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middle. Scape short, incrassate apically, medially inserted. 

 Funiculus with the first joint a good deal expanded towards 

 the extremity, second about as long but very slender ; club 

 large, oblong-oval. Thorax about as long as broad, con- 

 siderably but not abruptly narrowed anteriorly, broadly but 

 not deeply constricted near the apex, base truncate ; rather 

 coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured, the punctures in 

 front rather large, but not as close as those on the disk. 

 Scutellum absent. Elytra rather short and rounded, hardly 

 wider than the thorax at the base, with broad deep strise, 

 which, however, are distinctly punctured near the sides only ; 

 interstices narrow and convex. Tarsi short, third joint 

 broadly expanded. 



Underside piceous, with coarse, shallow, rather distant 

 punctures and short slender sets. The pectoral canal extends 

 to the front of the middle coxte. Metasteraum very short, so 

 that the hind coxce are not as far from the middle pair as the 

 anterior are. Second segment of the abdomen half the length 

 of the first, the intervening suture curvate, fifth red, minutely 

 sculptured. 



Distinguished from A. puncticolUs by the coarser thoracic 

 sculpture, the broader and deeper elytral furrows, and the 

 short coarse setas. The insect is usually covered with easily- 

 rubbed-off pale scale-like matter. 



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



Mount Pirongia. Several, December 1892. 



Zeacalles, gen. nov. 



£oo?y compact, ovate, very convex, covered with very small 

 squamae and erect setae. Rostrum about the length of the 

 thorax, pinched in close to the eyes, slightly and gradually 

 narrowed towards the middle. Scrobes lateral, deep, ex- 

 panded behind, reaching the eyes. Antennce implanted at or 

 just behind the middle. Scape short and stout, attaining the 

 eyes. Funiculus 7-articulate, second joint as long as the 

 first but much more slender. Club large, ovate, with small 

 apical joints. IJead large, broad and globose below. Fi/es 

 just free, coarsely faceted, ovate, directed downwards, but not 

 acuminate below. Thorax conical. Scutellum absent. Elytra 

 very convex, obovate, abruptly deflexed behind, of the same 

 width as the thorax at the subtruncate base, and closely fitted 

 thereto. Le(js robust. Femora thick, grooved underneath. 

 Tibiie flexuous, uncinate. Tarsi short and broad, their soles 

 setose, third joint broadly expanded and lobate. Pectoral 

 canal deep, extending as far as the middle of the interme- 



