416 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



Acalles nucleatus. 



A. ovatus, niger, opacus^ squamis albidis adspersus ; rostro valido, 

 punctis majusciilis, singulis squama minuta instructis, crebemme 

 impresso ; fronte capitis leviter punctata ; antennis nitide ferru- 

 gineis ; funieulo in clavam continuato ; prothorace modice trans- 

 verso, ante medium magis rotundato, confertim fortiter punctato ; 

 elytris subcordatis, sulcato-punctatis, punctis foveiformibus, ap- 

 proximatis, interstitiis convexis, subangustis, leviter punctatis ; 

 tibiis brevibus, posticis vix longioribus. Long. 2| lin. 



Hob. Adelaide. 



The rostrum is very closely and coarsely punctured even to 

 the apex. 



Acalles distans. 



A. sat late ovatus, niger, subnitidus ; rostro punctis magnis irregu- 

 lariter adsperso ; antennis nitide ferrugineis ; clava ovata, obtusa ; 

 prothorace transversOjUtrinque ampliato-rotundato, punctis medio- 

 cribus sat crebre impresso ; elytris substriato-foveatis, foveis 

 magnis, remotis, interstitiis subplanatis, granulis parvis depressis 

 instructis ; pedibus piceis ; tibiis brevibus, compressis. Long. 

 2-2i lin. 



Hah. Swan River. 



A broad species, almost elliptic in outline, "with the elytra 

 very obviously broader at the base than the prothorax. The 

 rostrum in one of my specimens, owing to the irregularity of 

 the punctuation at about the middle of its length, has three 

 smooth oblong patches. 



Acalles crihricolUs. 



A. ovatus, niger, subnitidus ; rostro sublineatim sulcato-punctato, 

 punctis oblongis, nonnvdHs confluentibus ; antennis subferrugineis ; 

 funieulo quam scapo duplo longiore; prothorace subtransverso, 

 crebre fortiter punctato, in singuUs punctis squama elougata ; 

 elytris cordatis, fortiter sulcato-punctatis, punctis ampliatis, 

 singulis squama alba rotundata instructis, interstitiis modice 

 convexis, granulis parvis uniseriatim obsitis; pedibus castaneis, 

 sat vage punctatis ; tibiis breviusculis. Long. 2|- lin. 



HcJj. Champion Bay. 



The granules on the elytra are very small, but under a 

 powerful lens very distinct ; the punctures on the rostrum are 

 mostly placed in grooves having smooth, slightly irregular 

 lines between them. 



Acalles hisignatus. 

 A. late ovalis, niger, opacus, squamulis griseis parvis adspersus ; 



