294 COLEOPTEHA. 



the coxae ; segments 2 4 diminish ; 5th mucli sliorter in the middle, widely 

 incurved behind ; 6th nearly twice as long in the middle, semi circularly 

 einarginate ; 7th transversely oval, its operculum oblong. 



Scarcely any part of the sculpture corresponds with that of previously 

 recorded species. The absence of interocular foveae, the stout calar-like 

 process at the inner extremity of the middle tibiae, and the deep sharply 

 defined thoracic punctation are distinctive. E. pusUhis, 2732, in Section XI, 

 is perhaps the nearest species. 



^. Length, 1| mm. ; breadth, nearly .^ mm. 



Papakura Bush, near Auckland. Found by myself on the 'ird March, 

 1893, amongst dead leaves on the ground (one only). 



3711. Euplectopsis nitipennis sp. iiov. 



Subdepressed, elongate, sparingly clothed with rather short greyish 

 pubescence ; head and thorax rather dull dark red, elytra shining, of a 

 light bright red, abdomen slightly nitid, antennae and legs light chestnut- 

 red, tarsi and palpi flavescent. 



Head small, slightly narrowed but not curved behind the moderately 

 large eyes, distinctly and moderately closely punctured, without foveae, 

 antennal tubercles small and widely separated. Thorax oviform, scarcely 

 longer than broad, widest and rounded at the middle ; very distinctly and 

 moderately closely punctured, apex nearly smooth and narrower than the 

 occiput ; the transverse basal impression not deep and not distinctly con- 

 nected with the small shallow lateral foveae, median groove quite definite 

 but not quite reaching the apex. Elytra subquadrate, somewhat broader 

 and a third longer than thorax, slightly curvedly narrowed before the middle ; 

 irregularly and finel}" punctate, sutural striae well marked and appearing 

 duplicate, having a slender groove at the outside as far as the middle, intra- 

 humeral impressions foveiform at the base, each with a shallow prolongation. 

 Hind-body finely punctured, a little rounded at the sides, hardly as long or 

 broad as the elytra, basal three segments subec^ual. 



Legs moderately stout, tibiae very slightly arcuate. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, nearly similar to those of 

 E. perpKHcfatiis, their 3rd joint shorter. 



A little smaller and less parallel than E. perpintctahi.s, the elytra of a 

 much brighter red, hind-body not straight-sided and less horizontal, the legs 

 not as stout, and the intermediate tibiae without the conspicuous inner pro- 

 longation of the extremity. The structure of the underside almost exactly 

 alike in both species. 



(J. Length, 1 J mm. : breadth, quite ^ mm. 



Auckland Domain. One in my own collection, found during January, 

 1908, amongst leaf-mould, on the ground. 



Euplectopsis eruensis Broun, 3206, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 44, p. 408. 



Male. — Antennae rather shorter than head and thorax, 2nd joint oblong- 

 oval, fully the length of the exposed portion of the basal ; 3rd obconical, 

 slightly longer than broad but much smaller than 2nd ; joints 4, 6, and 8 

 small, transversely moniliform ; 5th and 7th slightly larger ; 9th abruptly 

 enlarged, subquadrate, distinctly larger than the transverse 10th, the ter- 

 minal gradually attenuate, subconical, as long as preceding two combined. 



Legs robust, intermediate tibiae moderately expanded, with an angular 

 process near the inner extremity, the outer portion more prolonged. 



