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E. eminens (1700) is somewhat similar, but its head is distinctly 

 broader in line with the eyes. It may be at once separated by the coarsely 

 punctate head and thorax and by joints 4—10 of the antennae being more 

 or less strongly transverse. 



<$ . Length, 2 mm.; breadth, § mm. 



Retaruke, near Erua. I secured a single male out of leaf-mould 

 kindly collected for me in March, 1910, by Captain H. S. Whitehorn, 

 of the Geological Survey Department, and I secured a female at Erua in 

 January. 



3204. Euplectopsis carinatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, nitid; rufous; elytra, legs, and an- 

 tennae lighter, yet not quite fulvescent; tarsi yellowish; pubescence 

 distinct, greyish, very scanty on the head and thorax, the setae out- 

 standing, slender and long; legs also pubescent. 



Head smaller than thorax, but, including the very prominent eyes, 

 not much narrower than it is, curvedly narrowed behind; the middle is 

 somewhat depressed as far as the prominent antenna! tubercles; there are 

 no well-marked foveae, but the middle of the occiput is elevated, and, 

 when examined in some lights, appears tubercular ; the sides are, rela- 

 tively, coarsely but not deeply punctate. Thorax suboviform, widest near 

 the middle, its smooth anterior portion much narrowed, so that the back 

 of the head exceeds it in breadth; the sides and base have moderately 

 coarse punctures, some of these are encircled by raised margins; the 

 smooth central portion is subcarinate almost from front to base ; this 

 carina has a thin, sharply impressed groove, and it divides the large 

 fossa near the base; the lateral foveae are elongate. Elytra subquadrate, 

 broader than the thorax; sutural striae well marked, intrahumeral im- 

 pressions deep at the base, the interval between each and the suture seems 

 slightly raised half-way along each elytron; there are no distinct basal 

 punctures. Hind-body shorter than elytra, the slight transverse impres- 

 sion in front of the basal segment has curvate external margins. 



Legs elongate; front and middle femora very thick and arched above; 

 intermediate tibiae shorter than the others, gradually yet considerably 

 expanded, with a short notch at the middle of the extremity. 



Antennae with distinct pubescence; their 2nd joint equals the visible 

 portion of the 1st; 3rd obconical, a little longer than broad, smaller than 

 2nd; joints 4—8 short, 6th and 8th rather smaller than 7th; 9th abruptly 

 enlarged, broader than long; 10th transverse, slightly broader but shorter 

 than 9th; 11th quite as long as the preceding two taken together, conical, 

 acuminate. 



This must be placed near E. eminens (1700), which differs in having 

 less-prominent eyes, and thicker, shorter, differently formed antennae, Sze. 



6*. Length, If mm. ; breadth, § mm. 



Mount Te Aroha. One, found by myself. A second specimen is most 

 likely the female, but it is almost wholly pitchy red ; the anterior femora 

 are as thick as those of the male, and the terminal joint of the antennae 

 is similarly prolonged and acuminate. 



3205. Euplectopsis antennalis sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately convex, shining; fusco-rufous, the elytra, palpi, 

 and terminal joint of antennae fulvescent, tarsi testaceous; head and 

 thorax sparingly, elytra and hind-body thickly, clothed with flavescent 

 hairs and slender elongate setae. 



