490 COLEOPTERA 



apicem versus gradatim angustioribus, striato-punctatis ; pedibus squamis 

 erectis vestitis. 



Long., ij lin. 



Tairua (Captain Broun). 



Most of my specimens have a black sutural mark, which behind the 

 middle is joined to a transverse one ; the latter has a pale posterior 

 border ; a pale curved line also occurs on each side at the base, and is 

 feebly prolonged to the prothorax. The scales on Acalles and many 

 other (perhaps most) genera of Cryptorhynchidcz are of two kinds one 

 pressed close to the derm, the other kind more or less elongate, club- 

 shaped, or like a hair or bristle, and standing off from the derm. The 

 latter are often denominated setulce. 



869. A. impexus, Pascoe: Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. 

 A. oratus, fuscus, griseo-squamosus, squamulis erectis adspersus ; rostra 

 modice elongato ; antennis subferrugineis, pone medium rostri insertis ; 

 funiculo articulis duobus basalibus longitudine sequalibus ; prothorace 

 latitudine longitudini aequali, antice constricto, apice bidentato, in 

 medio bicalloso ; scutello inconspicuo ; elytris cordatis, convexis, rude 

 punctatis, interstitiis secundo bi-tertio juxta basin unicalloso, lateribus 

 minus callosis ; pedibus rude squamosis. 



Long., ij lin. 



Canterbury (C. M. Wakefield). 



Size and shape of A. intutus, but elytra more cordiform, and with 

 the prothorax very irregular. 



870. A. perpusillus, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feby., 1877. 

 A. ovatus, fusco-piceus, esquamosus, rostro antennisque pallidioribus, 

 illo lineatim punctulato ; prothorace latitudine longitudini sequali, antice 

 constricto, supra vage punctate ; elytris breviter ovatis, prothorace 

 latioribus, humeris obsoletis, supra modice convexis, fortiter seriatim 

 punctatis, interstitiis latis, laevigatis ; corpore infra vage punctato ; abdo- 

 mine segmentis duobus basalibus valde ampliatis, tribus ultimis pallidis; 

 pedibus validis. 



Long., i lin. 



Tairua (Capt. Broun). 



A very small pitchy-brown species. 



871. A. trinotatus, n.s. Convex, sub-ovate, piceous, antennae 

 and legs rufo-testaceous. Rostrum moderate, coarsely punctate, fusco- 

 rufous. Thorax longer than broad, with rounded sides, the front nar- 

 rower than the base ; its disc is coarsely punctate, many of the punc- 

 tures filled with griseous scales, and there are many fuscous and pallid 

 setae dispersed over the surface. Elytra wider than the thorax, obovi- 

 form, the sides rounded, apex slightly elongated ; they are sub-striated, 

 the rows of punctures large and sub-contiguous ; the interstices smooth, 

 scarcely elevated ; the squamosity is chiefly confined to the basal and 

 apical portions, and is of a pale brown colour; they are distinctly 

 marked with two small circular spots, formed of white scales, at the base, 



