Coleoptera from New Zealand. 381 



Zeacalles varius, sp. n. 



Ovate, convex, piceous ; antennae and tarsi reddish, rostrum 

 pitchy red ; the clothing variegate, the erect seta3 fuscous ; 

 on tlie thorax the scales are reddish, but pallid along the 

 middle and sides, and with some black near each side of the 

 middle ; on the elytra pale reddish and grey patches of erect 

 grey setse form two spots near the sides, and two nearer the 

 suture and top of the declivity ; there are also some blackish 

 spots, one of which is on the suture near the base. 



Rostrum smooth along the middle, squamose near the base. 

 ^/«<e;i?ia inserted behind the middle; scape short, gradually 

 incrassate ; second joint of the funiculus nearly the length of 

 the first ; club large, ovate. Thorax truncate at the base, 

 gradually narrowed towards the front, closely punctate. 

 Elytra convex, oval, apparently with series of fine punctures ; 

 these, however, are not distinct. Tihice nearly straight. 



This is a well-marked species. 



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



Mount Pirongia. Two only, December 1892. 



MetacalleS; gen. nov. 



Body convex, subovate, sparsely clothed with hair-like 

 scales and long outstanding slender setai. Rostrum just 

 about the length of the thorax, gradually and slightly nar- 

 rowed behind, abruptly notched at the sides near the eyes. 

 JScrobes lateral, reaching to the front of the eyes. Scape 

 rather short, thickened apically, reaching to the eye. Funi- 

 culus elongate ; first joint stout but slender at the base, second 

 evidently shorter than the first, much more slender, seventh 

 larger than sixth ; club large, ovate. Head globose below, 

 nearly hidden above ; the eyes, however, are not covered, 

 they are depressed. Thorax truncate at base, the basal half 

 with rounded sides, the anterior not abruptly contracted. 

 Scutellum absent. Elytra sharply defined at the base and 

 not exceeding that of the thorax in width, their sides rounded, 

 much narrowed and vertical behind, cordiform. Lejs mode- 

 rately long ; femora long and thick, grooved near the apex ; 

 tibiai flexuous, their hooks proceed from the outer angles and 

 are bent inwards ; tarsi narrow, their soles finely setose, the 

 basal two joints nearly nude, their third joint deeply grooved 

 above, not distinctly bilobed, and but little expanded. 



The pectoral canal extends to beyond the hind margin of 

 the middle coxae, its sides and the hind border are sharply 

 elevated. Metasternuni ytxy ihoxt. Abdomen \a.x^Qj xouuAcd 



