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3532. Zealandius basalis sp. nov. Zealandins RafEray, Gen. lus. (Wyts- 



m.a,n), iPselaphidae, p. 111. 



Klongate, slightly convex, nitid; castaneo-infous, legs and antennae 

 paler, tarsi and pali^i flavescentj sparingly clotlied witli moderately 

 elongate yellowish pubescence. 



Head nearly as large as the thorax, gradually narrowed anteriorly, 

 genac nearly straight, with obtuse hind angles; moderately finely but 

 not closely punctate; occipital foveae rotundate, not deep, and not per- 

 ceptibly prolonged forw^ards ; it is nearly plane in front, antenna! 

 tubercles small, distant, and a little elevated. Eyes situated near the 

 middle, small but convex, with very few coarse facets. Thorax oviform, 

 hardly longer tlian bi-oad, rounded and widest near the middle, nearly 

 smooth in front, but with two series of distinct, yet not coarse, punctiii'es 

 across the base; discal gioove moderately broad, extending from near 

 the apex to the basal fossa, whicli is only indistinctly united to the 

 rotundate lateral foveae. Elytra about as long as l:)road, ])ehind much 

 broader than the thorax, but eui-vedly narrowed before the middle so 

 as to be but little wider than it is at the base; tliey are not smooth, 

 being somewhat indefinitely sculptured; sutural striae broad throughout, 

 deep at the base, and in some lights appearing duplicate ; tlie doisal 

 almost similar but moi'e shallow behind; interstices cai-inate. Hind- 

 body about as long as the Aving-cases, deflexed behind, basal three seg- 

 ments subequol, the 1st witli a short impression at the middle of the 

 base. Legs simple, moderately elongate, the anterior longest. 



Antennae as long as the head and tliorax, their 2nd joint oblong-oval, 

 hardly as long or thick as tlie basal, 3rd distinctly narrowed at the 

 base; joints 4-8 small and moniliform, the Hth and 7th slightly larger 

 than the others; Oth and 10th distinctly larger, transversely quadrate, 

 the former the smaller; lltli conical, acuminate, as long as the preceding 

 two together. 



Underside shining, chestnut-red, with distinct yellowisli pubescence 

 on the abdomen. Prosternum with a slendei- longitudinal carina. 

 Basal ventral segment partly uncovered, ciliate behind, the 2nd with a 

 distinct angular prominence extending (piite half-way over the middle 

 of the 3rd, which is somewhat concave between the centre and each side; 

 4th and 5th of almost equal length, the latter verv slightly incurved 

 behind, and with a minute median tubercle at its extremitv ; 6th much 

 shorter, im])ressed across tlie middle, the 7th transvei-se, tlie operculum 

 indefinite. 



This should be placed near Z. raffra///, 3382, and its near allies, 3383 

 and 3384, but it differentiated by the cliaracters of the male, and by the 

 transverse series of punctui-es on the base of the thoi-ax. 



(?. Length, l^mm.; breadth, nearly i mm. 



Curiosity Gully, Rakaia Gorge. A single male foun<l amongst dead 

 leaves on the ground, on 9th August, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3533. Zealandius spinifer sp. nov. 



Sn])(le])ressed, moderately elongate, nitid ; castaneo-rufous, legs and 

 antvnnae fusco-fulvous, tarsi and palpi testaceous; pubescence yellowish, 

 subdecumbent, rathei- short, abdomen with a few^ erect setae. 



Head sul^olilong, as largi- as tlie thorax, genae curvedly narrowed 

 behind, with obtuse hind angles; nearly smootli alon<i' tlie middle, finely 

 punctured at tlie sides, the foveae moderately largt-, situated behind the 

 eyes, more or less di.stinctly prolonged and confluent in front, antennal 



