Coleoptera from Neto Zealand. 01 



finely pnnotuivd and irrojjcnlarly lonj^itiulinally stri^josc. 

 Head iimiuTsal up to tlicratlu-r Hat eyes. Thorax o\\c-i\\\\\\ 

 broader tlian loii";, much contracted in front, base very 

 feebly sinnatcd, sides medially rounded, but narrowed behind ; 

 its punctuation close and moderately coarse, but concealed 

 by the covering. Scu/c/h/m invisible. Elytra oblon<^, 

 rounded and nearly vertical posteriorly, coarsely striate- 

 punctate. 



UniUrside rufesccnt, moderately coarsely and closely 

 ])unctured, with greyish-yellow squama? and a few setae. 

 Pectoral canal profound, limited behind by the scmi- 

 circularly raised niarj^ins of the mesostcrnum. Metasternmn 

 very short. Ahdoinen hw^o. ; basal segment, in the middle, 

 as long as the following three conjointly, second as long as 

 the next two, third and fourth short, witli deep straight 

 sutures, fifth about the length of the preceding two, with a 

 median fovca-like impression. 



Legs long and stout, their clotliing like that of the body. 

 Tarsi stout, third joint bilobcd, but only moderately expanded. 

 Antenme elongate, inserted just before the middle of the 

 rostrum, their pubescence yellowish ; scape clavatc and 

 slightly tlexuou?, reaching backwards to the eye; funiculus 

 rather longer than the scape, second joint nearly as long as 

 the first, but not so stout, joints 3-7 of nearly ecjual 

 size, the seventli, however, rather broader than the others ; 

 club elongate, oval, apparently triarticulate. 



In superficial appearance this insect is somewhat similar 

 to the much lai'ger Sympedius vexatus (no. 890). 



Length, rost. exel., 1:[-1^; breadth | lines. 



Two examples from Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Acalles muUisetosus, sp. n. 



Convex, subovate, fuscous, covered with brownish-grey 

 scales ; coarse, greyish, squamiform setie form a sort of 

 fringe round the thorax, on the hind-body there are many 

 outstanding, but more slender and sometimes infuscate setre, 

 whilst the legs and underside i)ear conspicuous coarse grey 

 ones. 



Rostrum stout, slightly rufesccnt, squamose, finely punc- 

 tured. Thorax of nearly equal length and bicadth, con- 

 stricted in front, rounded at the mi Idle ; usually with two 

 grey, ^(luaniose, longitudinal streaks near the base, its surface 

 is moderately coarsely punctured. Elytra oviform, ol)viously 

 broader than the thorax ; they are striate-punctate, the 

 sculpture, however, is not easily seen. 



