CRYPTORHYNCHIDAE. 653 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 4 mm. ; breadth, 2h mm. 



Mount St. Arnaud, Nelson. Evidently rare. Mr. T. Hall, when on the 

 summit on the night of the 28th June, 1916, was exposed to a snowstorm, 

 and on descending next day met with such miserable weather that scarcely 

 any insects could be found. 



4236. Getacalles fulvisparsus sp. nov. 



Suboblong, convex, opaque ; nigrescent, antennae and tarsi fusco-rufous ; 

 densely covered with more or less overlapping variegated squamae. 



Rostrum a little shorter than thorax, arched, stout, parallel, nearly bare 

 and closely punctate in front, coarsely punctate and covered with dark 

 fusco-rufous scales, so as to appear somewhat asperate behind. Thorax 

 nearly a third broader than long, its anterior half abruptly contracted and 

 bearing some short upright blackish and tawny coarse setae ; the squamae 

 on the basal portion variegated light brown with nigrescent lateral spots, 

 each side in front with outstanding somewhat fulvescent scales, and in line 

 with these a pair of small rotundate crests, the erect setae are like those 

 in front. Scutellum conspicuous, grey. Elytra oblong, almost double the 

 length of thorax, rather broader at the base, a fourth wider near the 

 middle, with obtusely porrect shoulders, considerably narrowed and sub- 

 vertical behind ; they are coarsely subseriate -punctate, but owing to the 

 numerous small irregular crests the surface appears uneven ; the prevailing 

 hue is fuscous, the suberect fulvescent scales form most of the crests, but 

 very black spots occur, on the posterior declivity particularly ; on the lower 

 part of each side, between the middle and hind thighs, there is a conspicuous 

 fulvescent patch. 



Antennae finely setose ; scape slightly flexuous, reaching the centre 

 of the eye ; the funicle very similar to that of G. eucoelius ; club oblong-oval, 

 basal joint half the whole length. Femora all dentate underneath. 



Underside nigrescent, coarsely and moderately closely punctured, covered 

 with greyish and fulvescent squamae, these latter cover the middle of 

 segments 2-4 as well as the front and sides of the fifth. Rostral canal 

 extending to the front of middle coxae, the very broad semicircular borders 

 extend from the back of the front coxae to the middle of the intermediate. 

 Metasternum very short. Basal ventral segment angulate between the 

 coxae, nearly twice the length of the next, both flat, their suture sinuate, 

 third and fourth together as long as second or fifth. Mentum small, so that 

 the thick, rigid fulvous palpi are wholly exposed. 



The nearest species, G. inaequalis (2575), is smaller and less variegated, 

 the basal half of its thorax has a dark carina along the middle in front, and 

 each elytral puncture has a minute greyish scale in it. 



Length (rostrum exclusive), 4| mm. ; breadth, 2J mm. 



Wadestown, near Wellington. 21st August, 1916. One, sent by Mr. 

 A. C. O'Connor. 



4237. Getacalles grisealis sp. nov. 



Convex, oblong, opaque ; fuscous, tibiae, tarsi, and antennae pale rufo- 

 fuscous ; covered with decumbent obscure greyish squamae and suberect 

 short squamiform setae. 



Rostrum normal, slightly shorter than thorax, with suberect scales 

 except at the reddish apex. Thorax fully a, third broader than long, its 

 basal half nearly double the width of the frontal, with some erect, slightly 

 infuscate setae, a little uneven, but without definite crests. Scutellum 



