14(1 Miijor T, Broun on neto Genera and 



Acalles albistrigalis, sp. n, 



Subovate, moderately convex, piceous ; antennae flavescent ; 

 tarsi iufiiscate red ; covered with depressed dark or obscure 

 greyish scales and numerous coarse erect setae, without 

 distinct elevations or crests. 



Rosfiiim short and broad, obviously shorter than thorax. 

 Antenme inserted at, or immediately in front of, the middle 

 of rostrum ; the scape only moderately thickened apically, 

 barely reaching the eye ; funiculus indistinctly pubescent, 

 basal joint stout, second and third rather slender and elon- 

 gate, 5-7 short ; club ovate, articulate, pubescent. Eyes 

 rather flat, coarsely facetted. Thorax evidently longer than 

 broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, its frontal portion a 

 little depressed ; at its base there are two longitudinal 

 streaks formed by whitish scales; the base is sharply trun- 

 cate. Elytra short, subcordate, slightly wider than thorax 

 at base. Legs stout, bearing erect, coarse, squamiform 

 setse. 



A carefully denuded specimen shows that the derm is 

 slightly glossy, that the thorax, in proportion to its small 

 size, is coarsely and very closely punctured, and that the 

 elytra have, on each, two well-marked sutural striae, the sculp- 

 ture beyond being regularly striate-punctate. 



This, one of the smallest species of Acalles, may be identi- 

 fied by its short rostrum and the relatively long thorax with 

 its pair of whitish basal streaks. 



Length (rost. excl.) f ; breadth § line. 



Broken River [Mr. J. H. Lewis) ; two specimens. 



Acalles aterrimus, sp. n. 



Convex, subovate, sparingly clothed with erect setae ; black ; 

 antennae red, tarsi rufo-piceous. 



Rostrum stout, slightly and gradually narrowed towards 

 the middle, its sculpture longitudinal but irregular, with a 

 lew yellowish-grey scales at the base. Scape flexuous, gradu- 

 ally incrassate, implanted just behind the middle and just 

 attaining the eye. Funiculus nearly glabrous, basal joint 

 stout, second rather shorter and much more slender, 4-7 

 small and about cqiial. Club ovate, dark, with grey jmbes- 

 cence, indistinctly triarticulate. Thorax longer than broad, 

 subconical, moderately narrowed and a little depressed in 

 front ; this frontal portion slightly shining, with less nume- 

 rous and finer but very distinct punctures ; the basal portion 



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