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Elevated borders of pectoral canal extending to the middle of intermediate 

 coxae. All the coxae equidistant from front to rear. Metasternum short. 

 First ventral segment broadly rounded between the very widely separated 

 coxae, nearly twice the length of second, their suture sinuate, third and 

 fou.th short, together equalling the fifth. Femora broadly grooved apic- 

 ally half their length. Soles of tarsi thinly setose. Mentum subquadrate, 

 rather small ; palpi uncovered. 



Easily separable from T. pictulus (2409) by the less brightly coloured 

 vestiture, simple elytral interstices, less abruptly contracted anterior half 

 of thorax, and by the white scales which cover the lower sides of the thorax. 



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



Martinborough. I am indebted to Mr. A. C. O'Connor, of Wellington, 

 for the only specimen 1 have seen ; 21st August, 1916. 



Acalles Schoenherr. Man. N.Z, Coleopt., p. 488. 



4239. Acalles brevipennis sp. nov. 



Convex, broad, subovate, opaque, without crests or tubercles ; nigrescent, 

 covered with depressed fusco-ferruginous squamae and erect setae, but 

 with an irregular, grey, curved band extending from one hind thigh to 

 the other ; antennae and tarsi light red. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, rather broad, gradually narrowed 

 towards the centre, nitid, rufo-piceous, smooth and subcarinate along the 

 middle, biseriate-punctate and bearing grey scales near the sides. Thorax 

 as long as broad, widest behind the middle, more gradually narrowed in 

 front than behind, base truncate ; its surface closely punctate. Scutellum 

 apparently absent. Elytra subrotundate, only a third longer and broader 

 than thorax, slightly wider than it is at the base, vertical behind ; almost 

 striate-punctate, third interstices costiform, fifth indistinctly so. 



Legs long and stout ; femora grooved underneath, longer than the 

 tibiae ; bearing numerous erect, greyish, squamiform setae. Tarsi short, 

 gradually expanded, penultimate joint bilobed ; claws minute. 



Scape medially inserted, subclavate at the extremity, attaining the 

 eye. Basal joint of funiculus stouter and rather longer than second, third 

 and fourth slightly longer than broad, fifth to seventh successively dilated ; 

 club pubescent, elongate, with minute terminal articulations. 



Underside piceous, coarsely punctate, with a few coarse grey setae. 

 Rostral canal profound, its elevated borders reaching the intermediate 

 coxae. Metasternum very short. Basal ventral segment large, broadly 

 rounded between the coxae, subtruncate behind, second short yet as long 

 as the abbreviated following two together, fifth narrower, nearly as long 

 as the basal. 



The short, subrotundate hind-body, with its posterior grey fascia, the 

 minute claws, and obsolete hind tibial spurs are good differentiating 

 characters. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), lf-2 mm. ; breadth, 1-lJ nim. 



Lake Rotoiti, Nelson ; 28th December, 1915. Five individuals, taken 

 from leaf-mould by Mr. T. Hall 



4240. Acalles hopensis sp. nov. 



Oblong; convex, opaque ; fusco-niger, antennae and tarsi infuscate 

 red ; covered with depressed, .somewhat overlapping, variegated squamae, 

 principally obscure greyish or fuscous, but the crests on the head and a 

 24— BuU. No. 1. 



