376 Capt. T. Broun on new 
extending to hind margin of front cox, the whole middle 
portion of the mesosternum forms a sort of raised curved 
lamina; this is not abruptly elevated towards the front. 
Metasternum short. Abdomen large, first segment flat, 
densely squamose, nearly truncate between the coxw; second 
on a lower level, hardly longer than the third or fourth. 
Coxe about equidistant longitudinally and transversely. 
Femora grooved near the apex. 
In No. 2572 the eyes are rather large and nearly round; in 
A. formosus they are small and more widely separated above. 
Allied to A. tncultus, the sternal structure similar. 
Var. A.—Rufous, the rufescent scales replaced by yellowish 
ones, the black marks nearly absent, rostrum nearly nude. 
Var. B.—The slender white scales of the elytra are 
wanting, as are also the pale thoracic streaks. 
Length (rostr. excl.) 1, breadth @ line. 
Mount Pirongia. ‘Three, December 1892. 
This is another ground weevil. 
Acalles ruficollis, sp. n. 
Convex, subovate, not narrow, rather nitid, with many 
erect, slender, fuscous sete; the sides of the thorax covered 
with flat tawny scales ; the elytral interstices sparsely clothed 
with curled, rather short and thick, yellowish sete; thorax 
dark red, the sides and apex of the hind body piceous, the 
dorsal portion reddish or castaneous; rostrum pitchy red; 
antenne fulvescent, club dark ; legs infuscate red. 
fostrum shorter than the thorax, with four ill-defined 
longitudinal grooves, its punctuation becoming very coarse 
behind. Azxtennw medially inserted; scape slender and 
moderately short, thickened near the extremity; funiculus 
elongate, second joint as long as the first but much more 
slender, third and fourth rather longer than broad; club 
ovate, opaque, indistinctly annulate. Thorav as long as 
broad, much narrower in front than behind, not abruptly so 
however, slightly constricted near the apex, base truncate ; 
its surface closely and distinetly punctured, the interstices on 
the middle form transverse ruge. lytra much broader than 
the thorax, closely adapted thereto, the base, however, scarcely 
exceeds that of the thorax, they are obovate or cordiform ; 
their striz are moderately broad and deep, but their punctua- 
tion is not always well marked, the interstices are convex. 
Legs stout, with elongate erect sete, the anterior evidently 
longer than the others ; tarsi finely setose, third joint strongly 
expanded and lobate, fourth slender. 
