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Underside pubescent. Head distantly and finely granulate, with uprij^ht 

 setae and a slender median carina. Prosternuni carinate. Metasternum 

 convex, broadly depressed along the middle. Ventral segments 2 to 4 

 diminish ; 5th widely incurved, very short in the middle ; 6th twice as long, 

 semicircularly emarginate ; 7th large, transversely oval, its operculum 

 oblong. 



The nearest ally, Ewplectopsis fastigiatus, 3377, has prominent out- 

 standing eyes. The thorax is somewhat ridged between the sides and the 

 more sharply margined groove along the middle, and the lateral foveae 

 have well-marked frontal prolongations. The sutural and intrahumeral 

 striae are more deeply impressed at the base. The intermediate tibiae 

 are more expanded towards the extremity, and are deeply notched there. 



The description of the female will be found on page 408, Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., vol. 44, but the male was not secured till the year following. 



cj. Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, f mm. 



Erua. Described from specimens in my own collection. 



3712. Euplectopsis duplex sp. no v. 



Subdepressed, elongate, nitid ; light rufous, elytra somewhat fulvescent, 

 legs and antennae paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; sparingly covered witJi 

 distinct, decumbent, rather short greyish setae. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, slightly narrowed behind the mode- 

 rately large eyes, with obtuse angles ; interocular foveae large, slightly pro- 

 longed and convergent in front, vertex nearly smooth and obtusely angulate 

 in the middle, its sides closely but not very distinctly punctured ; antennal 

 tubercles small and distant, the interval truncate. Thorax oviform, mode- 

 rately rounded and widest near the middle, rather more narrowed in front 

 than behind, about as long as broad, irregularly and distinctly but not 

 coarsely punctate ; median groove well marked, narrowed towards but not 

 quite reaching the apex, basal fossa angulate and prolonged almost to the 

 basal margin, with a transverse stria connecting it with the broad but not 

 deep lateral foveae, which extend nearly to the front. Elytra oblong, 

 broader than and double the length of the thorax, their punctation shallow 

 and indefinite, obsolete behind ; sutural striae broad, deep at the base, 

 their outer portion as deeply impressed as the inner to beyond the middle 

 and appearing duplicate ; intrahumeral impressions short and broad, deep 

 at the base. Hind-body almost as broad as elytra but a third shorter, 

 deflexed and rounded behind, finely and indistinctly punctate ; 2nd segment 

 only slightly longer than 1st, both with deepish basal sutures, 3rd as long 

 as 2nd. 



Legs simple, of moderate length, tibiae slightly arched outwardly. 



Antennae as long as head and thorax, rather slender, club evidently 

 triarticulate ; 2nd joint oblong-oval, not twice as long as broad, nearly as 

 stout and long as the basal : joints 3-8 moniliform and small, 5th and 7th 

 slightly broader than contiguous ones, 9th more than double the width of 

 the small 8th, 10th still more transversal ; terminal largest, conical, fully 

 equalling preceding two in length. 



Underside of head moderately coarsely punctate, grooved along the 

 middle. Prosternum carinate. Ventral segments 2 to 4 slightly diminish ; 

 5th shorter in the middle, widely incurved behind ; 6th almost circularly 

 emarginate, enclosing the narrow 7th and its oblong operculum. 



Manifestly different from the nine Auckland species in Section VI, smaller 

 than any of them ; more in accord with the description of E. duplicates, 



