and pale leddish-brown squamae; nuiiiei'ous short, erect, blackish 

 setiform scales ai'e distributed over the surface, and there are 4 equally 

 dark spots just below the top of the posterior declivity; erect grey scales 

 ar<_' unecjually concentrated here and tliere, and form 6 small crests near 

 the top of the declivity. 



Rostrum hardly as long as the thorax, of noiiual form, [)iceous and 

 nearl}- bare at the apex, covered with sliort rufo-fuscous S({uamae else- 

 wht're. Thorax of equal length and bieadtli, abruptly contracted before 

 the middle, without distinct crests or elevations, but with a slight carina 

 along the middle, its punctation entirely concealed. Scutellum grej-. 

 Elytra oblong, nearly double the length of the tliorax, a little bioader 

 than it is, with slightly prominent shoulders, tlie posterior declivity 

 narrowed but not vertical; they are moderately coarsely seriate-punctate, 

 but towards the sides the punctures are less r<'gular, the declivity appears 

 to be sul)striate. Femora subdentate. 



Underside moderately coarsely but not closely jjunctate; with de- 

 pressed greyish -yellow squamae on tlie l)reast, those on tlie abdomen are 

 fulvescent and closer, but the sides from the middle of the 2nd segment 

 to the .")tli are <|uite black. Kostral canal very deep, extending to the 

 front of the intermediate coxae, and with elevated bordei's there. Meta- 

 sttrnum medially depressed, very short, so that the middle and liind coxae 

 touch each other. Basal ventral segment largest, its hind suture oljlique 

 towards the sides, 3rd and 4th moderately abbreviated and, together, 

 nearly as long as the 2nd. Soles of the tarsi with silky vestiture . 



Of decidedly more elongate contour than G. posticalis, its surface less 

 asperate, the posterior declivity not perpendicular, the thorax without 

 nH'dian nodosities. The 2nd joint of the fiinicidus is quite as long as 

 the basal but more slender, 3id rather longei- tlian the next, 6th broader 

 than 5th, the 7th still broader; club elongate-oval, its terminal three 

 articulations, togetlier, hardly as long as the first. This species, indeed, 

 is different fi'om any other in several i>articulars. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 4^ nnn. ; breadth, 2 nmi. 



llakaia Gorge. A single specimen obtained from leaf-mould on the 

 9tli October, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3644. Getacalles oblongus sp. nov. 



Oblong, convex, opaque; fuscous, the rostrum, front of thorax, and 

 elytial jtunctuies soniewliat rufescent, tarsi and antennae rufo-cas- 

 taneous; covered with depressed tawny and slightly variegate erect 

 squamae, legs inclusive. 



Rostium nearl}' as long as the tliorax, moderately coarsely, longi- 

 tudinally, rugosely punctate. Thorax nearly a tliii'd broader tlian long, 

 abi uptly narrowed l)efore the middle; soniewliat uneven, but without 

 well-marked t-rests or elevations, with a slender median carina beliind, 

 rather coarsely and t'losely punctured, less so near the ajiex. Scutelbim 

 gn'v. Elytra oblong, fully twice the length of tlie thorax, a little wider 

 than it is at the base, with slightly prominent shiuilders; near the suture 

 they are coarsely striate-])unctat('. more finely un the hind declivity; 



