376 Capt. T. Broun on neto 



extending- to hind margin of front coxee, the whole middle 

 portion of the mesosternum forms a sort of raised curved 

 lamina; this is not abruptly elevated towards the front. 

 Ahtasternum short. Abdomen large, first segment flat, 

 densely squamose, nearly truncate between the cox^ ; second 

 on a lower level, hardly longer than the third or fourth. 

 Coxce about equidistant longitudinally and transversely. 

 Femora grooved near the apex. 



In No. 2572 the eyes are rather large and nearly round ; in 

 A. formosus they are small and more widely separated above. 



Allied to A. t7icuhus, the sternal structure similar. 



Var. A. — Rufous, the rufescent scales replaced by yellowish 

 ones, the black marks nearly absent, rostrum nearly nude. 



Var. B. — The slender white scales of the elytra are 

 wanting, as are also the pale thoracic streaks. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 1, breadth f line. 



Mount Pirongia. Three, December 1892. 



This is another ground weevil. 



Acalles ruficoUis^ sp. n. 



Convex^ subovate, not narrow, rather nitid, with many 

 erect, slender, fuscous seta3 ; the sides of the thorax covered 

 with flat tawny scales ; the elytral interstices sparsely clothed 

 with curled, rather short and thick, yellowish setas; thorax 

 dark red, the sides and apex of the hind body piceous, the 

 dorsal portion reddish or castaneous ; rostrum pitchy red ; 

 antennae fulvescent, club dark ; legs infuscate red. 



Rostrum shorter than the thorax, with four ill-defined 

 longitudinal grooves, its punctuation becoming very coarse 

 behind. AntenncB medially inserted; scape slender and 

 moderately short, thickened near the extremity ; funiculus 

 elongate, second joint as long as the first but much more 

 slender, third and fourth rather longer than broad ; club 

 ovate, opaque, indistinctly annulate. Thorax as long as 

 broad, much narrower in front than behind, not abruptly so 

 however, slightly constricted near the apex, base truncate ; 

 its surface closely and distinctly punctured, the interstices on 

 the middle form transverse rugge. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, closely adapted thereto, the base, however, scarcely 

 exceeds that of the thorax, they are obovate or cordiform ; 

 their striee are moderately broad and deep, but their punctua- 

 tion is not always well marked, the interstices are convex. 

 Legs stout, with elongate erect setse, the anterior evidently 

 longer than the others ; tarsi finely setose, third joint strongly 

 expanded and lobate, fourth slender. 



