OF NEW ZEALAND. 1429 



2481. E. iracundus^ "-5. Body moderately elongate, not 

 slender, shining ; pubescence pale-yellow, mostly slender ; red, 

 elytra and legs paler, antenna fulvescent, palpi and tarsi yellow. 



Head rather narrower than the thorax, the sides behind the eyes 

 straight, rather coarsely punctate, without distinct depressions. 

 Thorax longer than broad, oviform, its punctuation more distinct at 

 the sides than on the disc, the dorsal groove is broad but short, 

 there is an elongate impression at each side, and a transverse 

 depression near the base. Elytra slightly longer than broad, 

 narrowed before the middle ; the sutural striae are distinct, the 

 intrahumeral impressions are broad but not elongate. Hind-body 

 short, curvedly narrowed behind, the basal segment on the middle, 

 in front, with a transverse depression. Legs moderately long and 

 slender ; tarsi with the second joint longer and thicker than the 

 third. 



Antennce moderate ; second joint rather smaller than the first ; 

 3-8 small and moniliform, scarcely differing ; ninth about twice the 

 size of the eighth, subquadrate ; tenth transverse, broader than 

 ninth; eleventh much acuminate. 



Palpi (maxillary) with nearly securiform-ovate terminal joints. 

 Eyes apparently very small and flat when looked at from above, 

 larger below. Tubercles of medium size. 



There is not much resemblance between this and the other 

 Euplectinii. The form and sculpture of the head will lead to its 

 identification. 



Length, | ; breadth, ^ line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. One — the female, I think. 



2482. E. caudatUS, "-s. Elongate, not slender; uniform red, 

 legs and antennse paler, palpi and tarsi yellowish ; pubescence short 

 and slender, but longer and denser on the hind-body. 



Head obliquely narrowed anteriorly, the genaB nearly straight 

 behind the moderately small convex eyes ; its surface subopaque, 

 with fine sculpture, the vertex not very convex, and projecting 

 between the foveas. Thorax cordiform, gradually narrowed behind 

 the middle ; not distinctly punctured, with a short, rather indistinct, 

 median impression, the three basal fove^ united by a linear trans- 

 verse depression. Elytra subquadrate, their sutural striae broad and 

 deep, the intrahumeral rather short. Hind-body as broad as the 

 wing-cases at the base, the basal segment a little larger than the 

 second, both broadly marginated, third abruptly narrower than the 

 preceding one, the terminal two little more than half the width of 

 the third, still narrower at the extremity, quite exposed and nearly 

 horizontal. Tibice arched outwardly, the intermediate more so than 

 the posterior. Tarsi with the third joint much shorter than the 

 second. 



AntenncB pubescent, second joint longer than the exposed part of 

 the first, third longer than broad, fifth and seventh broader than 

 the sixth or eighth, ninth not twice the size of the small eighth, 

 tenth transverse, eleventh large, pointed. 



