Coleoptera from New Zealand. 379 
middle. Scape short, incrassate apically, medially inserted. 
Funiculus with the first joint a good deal expanded towards 
the extremity, second about as long but very slender; club 
large, oblong-oval. Thorax about as long as broad, con- 
siderably but not abruptly narrowed anteriorly, broadly but 
not deeply constricted near the apex, base truncate ; rather 
coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured, the punctures in 
front rather large, but not as close as those on the disk. 
Scutellum absent. El ytra rather short and rounded, hardly 
wider than the thorax at the base, with broad deep strie, 
which, however, are distinctly punctured near the sides only ; 
interstices narrow and convex. Tarsi short, third joint 
broadly expanded. 
Underside piceous, with coarse, shallow, rather distant 
punctures and short slender sete. The pectoral canal extends 
to the front of the middle coxee. Metasternum very short, so 
that the hind coxe are not as far from the middle pair as the 
anterior are. Second segment of the abdomen half the length 
of the first, the intervening suture curvate, fifth red, minutely 
sculptured. 
Distinguished from A. puncticollis by the coarser thoracic 
sculpture, the broader and deeper elytral furrows, and the 
short coarse sete. The insect is usually covered with easily- 
rubbed-off pale scale-like matter. 
Length (rostr. excl.) 3, breadth 2 line. 
Mount Pirongia. Several, December 1892. 
ZEACALLES, gen. nov. 
Body compact. ovate, very convex, covered with very small 
squamee and erect sete. ostrum about the length of the 
thorax, pinched in close to the eyes, slightly and gradually 
narrowed towards the middle. Serobes lateral, deep, ex- 
panded behind, reaching the eyes. Antenne implanted at or 
just behind the middle. Scape short and stout, attaining the 
eyes. uniculus 7-articulate, second joint as long as the 
first but much more slender. Club large, ovate, with small 
apical joints. Head large, broad and globose below. Eyes 
just free, coarsely faceted, ovate, directed downwards, but not 
acuminate below. Zhorax conical. Scutellumabsent. Llytra 
very convex, obovate, abruptly deflexed behind, of the same 
width as the thorax at the subtruncate base, and closely fitted 
thereto. Legs robust. Hemora thick, grooved underneath. 
Tibie flexuous, uncinate. arst short and broad, their soles 
setose, third joint broadly expanded and lobate. Pectoral 
canal deep, extending as far as the middle of the interme- 
