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abbreviated, the lateral sulci slightly impressed. Elytra broader and 

 1^ times longer than thorax. Basal dorsal segment distinctly punctu- 

 lated, the striolae scarcely visible. Antennae with joints 4-10 globose, 

 transverse, gradually incrassate. 



Nearly related to the two preceding species, with shorter, gradually 

 thickened antennae, the head more rounded, lateral grooves of thorax 

 nearly absent, basal dorsal segment distinctly punctulate. 



Length, 1*2— 1"3 mm. 



Greymouth. Mr. R. Helms. 



202. Euplectopsis trichonyformis Reitter. Euplectus, Verh. d. naturf. 

 ver. Brunn., vol. 18, p. 7. 



Rufescent, moderately convex, shining, sparsely and finely pubescent. 



Head a little narrower than thorax, smooth, with 2 short subparallel 

 grooves united in front, posterior i'oveae deeply impressed. Thorax almost 

 wider than long, scarcely punctate, discoidal sulcus much abbreviated. 

 Elytra 1| times longer than thorax. 



Length, 1'8 mm. 



Grevmouth. Mr. K. Helms. 



3203. Euplectopsis schizocnemis sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, shining; rufo-fulvous, elytra and legs 

 of a lighter hue, tarsi flavescent; with slender yellowish pubescence and 

 .some long, erect, slender setae. 



Head smaller than thorax, rounded behind the rather small but very 

 prominent eyes, indistinctly punctate, interocular fovae prolonged as far 

 as the elevated and somewhat widely separated antennal tubercles, and 

 with a minute central carina behind. Thorax oviform, slightly longer 

 than broad, more narrowed towards the front than behind, its base a 

 little rounded ; it is indistinctly punctured ; the median groove is very 

 thin, with sharply defined edges, it assumes the form of a slender carina 

 towards the base, and thus divides the large ante-basal fossa; the lateral 

 foveae are large; the basal margin is minutely asperate, but without 

 well-marked punctures. Elytra but little longer than thorax, rathei 

 broader than thorax at the base, a little dilated behind, apices truncate; 

 sutural striae well marked, the intrahumeral impression broad and mode- 

 rately deep at the base, so that the inner margin and the shoulder seem 

 .slightly elevated ; there are no perceptible punctiform foveae at the base. 

 Hind-body shorter than elytra, the basal segment with a slight transverse 

 impression, which is limited at each side by a slightly curved carina; 

 2nd segment, in the middle, fully as long as the 1st; the others deflexed. 



Legs elongate, the anterior and intermediate femora arched above and 

 robust, the latter especially; intermediate tibiae shorter than the others, 

 gradually dilated to about double the width of the posterior pair, and. 

 at the extremity, with a deep triangular excision, the protruding inner 

 portion thicker than the outer. 



Antennae inserted in deep cavities in front of the eyes, so that the 

 basal joint appears to be no longer or thicker than the oblong 2nd; 3rd 

 obconical, a little longer than broad ; joints 4-7 submoniliform, the 6th 

 a little smaller than the others; 8th short and transverse; 0th abruptly 

 enlarged, subquadrate, somewhat oblique at one side in front; 10th trans- 

 verse, unsymmetrical ; 11th largest, ovate and acuminate; the club there- 

 fore is evidently triarticulate. 



