340 COr.EOPTBKA. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, moderately broad, slightly narrowed towards 

 the middle, with a slight median carina, its seriate punctures with irre- 

 gularly linear interstices. Head immersed nearly to the eyes, broadly im- 

 pressed between these. Thorax a little broader than long, widest behind, 

 moderately but not sharply contracted in front, base subtruncate ; disc 

 nearly plane beliind, with an almost smooth line along the middle, only 

 moderately coarsely and closely punctate. Elytra twice the length of 

 thorax, as wide as it is at the base, rather broader near the middle, the 

 posterior declivity rounded above ; they have regular series of well-marked 

 distinctly separated punctures and a few specks of erect scales but no definite 

 crests ; on the basal margin there are three small yet distinct equidistant 

 yellow spots. 



Leg stout, squamose, anterior femora longest ; tibiae strongly arched 

 and slender at the base, with a few coarse erect greyish setae, the hinder 

 pairs with a parch of bright-fulvous ones at the extremity ; tarsi rather 

 narrow. 



Scape inserted before the middle, flexuous, attaining tlie front of the 

 eye ; funiculus rather longer, basal joint slightly thicker but not longer than 

 the elongate 2nd, 3rd and 5th subquadrate, 4th slightl)^ longer, 6th and 7th 

 broader ; club oval, triarticulate. 



Underside fuscous and squamose. Pectoral canal bounded behind with 

 elevated borders between the middle coxae. Metasternum very short, with 

 a deep semicircular depression behind. Basal ventral segment largest, dis- 

 tinctly punctured and depressed in front, the next not double the length of 

 3rd or 4th, the terminal moderately large, with a distinct depression at each 

 side. 



Belongs to Section I. The duplicate bands at each side of the thorax 

 and the equidistant spots on the elytral base will lead to its recognition. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Mount Hutt. Unique ; discovered by Mr. T. Hall on the 10th January, 

 1913, amongst dead leaves on the ground, at an altitude of 4,500 ft. 



3773. Zeacalles scaber sp. uov. Zeacalles Broun, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 6, vol. 12, 1893, p. 379. 



Oval, compact, convex, opac[ue ; rufescent, antennae and tarsi fusco- 

 testaceous : thickly but irregularly covered with comparatively coarse, 

 elongate, depressed and erect squamae, for the most part of a tawny hue, 

 but mingled with greyish setae on the elytra. 



Rostrum rather longer than thorax, gradually and slightly narrowed near 

 the middle, punctate near its sides, more or less finely quadricarinate, and 

 with a few scales behind, it is dark red and shining. Thorax a little broader 

 than long, widest at the base, gradually narrowed towards the rounded 

 apex ; moderately coarsely punctate, without inequalities of surface, the 

 disc covered with depressed elongate scales, the sides with numerous erect 

 squamiform setae. Elytra closely applied to the thorax, of the same width 

 at the base, twice its length, moie convex than it is, broader near the middle, 

 vertical behind ; on each elytron there is an elongate elevation near the 

 base and a rounded nodosity on the summit of the posterior declivity, these 

 bear yellowish erect scales ; the sutural striae are broad and deep, the 

 others are rendered indistinct by the squamosity, the declivity when de- 

 nuded is seen to be distinctly striate. Legs and antennae of normal structure. 



The scabrous surface will lead to its discrimination. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2 mm. ; breadth, 1 J nmi. 



