452 COLEOPTERA. 



quite i)b.si)loto. A', nodijer (3^56) lias considerably longer legs, ami a pair 

 of distant, conspicuous nodosities on the hind part of the elytra. 



Length (rostrum exclusive). 4 nun. : l)i-eadth, 1| mm. 



Clipping's Bush, near Kingston. Two were found by I\lr. 'P. Hall, 

 amongst leaf-mould, on tlu^ 29th January, 1914. 



3940. Zeacalles speciosus sp. nov. ZcacaUes Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. G, vol. 12. p. 379. 



Ovate, opaque, elytra very convex ami ui.even. variegate ; rostrum 

 piceo-rufous, thorax and elytra })iceous, legs fusco-rut'ous, antennae and 

 tarsi fulvescent ; thorax covered with depressed nigrescent squamae, but 

 with some elongate fusco-fulvous ones along the sides, and with short, erect, 

 variegate setiform ones ; elytra almost wholly covered with depressed 

 fulvescent squanrae and erect, variegate ones on the elevated parts, sides, 

 and posterior declivity ; there are also a pair of oblique, intensely black 

 crests at the base, and a few small dark .spots behind. 



Rostrum nearlv as long as thorax, with sublinear, rather fine sculpture, 

 squamose at the base. Thorax without inequalities, apparently punctate, 

 of the .same length and breadtli, gradually narrowed from its base to the 

 rounded apex. Scutellar region slightly depressed and blackish. Elytra 

 on an abruptly higher level than the thorax, hardly any broader than it is 

 at the base, not twice its length, gently narrowed behind the middle, 

 posterior declivity rather narrow, almost vertical, its height equalling the 

 len"tli of the dorsum ; they are seemingly striate-punctate ; 2nd interstices 

 slio'htlv elevtvted. with conspicuous crests on top of the declivity. 3rd luore 

 elevated at the ba.se but not crested behind, sometimes with a small dark 

 spot on the middle, the other interstices also uneven. 



Legs normal, fusco-rufous, with elongate, flavescent, setiform squamae. 



Scape stout, a good deal thickened near the extremity, implanted just 

 behind the middle ; 2nd joint of funiculus as long as the basal. 3rd and 4th 

 sliglitly longer than broad, the others mouiliform, 7th quite transverse. 



Underside piceous, with flavescent setiform squamae. Pectoral canal 

 profound, its vertical borders extending as far as the hind part of the inter- 

 mediate coxae. Second ventral segment on nearly the same plane as the 

 basal, only a third of its length, its frontal suture nearly straight, 3rd and 

 4th together only half the length of the transversely quadrate 5th. 



The contrast in coloration, the abruptly elevated elytra, the prominent 

 posterior crest on the 2nd interstices, and the uneven but not distinctly 

 raised outer ones make it easily recognizable. 



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



Moa" Basin, Canterbury ; 20th October, 1913. Of this remarkable little 

 weevil two examples were taken by Mr. Hall from amongst decaying leaves 

 on the ground ; one of them— mutilated, unfortunately— is mounted on its 

 back. 



3941. Acalles sternalis sp. nov. Acalles Schoenherr, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 

 p. 488. 



Convex, suboblong, the derm nitid, piceous ; covered to a large extent 

 with depressed, small, coppery or rufescent squamae ; but short, erect, 

 blackish ones occupy most of the anterior portion of thorax and the base 

 of the elytra near the scutellum, they also form an interrupted band across 



