438 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
About half a dozen individuals have been See a from Mr. 
P. Stewart-Sandager of Wellington. 
1424. Acalles sentus, n.sp.—Convex, sub-ovate, medially nar- 
rowed and depressed, rough ; clothed with pale brown scales and 
erect hair-like sete ; dark red, tarsi and antennz testaceous-red, 
club pitchy-red. 
Rostrum moderate, nude and linearly punctate in front, 
squamose behind. Head immersed totheeyes. Prothovax longer 
than broad, sub-ovate, its anterior portion depressed and 
narrower than the base; except an ill-defined dorsal line, 
coarsely punctured ; the squamosity more congregated on each 
side of the middle than elsewhere; it is produced anteriorly. 
Elytra of the same width as the thorax at the base, which is 
emarginated at the middle, they are considerably rounded 
laterally and widest near the middle; their surface uneven, 
having rows of coarse punctures, and six squamose elevations 
near each side of the sutural region, which, consequently, seems 
depressed. Legs robust, setose. Antenne normal, inserted at the 
middle. 
Not unlike A. cingulatus in contour; the elytra are more 
angularly rounded laterally and narrower at the base, and the 
whole insect is darker and of rougher aspect. 
Length (rost. excl.), 1 ; breadth, % line. 
My two specimens are from Wellington, where they were 
found by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager. 
Nos. 1290, 1291, and 1292, might with advantage be removed 
from Dolichoscelis and with the present, as well as one or two 
other species, be included under a distinct genericname. I have, 
however, seen but few examples, and, though homogenous, they 
do not discover any well-marked structural characters to warrant 
the creation of a new genus. 
1425. Acalles lativostris, n.sp.—Elliptical, very convex ; variegate, 
antenne and tarsi reddish. 
Rostrum as long as thorax, broad, dilated anteriorly, smooth 
along the middle, punctated elsewhere, pitchy-red, squamose 
behind. Pvothovaz as long as broad, not greatly narrowed in 
front, rather flat above ; covered with depressed scales, greenish 
in front, fuscous near the base and sides, grayish ones prevail on 
two basal lines, whilst erect blackish ones form two inconspicuous 
dorsal crests ; its sculpture is quite invisible. ZHlytva but little 
wider than thorax at the base, gradually narrowed from behind 
the oblique shoulders, almost triangularly obovate, disc a good 
deal elevated, hind slope abrupt ; their sculpture completely 
concealed ; squamosity dense ; flat pitchy scales cover a great 
part of their surface, there are ‘a few pale brown ones near the 
shoulders, some gray ones near the base and sides, the posterior — 
declivity is covered with fusco-testaceous scales, and erect 
similarly coloured ones form two crests on its summit. Legs 
stout, somewhat rufescent, clothed with upright gray scales. 
