378 Capt. T. Broun on new 



Var. A. xenorMnus. 



Thorax pale castaneous or fuscous. The rostrum is 

 peculiar, as along each side there seems to be a sort of carina, 

 which becomes thicker near the eye ; this, if it were not for 

 the fine dense sculpture, looks as if the scape were placed 

 there. As it may prove to be distinct, I have given it a 

 name. 



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



Mount Pirongia. 



Acalles puncticolliSy sp. n. 



Convex f compact, ovate, sparingly clothed with quite erect, 

 rather long and slender, yellowish setse ; there are some on 

 the elytra only half as long, and on the sides of the thorax 

 the setfe are short and curled ; the rostrum, most of the elytral 

 disk, and the thorax dark red ; the antennse and tarsi and, 

 in one example, the apex of the thorax more or less testa- 

 ceous. 



Rostrum shorter than the thorax, slightly and gradually 

 narrowed behind, grooved near each side, with a row of elon- 

 gate punctures along each side of the middle. Scape short, 

 rather slender, glabrous, implanted at the middle. Funiculus 

 elongate, second joint slender, quite the length of the first ; 

 club oblong-oval. Thorax about as long as broad, not 

 suddenly narrowed towards the front, broadly and abruptly 

 constricted there, base truncate ; its punctuation close, deep, 

 not very coarse, and transversely rugose. Scutellum absent. 

 Elytra rounded towards the base, which equals that of the 

 thorax, broader behind, the posterior declivity rounded or 

 inflexed and not much narrowed ; strige broad, their punc- 

 tures not deep ; interstices rather narrow and convex. Legs 

 moderate; tibise a little flexuous, the anterior with small 

 hooks ; tarsi short, third joint broadly expanded. 



A very small species, which may be known by the densely 

 sculptured thorax and broadly oval form. One example is 

 almost entirely piceous. 



Length (rostr. excl.) |, breadth | line. 



Mount Pirongia. Three, December 1892. 



Acalles farinosus, sp. n. 



Ovate, convex, piceous or pitchy red ; antennse reddish, 

 club dark ; sparsely clothed with short, rather coarse, semi- 

 erect, yellowish, scale-like setse. 



Rostrum about as long as the thorax, smooth along the 



