658 COLKOl'TKHA. 



4243. Acalles sticticus sp. uov. 



Opaqiio, moderately convex, medially contracted ; tlie derm piceo- 

 I'ufous and somewhat nitid, but densely covered with scale-like matter of 

 a fulvo-fuscous hue and many upright, elongate dark setae ; the rostrum 

 shining red, antennae and tarsi fulvescent, club fuscous ; elytra with ten 

 small spots formed of small erect blackish scales. 



Rostrum about as long as thorax, slightly arched, gradually narrowed 

 towards the middle, indistinctly carinate and with linear sculpture behind, 

 very finelv and remotely punctured in front. Thorax scarcely longer than 

 broad, base and apex truncate, rounded and widest at or just behind the 

 middle, more gradually narro-wed in front than behind, without inequalities, 

 moderatelv coarsely and closely punctate. Elytra of the same width as 

 thorax at the base, a third longer and broader, cordate, not vertical behind ; 

 apparently striatc-punctate, distinctly so alongside the suture. 



Lesfs with erect fuscous setae, femora long and thick, tibiae much shorter, 

 tarsi rather slender. 



Scape short and stout, gradually thickened, glabrous, implanted behind 

 the middle but not reaching the eye ; funiculus longer, bearing dark setae, 

 basal joint much thicker but hardly longer than the next, both narrowed 

 towards the base, joints 3-6 small, successively shortened, seventh still 

 shorter, stronglv transverse ; club dull, oblong-oval, indistinctly articulate, 

 densely pubescent. 



This, on account of its conical thorax and cordate hind-body, is placed 

 in proximity to A. comptus (2565) ; it is, however, rather smaller and 

 relatively broader, with different vestiture, and can be identified without 

 difficult V by the minute black elytral crests. 



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



Mount St. Arnaud, Nelson. Described from a single s])ecimen taken from 

 leaf -mould bv Mr. T. Hall on the 15th June, 1916. 



Group Anthribtdae. 

 Dysnocryptus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1258. 

 4244. Dysnocryptus setigerus sp. nov. 



Convex, suhoblong, nitid ; testaceous, with the following fuscous marks — 

 an irregular one across the middle of thorax, the sutural striae of the elytra 

 and a fascia in line with the hind thighs but interrupted near the suture ; 

 the second striae along the declivity and the sutural region are less infuscate ; 

 sparingly clothed with pale, slender, sube-rect hairs, those near the sides of 

 the after-part of elytra are slightly coarser, there are also many very elongate 

 upright ones. 



Head and rostrum deflexed, fuscous, minutely asperate. Thorax almost 

 as long as broad, its sides slightly rounded, a little wider behind the middle 

 than in front ; moderately coarsel}^ and closely punctate, paler between 

 the middle and apex than behind ; its carina almo.st evenly curved, not 

 angulate at the middle or the sides. Scutellum absent. Elytra about a 

 third longer and broader than thorax, truncate at base, apices nearly so, 

 their sides rounded ; they are evidently punctate-striate, most of the 

 punctures are quadrate ; third interstices thickened, pale yellow and smooth 

 U"ar the base ; just behind the dark fascia there is another pale, triangular, 

 slightly raised smooth spot on each elytron extending from the second to 

 the fourth striae. Legs light fuscous, tarsi slightly rufescent. 



