652 COLEOPTBRA. 



segments only moderately abbreviated, bogethei a? long as the semicirculai 



fifth. 



This small species most nearly resembles S. recti rot-Iris (2953), but has 

 shorter antennae, &c. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 2£ mm. ; breadth, l£ mm. 



Speargrass Creek ; 13th June, 1916. One, from Mr. T. Hall. 



Getacalles Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1380. 



4235. Getacalles eucoelius sp. nov. 



Convex, subovate. a little uneven, opaque ; piceous. rostrum piceo -rufous, 

 antennae and tarsi infuscate red ; covered with small, depressed, variegated 

 squamae, chiefly rufo-fuscous and a few scattered greyish ones, but the 

 erect ones are more nigrescent and form crests except on the shoulders, 

 where they are testaceous. 



Rostrum arched, as long as thorax, subparallel, stout, constricted at the 

 base ; nude and finely punctate in front, subcarinate along the middle 

 behind. Head immersed up to the eyes, with a fovea between these- 

 Thorax a third broader than long, subtruncate at the base, coarsely and 

 closely punctate ; its frontal half abruptly contracted, moderately bicristate 

 at the apex ; the basal portion, across the front, with a pair of central crests 

 and one at each side, along the middle there is a distinct carina. Scutellum 

 small, greyish. Elytra subcordate, 2| times the length of thorax, not 

 perceptibly wider than it is at the base, quite a fourth broader behind 

 the oblique, raised shoulders, a good deal yet gradually narrowed and 

 subvertical behind ; seriate-punctate alongside the suture, interruptedly 

 towards the sides, substriate behind ; second interstices obtusely elevated 

 near the base, the dorsum with several small, irregular, obtuse crests, and 

 four or five along each side. 



Antennae finely setose ; scape flexuous and slender near the base, 

 gradually thickened, inserted quite before the middle and just attaining 

 the front of the eye ; basal joint of funiculus stouter but not longer than 

 the elongate second, joints 3-5 decrease in length, sixth and seventh 

 transverse and moniliform ; club subelongate-ovate, its basal articulation 

 as large as the other three combined. 



Legs setigerous ; femora long and stout, deeply grooved underneath, 

 the anterior with a small denticle ; tibiae uncinate, nearly straight ; basal 

 two joints of the tarsi narrow, third moderately dilated and bilobed. 



Underside dark fuscous, presternum and coxae more rufescent, abdomen 

 moderately coarsely punctate, with many depressed; small, greyish squami- 

 form setae. 



Pectoral canal profound, its elevated borders extending to the back part 

 of the intermediate coxae. Metasternum with a broad curved ridge between 

 the middle and hind coxae, so that the centre is quite concave. Basal 

 ventral segment flat in the middle, double the length of the second, which 

 is depressed at the sides, the suture between feebly sinuate ; third and 

 fourth moderately abbreviated, together longer than the second, both with 

 straight, deep sutures, fifth with a foveiform depression at each side. 

 Tarsi finely setose underneath. Mentum transverse in front, its basal half 

 quadrate yet narrower. Palpi thick, quite uncovered. 



This does not agree very well with Getacalles, and will ultimately, no 

 doubt, form the type of another genus. The cordiform hind-body, sub- 

 carinate rostrum, interocular fovea, the thoracic carina, elytral crests, and 

 obvious metasternal cavity render it distinct. 



