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squamae, but becoming a little paler, and mingled with a few greyish (jnes, 

 just in front of the posterior declivity, which is not at all pallid. 



Rostrum stout, quite parallel, slightly arched, squamose almost to the 

 closely punctured apex. Thorax of nearly equal length and breadth, 

 abruptly contracted in front, remaining portion subquadrate, very slightly 

 narrowed towards the base ; with an obsolete longitudinal elevation between 

 the middle and each side, its punctation invisible. Scutellum small, trans- 

 verse, greyish. Elytra oblong, nearly twice the length of thorax, but little 

 broader than it is at the base, the shoulders only slightly porrect, posterior 

 declivity broad and sloping downwards ; each elytron with a pair of obtuse 

 basal elevations which become indefinite towards the middle ; their puncta- 

 tion not deep, very irregular, coarse and foveiform, with a transverse series 

 of about 10 behind the posterior femora ; the declivity somewhat uneven 

 but without distinct sculpture, on the summit there is a pair of widely 

 distant small black spots, about half of the scales are nearly as dark. 



Scape implanted near the apex, hardly reaching the eye, with slender 

 greyish setae ; 2nd joint of funiculus not longer than 1st, twice as long as 

 broad, joints 3-7 transverse ; club short, ovate. Legs stout, rather short ; 

 the tibiae with a short fringe of fulvous setae near the extremity. 



The rostrum shorter, thicker, and more parallel than that of E. simplex 

 (2969), the thorax evidently longer, elytral sculpture different, the club 

 remarkably short. 



(J. Length (rostrum exclusive), 6| mm. ; breadth, 2f mm. 



Wangaroa. I am indebted to Mr. L. T Griffin, F.Z.S., for the specimen 

 he found, along with other species, amongst dead vegetable matter, on the 

 3rd April, 1914. 



3936. Getacalles baccatellus sp. nov. Getacalles Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 1380. 



Oblong, moderately convex, asperate, opaque ; piceous, antennae and 

 tarsi fusco-rufous ; covered with depressed, small, more or less brownish 

 squamae, and with short outstanding ones varying from greyish to black 

 on the sides and elevated parts ; on the thorax, near the sides, there are 

 a few scales of 4ilmost pearl-like lustre. 



Rostrum stout, subparallel, about a third shorter than thorax, dark 

 rufous, closely and coarsely punctured and squamose, more finely and 

 with fine setae near the extremity. Thorax a third broader than long, 

 its frontal half abruptly contracted to aboiit half the width of the basal ; 

 with a median pair of short, rather indistinct crests, its punctation hidden. 

 Scutellum almost white. Elytra oblong, just double the length of thorax, 

 the shoulders slightly prominent and rather wider than it is at the base, 

 a little broader behind the posterior femora, considerably narrowed and 

 subvertical behind ; they are coarsely seriate-punctate ; 2nd interstices 

 slightly elevated at the base, 3rd and 5th with about 3 small crests on each, 

 the others also somewhat asperate so that the punctures near the sides 

 become disorganized ; just before the top of the declivity there is a 

 nigrescent transverse spot, and another just below it extends almost right 

 across it. 



Legs stout, femora more or less dentate underneath, the anteri(jr most 

 distinctly. Scape gradually incrassate, with a few fine grey setae ; 2nd 

 joint of funiculus as long as the 1st, 7th rather broader than its prede- 

 cessors ; club finely pubescent, ovate, rather short and broad, its basal 

 joint largest. 



