576 COLEOPTERA. 



This is smaller than A. variatus, though similar in form and structure, 

 the legs are not as thick, the dorsum is flatter and without upright white 

 scales, and the thoracic punctation, owing to the scanty and more slender 

 vestiture, is quite easily seen. 



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

 Woodhen Bend, near Glenhope. One, found by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 20tli June, 1915. 



4126. Allanalcis albipictus sp. nov. 



Convex, subovate^ widest just behind the shoulders, opaque ; derm 

 piceous, but densely covered with depressed, rather coarse and elongate 

 squamae, these are chiefly light rufo-fuscous, but white ones cover the 

 posterior declivity along the middle, an irregular large area extending along 

 the side of each elytron from the base to the hind thigh, a spot across the 

 third and fourth interstices near the middle, and an indefinite streak near 

 each side of the thorax, in addition to minute scattered specks ; antennae 

 and tarsi light rufo-fuscous. 



Rostrum a third shorter than thorax, moderately broad, gradually 

 narrowed towards the middle, squamose. Thorax slightly broader than 

 long, gradually narrowed anteriorly, its coarse and close punctation entirely 

 hiiden. Elytra cordate, hardly double the length of thorax, of the same 

 width as it is at the base, which is slightly oblique towards the sides, much 

 broader in line with the middle femora, a good deal narrowed and sub- 

 vertical behind ; their striae seem rather narrow, third interstices slightly 

 raised near the base, the second behind the middle. 



Antennae, legs, and tarsi of normal structure, ])enultimate tarsal joint 

 grooved above, densely setose and apparently entire underneath so that 

 the terminal joint is only visible at the extremity. 



Nearly related to the North Island A. incidtus (2572), but differing from 

 it and other species by the conspicuous patches of white squamae, some of 

 which are erect. 



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



Glenhope. A solitary individual, obtained by Mr. T. Hall on the 30th 

 August, 1915. 



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4127. Allanalcis melastictus sp. nov. 



Convex, subovate, widest in line with the hind thighs ; elytra castaneous, 

 thorax and rostrum darker, antennae and tarsi paler than elytra ; squamo- 

 sity dense and coarse, depressed on the thorax, suberect on some {)arts 

 of the elvtra to a great extent li^ht rufo-fuscous, more rufescent near the 

 sides, base of rostrum, and legs ; but with the following blackish spots, two 

 pairs on the basal half of thorax, on each elytron, one inside the shoulder, 

 on the third interstice a median one, and another but larger on top of the 

 declivity, where there are a few small specks lower down. 



Rostrum nearly as long as thorax, subparallel, stout, scarcely at all 

 arched, squamose, with minute flavescent setae at the apex. Thorax about 

 a third broader than long, a little contracted and depressed in front, the 

 sides behind nearly straight ; slightly elevated at each side of the middle, 

 its punctation concealed. Elvtra on a higher plane than the thorax, 

 subcordate, twice the length of thorax, of the same width as it is at the 

 base, vertical and much narrowed behind ; distinctly striate, interstices 

 slightly convex, the third rather more so and thicker than the others. 



