488 COLEOPTERA 



incrassated ; basal joint of funiculus stout and longer than second ; 

 second a little longer than third ; three to four small, the others larger, 

 each more transverse than its predecessor ; club large and stout ; the 

 funiculus is pilose, the club finely pubescent. The thorax is bisinuated, 

 but not depressed, at the base ; the sides are rounded towards the front 

 where they are suddenly contracted ; the surface is so densely clothed 

 with grey scales that the punctation, if there be any, is rendered quite 

 indistinct, and there is an indistinct dorsal line. Scutellum distinct. 

 The elytra are a little broader than the thorax, rather long, their sides 

 very gradually rounded; they are convex and abruptly declivous behind; 

 they bear eight striae, the outer obsolete, their punctures are oblong, 

 sub-contiguous ; the interstices are broad and plane and densely clothed 

 with mouse-coloured grey scales, which are rather paler behind. Legs 

 ferruginous ; the fore tibia are simple, the two hind pairs bidentate, the 

 tooth on the middle acute, that at the extremity larger and rather 

 obtuse ; the legs and tarsi setose. 



Length, 4 lines. 



I cut two specimens out of a log at Whangarei Heads, along with a 

 few of the typical species. 



865. O. Setigera, n.s. Antenna fuscous, the scape flexuose ; first 

 joint of the funiculus stout; second obconical; those which follow 

 become each a little stouter and more transverse than the preceding ; 

 club large, apical joint smallest. The rostrum has its anterior portion 

 nude and punctate, the remainder is clothed like the head with griseous 

 scales. The thorax is nearly as wide as the elytra, except towards the 

 front, where it is rather abruptly contracted to the width of the head, 

 and depressed anteriorly ; the sides behind are almost straight ; the 

 base slightly bi-sinuated ; its surface is punctate, but the punctation is 

 concealed by its dense clothing of griseous and piceous scales, those of 

 the latter predominating on the disc behind. The elytra are transversely 

 convex, abruptly declivous posteriorly, with rather vertical sides ; they 

 are striated, the striae bear oblong punctures, and their surface is densely 

 covered with pale-grey and piceous scales, those of the darker colour 

 being chiefly distributed in an oblique mass at each side ; intermingled 

 with these are many erect setulae, which are most conspicuous posteriorly. 

 The legs are reddish, and clothed with griseous setulse ; the femora are 

 incrassated and excised below near the apex ; the anterior tibia are 

 flexuose, the other two pairs bear a tooth near the base, and the 

 extremity of each is produced externally. 



Length, 2\ line (rost. excl.). 



This species, which I found at Tairua and Whangarei, may be con- 

 sidered aberrant. It is more nearly allied to O. murina than the typical 

 form. 



Acalles. 



Schcenh. ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins., Tom. vii., p. 94. 



Rostrum rather long, more or less robust, slightly widened and 

 depressed apically ; its scrobes beginning at or beyond the middle, recti- 



