582 COLEOPTERA. 



Zeacalles Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., scr. 6, vol. 12, p. 379. 



4137. Zeacalles parvus sp. nov. 



Coni])act, convox, subovato, narrowed anteriorly, opaque, without crests 

 or nodosities ; nigro -fuscous, antennae and tarsi light rufo-fuscous ; covered 

 with subdepressed, relatively coarse, suboblong, greyish-tawny squamae, 

 those on the legs fuscous. 



Eostrum longer than thorax, rather broad, hardly at all arched above, 

 its sculpture indistinct. Eyes free from thorax, not prominent. Thorax 

 of about equal length and breadth, gradually narrowed anteriorly, its 

 punctatiou concealed. Elytra subrotundate, as wide as thorax at the 

 base, rather broader near the middle, more convex, a third longer, vertical 

 and somewhat narrowed behind ; quite distinctly striate. 



Antennae very finely pubescent ; scape short and stout, incrassatc 

 towards the extremity, not attaining the eye ; basal joint of funiculus 

 twice as thick as the next but hardly any longer, joints 3-7 transverse, 

 seventh as broad as the elongate club, the basal joint of which is longer 

 than the following two combined. 



Legs long and thick, the anterior pair especially ; penultimate tarsal 

 joint broadly expanded, excavate above, apparently entire below. 



This small species can be separated from the others by its rather broad 

 rostrum and distinctly striate, subrotundate elytra. 



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



Huia, Manukau Harbour. One individual, obtained from leaf-mould 

 by Mr. A. E. Brookes, of Mount Albert, on the 10th April, 1915. 



4138. Zeacalles cordipennis sp. nov. 



Subelongate -ovate, moderately and evenly convex, subopaque ; castaneo- 

 rufous, rostrum dark red, legs fuscous, antennae and tarsi infuscate red ; 

 clothed with depressed setiform scales, these are fulvescent on the rostrum, 

 thorax, and middle of elytra, on these last they become tawny-grey near 

 the sides ; there are only very few erect, coarse yellow setae on top of the 

 posterior declivity, which, however, do not form crests ; the other erect 

 setae at the sides are more infuscate. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, only slightly arched, distinctly longitudinally 

 punctate behind, more finely and irregularly near the extremity. Eyes 

 moderately large, distant above. Thorax of equal length and breadth, 

 gradually narrowed anteriorly, base truncate, closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured. Elytra cordate, of the same width as thorax at the base, rather 

 broader near the shoulders, twice its length, not more convex than it is, 

 vertical, but not abruptly so behind ; their striae, though well marked, are 

 not definitely punctured, and become obsolete behind ; the interstice near 

 each side of the suture is thickened and sligiitly elevated at the base. 



Legs long and stout, bearing erect, coarse infuscate setae. Antennae 

 medially inserted ; second joint of the funiculus as long as the first, 

 seventh broader than the subquadrate sixth ; club oblong, somewhat 

 narrowed towards the base, with small apical articulations. 



In this genus the elytra are usually more arched above than the thorax ; 

 this is not the case in this species, and, moreover, they are qxuto cordiform. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2J mm. ; breadth, H nun. 



Howard Goldfield, near Nelson. Unique (unfortunately). Another of 

 Mr. Hall's discoveries, on the 10th May, 1915, amongst decaying vegetation 

 on the ground. 



