I()G COI.KOJ'TKIJA. 



instead of being securifonii-dval is latluT sli'iider. In Di-. Sliarj^'s 

 generic diagnosis it is stated that there nvv G veTitial segments : lie liad 

 two males and a t'l male. In a icvi'iscd male fonnd near Aueklaiid, and 

 another I'loni Monnt Ilutt, 1 hnd tlicie aie 7, tlir last with an dlilnn^ 

 operculum, as is the ease in /). (/it/nnffa. 



^. liOngth, .'5 mm. ; breadtli, limni. 



Mount Hutt. A single female discovt'ieil hy .Mi-. 'W Hall in Aj)iil, 

 1912, under a stone near an ant's nest, at an elevation nf 2,500 ft. 

 TJie male was found under similar conditions at Scott's Gullv on the 

 1st March, l!)l:'). 



3531. Vidamus bryophilus sp. no v. Vidamxs _Raffiay, Oen. Ins. (Wyts- 

 ma.n), Psela/phidae, p. 89. 



Iiobust, moderately shining; fuseo-rufous, legs ](alei-, elytra of a 

 blighter i-ed ; head and thorax finely, the elytra and hind-body thickly, 

 puljescent, and also bearing elongate, upright setae, mostly yellow. 



Head large, suboblong, as broad as the middle of the thoi'ax. tlie 

 uenae sliglitly curvedly narrowed, hind angles rounded and obsolete; 

 indistinctly punctate, the foveae large, prolonged aiid confluent in front. 

 Kves moderate. Thorax slightly convex, widest before the middle, more 

 gradually nan-owed behind than in front, of about ecjual length and 

 breadth; it is finely punctured, indistinctly near the midille ; discal 

 fossa large, obtusely angular, and prolonged as a distinct groove to the 

 basal maigin, wliich is distinctly l)ipunctate; lateral foV{.'ae large and 

 extending forwards, the flexuous groove connecting them with the 

 median fossa lather shallow. Elyti'a nearly twice the length and l)readth 

 of the tlK)rax, but a good deal narrowed towards the l)ase, not i)ercep- 

 tibh' punctate; sutural striae well marked, })unc'iform at the base, 

 where tliere is a puncture alongside each; intrahumeral impressions 

 dcej^, short, and broad, more or less evidently duplicate and bipunctate. 

 Hindd)ody as broad as the elytra but shoiter, -b-d segment detiexe<l and 

 rather shorter than the 2nd, which is nearly as long as the basal. 



Tibiae slightly arched and expanded towards the extremity, with 

 distinct fulvous setae there, tlie intermediate somewhat thickened btit 

 not calcarate inwardly at the apex. 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax, with sU'iide)' outstanding 

 setae; 2nd joint oblong-oval and nearly as h>iig as the basal, joints 3, 

 ■t, 5, and 7 almost similar to the 2nd, Gth and Sth smaller, lOth sub- 

 (piadrate and rather broader than the !)th. the terminal conical and 

 subacuniinate. 



Underside fuseo-rufous and finely pubescent; 2nd ventral .segment 

 distinctly longer than the next, -Ith shorter than the 3rd but as long as 

 the 5th, the Gth lai'ge, semicireulaiy emarginate, 7th also lai-ge, the 

 operculum well marked, oljlong-oval. Anterior coxae prominent Init 

 not spined. 'i'rochanters all simple. 



Rather largei- and perceptibly broader than V. calcarafiis, 3210, and 

 V. fror/i fin feral is, 3380, without the inner calcar of the intermediate 

 tibiae of tlu' former and the spined trochanters of the latter. 



(J. Length, 2imm.; breadth, 1 mm. 



Hakaia Gorge, near Methven. rni(pie. Koiiiid amongst moss on tlie 

 27th Septcml)er, 1912, by .Mr. 'I. Hall. 



