580 COLEOPTERA. 



elongate, nigrescent basal spot half-way between the suture and shoulder 

 on each elytron. 



Rostrum dull rufo-piceous, minutely asperate, indistinctly carinate along 

 the middle. Thorax slightly broader than long, slightly more narrowed 

 before the middle than behind ; moderately coarsely and closely punctured, 

 with a few grey scales at the middle of its base. Elytra oviform, twice the 

 length of thorax, a trifle wider than it is at the base, rather wider before 

 the middle, narrowed and vertical behind ; each elytron has a single well- 

 raarkod sutural stria which becomes finer towards the extremity. 



Logs elongate, moderately stout, tibiae with outstanding squamiform 

 gre}'ish setae ; penultimate joint of tarsi transverse, fully twice as broad 

 as the basal ones, excavate above, apparently entire below. 



As there are only two crests on the posterior d'clivity this species can 

 be readily separated from Z. binodosus and its near allies ; the single 

 stria on each elytron, the smooth shining interstice alongside it, the unusual 

 number of suberect scales on the front of the thorax, and the dark rough- 

 looking rostrum, in conjunction, render it distinct. 



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



Howard Goldfield, Nelson. Another species found by Mr. T. Hall on 

 the 30th March, 1915, and represented by a solitary individual — a male, 

 no doubt. 



4134. Zeacalles scruposus sp. nov. 



Subovate, convex, subopaque ; piceous, antennae and tarsi more or 

 less rufo-testaceous ; vestiture variegate, thorax with fusco-fulvous squamae, 

 mingled with coarser and suberect grey ones, its sides with man} outstanding 

 pale fuscous setae ; elytra similarly setose, the thick patch of fusco-fulvous 

 squamae near each shoulder is composed of smaller scales than tliose on 

 tlu' tliorax, and there is an oblique grey prolongation of eacli towards the 

 middle, and several coarse blackish, erect ones are visible ; there is a 

 nigrescent scutellar spot, and a narrower one between it and ?ach shoulder, 

 and others near the sides behind ; several erect dark setae can be seen, 

 there are also some erect scattered white scales, which, on top of the 

 posterior declivity, are concentrated on the nodosities there. 



Rostrum squamose at the base, with minute flavescent setae in front, 

 rufescent, of normal form. Thorax nearly a third broader than long, 

 gradually narrowed anteriorly, its moderately coarse and close punctation 

 hidden. Elytra broadly cval, jast twice the length of thorax, a third 

 broader near the middle, on a higher level, vertical behind ; their striae 

 are indistinctly punctate and much concealed, the interval between the 

 suturni and second is nodiform behind. Penultimate tarsal joint not 

 definitely lobate, 



Z. varius (2957) is the only species at all like this, but the marks are 

 very different, the erect setae are slender and elongate, the thorax is 

 longer, the elytra narrower, and the insect itself is more elongate-oval than 

 Z. scruposus. 



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



Gordon's Knob, N(>lson ; 4,000 ft. Found by Mr. T. Hall on the 15th 

 November, l'.il4. Unique. 



A second specimen, not in as good condition as the type, is less 

 definitely variegated, its thorax is a trifle longer, there are three ^^elI- 

 im pressed striae on each el}i:ron and three rows of punctures near the side. 

 It probably represents another species. 



