Sj)ecien of Xi'w-Zt'.uf'tnii CoUopUra. 1-»1 



Tlic strniul structure tlillcreiitiutcs this gcuus from Acal/es 

 Hiul its allies. 



Omcpacalles perspicuus, sp. u. 



Piceous, without nodosities ; rostrum, antennae, and tarsi 

 re<l ; lej^s somewhat rufeseent ; the body deiisfly clothed with 

 varicfjated scales and erect setie. 



Rnsfniin arched, moderately slender, rather lon^^er than 

 thorax, suhparallel, neaily -(lahrous, finely punctate. Tliurax 

 as long as broad, a j^ood deal narrowed anteriorly, mode- 

 rately coarsely and closely punctured ; covered with Hat 

 scales, mostly tawny brown, some blackish near the base, 

 with a greyish or testaceous streak along tin; middle in 

 front ; the coarse erect seta? are chicHy pale testaceous grey. 

 Scuttlhiin absent. Elytra but little broader than thorax at 

 the base, curvedly narrowed backwards, apparently regularly 

 punctate-striate ; the squaraosity like that of the thorax, 

 Avith numerous irregular dark specks ; the suture at the apex 

 is testaceous ; the fourth interstices, near the middle, bear 

 distinct grey spots ; the set;c also are variegated. 



Lcga with coarse erect pale setae, but near the knees dark 

 spots occur. Fem(ira darkly grooved near the apex. 



Tjength (rost. excl.) IJ; breadth | line. 



Waitakerei Range, Auckland. Described from three 

 specimens in my own collection. 



ToKiLUS, geu. nov. 



Body compact, squamose. Thorax bisinuate at the base, 

 so that the obtuse posterior angles appear to cover the 

 shoulders. Scuttl/um distinct. Elytra cordiform, of the 

 sanu' width as the thorax at the base. 



Rostrum arched, moderately broad, gradually narrowed 

 towards the middle, rather less expanded at the apex than 

 near the eyes, just in front of these slightly notched at each 

 side. Palpi short, rigid and porrect. Scrohes invisible 

 above, extending from before the middle, below the surface, 

 to the lower and front part of the eyes, deep throughout 

 their whole length. Scape flexu(jus, rather slender, mode- 

 rately incrassate towards the extremity ; it does ncjt attain 

 the eye. Funiculus 7-articulatc, basal joint remarkably 

 short, hardly more than half the length of the seeoiul, which 

 is slender and elongate; third and fourth a little longer than 

 broad ; seventh transverse, evidently broader than the sixth; 

 club ovate, not very perceptibly articulated. Eye'( acuminate 



