Coleoptera from New Zealand. dsl 
Zeacalles varius, sp. n. 
Ovate, convex, piceous; antenne and tarsi reddish, rostrum 
pitchy red; the clothing variegate, the erect sete fuscous ; 
on the thorax the scales are reddish, but pallid along the 
middle and sides, and with some black near each side of the 
middle; on the elytra pale reddish and grey patches of erect 
grey sete form two spots near the sides, and two nearer the 
suture and top of the declivity ; there are also some blackish 
spots, one of which is on the suture near the base. 
Rostrum smooth along the middle, squamose near the base. 
Antenne inserted behind the middle; scape short, gradually 
incrassate ; second joint of the funiculus nearly the length of 
the first; club large, ovate. Thorax truncate at the base, 
gradually narrowed towards the front, closely punctate. 
Elytra convex, oval, apparently with series of fine punctures ; 
these, however, are not distinct. Zvbie nearly straight. 
This is a well-marked species. 
Length (rostr. excl.) $, breadth 4 line. 
Mount Pirongia. Two only, December 1892. 
METACALLES, gen. nov. 
Body convex, subovate, sparsely clothed with hair-like 
scales and long outstanding slender sete. Rostrum just 
about the length of the thorax, gradually and slightly nar- 
rowed behind, abruptly notched at the sides near the eyes. 
Scrobes lateral, reaching to the front of the eyes. Scape 
rather short, thickened apically, reaching to the eye. Punt- 
culus elongate ; first joint stout but slender at the base, second 
evidently shorter than the first, much more slender, seventh 
larger than sixth; club large, ovate. Head globose below, 
- nearly hidden above; the eyes, however, are not covered, 
they are depressed. Thorax truncate at base, the basal half 
with rounded sides, the anterior not abruptly contracted. 
Scutellum absent. lytra sharply defined at the base and 
not exceeding that of the thorax in width, their sides rounded, 
much narrowed and vertical behind, cordiform. Legs mode- 
rately long; femora long and thick, grooved near the apex ; 
tibie flexuous, their hooks proceed from the outer angles and 
are bent inwards ; ¢ars¢ narrow, their soles finely setose, the 
basal two joints nearly nude, their third joint deeply grooved 
above, not distinctly bilobed, and but little expanded. 
The pectoral canal extends to beyond the hind margin of 
the middle coxw, its sides and the hind border are sharply 
elevated. Metasternum very short. Abdomen large, rounded 
