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squamae, but becoming a little paler, and mingled with a few greyish ones, 
just in front of the posterior declivity, which is not at all pallid. 
Rostrum stout, quite parallel, slightly arched, squamose almost to the 
closely punctured apex. Thorax of nearly equal length and _ breadth, 
abruptly contracted in front, remaining portion subquadrate, very slightly 
narrowed towards the base ; with an obsolete longitudinal elevation between 
the middle and each side, its punctation invisible. Scutellum small, trans- 
verse, greyish. Hlytra oblong, nearly twice the length of thorax, but little 
broader than it is at the base, the shoulders only slightly porrect, posterior 
declivity broad and sloping downwards ; each elytron with a pair of obtuse 
basal elevations which become indefinite towards the middle ; their puncta- 
tion not deep, very irregular, coarse and foveiform, with a transverse series 
of about 10 behind the posterior femora; the declivity somewhat uneven 
but without distinct sculpture, on the summit there is a pair of widely 
distant small black spots, about half of the scales are nearly as dark. 
Scape implanted near the apex, hardly reaching the eye, with slender 
greyish setae ; 2nd joint of funiculus not longer than Ist, twice as long as 
broad, joints 3~7 transverse ; club short, ovate. Legs stout, rather short ; 
the tibiae with a short fringe of fulvous setae near the extremity. 
The rostrum shorter, thicker, and more parallel than that of H. simplex 
(2969), the thorax evidently longer, elytral sculpture different, the club 
remarkably short. 
S$. Length (rostrum exclusive), 64 mm.; breadth, 22 mm. 
Wangaroa. I| am indebted to Mr. L. T. Griffin, F.Z.S., for the specimen 
he found, along with other species, amongst dead vegetable matter, on the 
3rd April, 1914. 
3936. Getacalles baccatellus sp. nov. (Getacalles Broun, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 
p. 1380. 
Oblong, moderately convex, asperate, opaque ; piceous, antennae and 
tarsi fusco-rufous; covered with depressed, small, more or less brownish 
squamae, and with short outstanding ones varying from greyish to black 
on the sides and elevated parts; on the thorax, near the sides, there are 
a few scales of almost pearl-like lustre. 
Rostrum stout, subparallel, about a third shorter than thorax, dark 
rufous, closely and coarsely punctured and squamose, more finely and 
with fine setae near the extremity. Thorax a third broader than long, 
its frontal half abruptly contracted to about half the width of the basal ; 
with a median pair of short, rather indistinct crests, its punctation hidden 
Scutellum almost white. Elytra oblong, just double the length of thorax, 
the shoulders slightly prominent and rather wider than it is at the base, 
a little broader behind the posterior femora, considerably narrowed and 
subvertical behind; they are coarsely seriate-punctate ; 2nd _ interstices 
slightly elevated at the base, 3rd and 5th with about 3 small crests on each, 
the others also somewhat asperate so that the punctures near the sides 
become disorganized; just before the top of the declivity there is a 
nigrescent transverse spot, and another just below it extends almost right 
across it. 
Legs stout, femora more or less dentate underneath, the anterior most 
distinctly. Scape gradually incrassate, with a few fine grey setae; 2nd 
joint of funiculus as long as the Ist, 7th rather broader than its prede- 
cessors; club finely pubescent, ovate, rather short and broad, its basal 
joint largest. 
