144 Major T. Broun on neio Genera and 



distinctly ci'ested there ; the disk seems flattened, but is 

 sHghtly ridged along the middle, squamosity fuscous, almost 

 black near the sides ; these, however, are pallid ; the erect 

 squaniiform setse are nearly black. Elytra as wide as thorax 

 at the base, but becoming a little wider behind the middle ; 

 they are a good deal narrowed but not quite vertical behind ; 

 from the base four (two on each elytron) flexuous ridges 

 extend towards the posterior declivity ; the enclosed space is 

 darker than the sides or apex; on top of the declivity there 

 are two rather distant, somewhat rounded, moderately 

 prominent crests ; the sides are more or less uneven, but the 

 darker basal area is nearly plane; they are coarsely striate- 

 punctate apparently. Legs squamose, variegated ; femora 

 widely notched below near the extremity, and bearing coarse 

 setae, so as to appear subdentate near the middle ; third 

 tarsal joint expanded, but with very short lobes, pubescent 

 underneath. 



Antenna implanted just behind the middle; scape squamose, 

 very gradually thickened, reaching the front of the eye ; 

 funiculus sparsely setose, rather long, basal two joints 

 equally elongate, third distinctly longer than broad, five to 

 seven bead-like ; club opaque, ovate, densely pubescent. 



The elytral disk appears unusually short, partly owing to 

 difference in colour and rather long posterior declivity. 



Length (rost. excl.) 2f ; breadth 1^ line. 



Invercargill. The description is drawn up from a unique 

 specimen mounted on cardboard by Mr. A. Philpott. 



Acalles igneus, sp. n. 



Convex, subovate, densely squamose, variegate; basal half 

 (but not the sides) of elytra and a median spot on base of 

 thorax black ; remainder of surface covered with fiery red 

 scales, some coarse and depressed, others more elongate and 

 erect ; these are intermingled with very few greyish ones 

 here and there ; the rostrum and legs also bear more or less 

 rufescent squamae ; antennae testaceous. 



Bostrum of about the same length as thorax, stout, ex- 

 panded towards the eyes, finely medially carinate in front. 

 Thorax about as long as broad, more narrowed in front than 

 behind, its punctuation entirely hidden by the squamosity. 

 Scutellvm absent. Elytra convex, subcordate, obviously 

 striate. Legs robust. Scape gradually incrassate, attaining 

 the eye; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint thick, 6 and 7 

 transverse, the latter the broader; club triarticulate, stout, 

 ovate. Ocnfar lobes absent. 



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