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depressed, minute greyish setae, the next slightly shorter tlian 3rd, the 

 terminal narrow, obtusely triangular. 



Legs elongate, moderately stout, tibiae a little expanded below the middle. 



Antennae not longer than head and thorax, only moderately thirk ; 

 basal joint red, hardly twice as long as broad ; the next stout, suboviform, 

 quite half the length of 1st ; 3rd small, not longer than broad ; 4th oviform, 

 laxly articulated ; joints 5-7 subequal, slightly shorter ; 8th nearly as bi'oad 

 as the transverse 9th or 10th, the terminal conical, longer than the pen- 

 ultimate. 



Ventral segments 2-5 normal; 6th shorter than 5th, very much narrower, 

 semicircularly emarginate ; 7th short, transversely oval. Head with a 

 curved depression across it in front of the eyes. 



This, along with S. indiscreta, may be placed in a separate section on 

 account of the somewhat Vidat)ii(s-\\\ie head. It is nearer *S'. indiscreta 

 than any other species in Section V, but has a relatively broader, less 

 anteriorly prolonged head, a shorter frontal channel : stouter, differently 

 formed antennae, and larger but less prominent eyes. 



(^. Length, 2^ mm. : bref.dth, nearly | mm. 



Tairua, near Auckland. One in my own collection, taken oft" the under- 

 side of a log during 1874. 



Group EUPLK(TIM. 



3710. Euplectopsis perpunctatus sp. nov. Euplecfopsis Ra.ffra.v, Gen. Ins. 

 (Wytsm.), Pselaphidae. 1908, p. 82. 



Subopaque, very slightly convex, elongate, subparallel ; dark ruf lus, 

 legs and antennae chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi yellowish : pubescence 

 distinct, greyish, mostly decumbent. 



Head small, contracted in front of the moderately large eyes, genae 

 straight, with obtuse angles ; rather closely and distinctly punctate, inter- 

 ocular foveae obsolete, antennal tubercles small and distant, its pubescence 

 very slender. Thorax oviform, slightly longer than broad, its apex nearly 

 as wide as the occiput ; very distinctly, closely, rather deeply and sharply 

 punctured, the median basal impression and lateral foveae rather shallow, 

 the discal groove more distinct but not quite attaining either the base or 

 apex. Elytra subquadrate, with curvedly narrowed shoulders, somewhat 

 broader and a third longer than thorax, much more finely and irregularly 

 punctured ; sutural striae wxll marked, punctiform at base, alongside each 

 an additional slender stria extends from the base to beyond the middle, 

 intrahumeral impressions not very deep and indistinctly prolonged back- 

 wards. Hind-body finely punctured, of about the same length and breadth 

 as elytra, basal three segments nearly equal and horizontal, the 1st trans- 

 versely impressed at the base. 



Femora robust ; tibiae moderately arched externally, the intermediate 

 with a distinct, rather thick, oblique prolongation of the inner extremity. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, 2nd joint oblong-oval, as long 

 as the basal, 3rd obconical, very little longer than broad ; joints 4-8 short 

 and moniliform : 9th evidently broader than 8th, but not as large as 10th. 

 the terminal large, conical and acuminate, equalling the 9th and 10th in 

 length, these three distinctly pubescent and forming a well-marked club. 



Undei-side nitid, chestnut-red, with yellow pubescence. Prosternum 

 carinate. Metasternum with an obvious fovea behind the middle. Basal 

 ventral segment densely fringed, quite visible, acutely projecting between 



