ETJPLBCTmi. 297 



Head siibquadrate, very slightly narrowed behind the moderately pro- 

 minent eyes, its sides punctate, occiput nearly smooth ; interocular foveae 

 not deep, prolonged and confluent in front, antennal tubercles small and 

 distant. Thorax oviform, rounded and widest at the middle, of about equal 

 length and breadth, finely and distantly punctured ; the ante-basal impres- 

 sion with a broad groove extending almost to che basal margin, lateral foveae 

 subrotundate, each with a slight linear anterior prolongation and the usual 

 transverse basal connecting stria, median furrow moderately broad but not 

 attaining the apex. Elytra subquadrate, slightly narrowed near the base, 

 a third longer than thorax, rather broader than it is, irregularly but not 

 closely or very definitely punctate ; sutural striae deep and punctiform at 

 the base, the basal puncture alongside each with a short slender stria pro- 

 ceeding from it, intrahumeral impressions broad, deep at the base, hardly 

 extending backwards as far as the middle, their inner margins slightly cari- 

 nate, the shoulders more elevated. Hind-body rather shorter than elytra, 

 much rounded and deflexed posteriorly, finely and distantly punctate, basal 

 three segments slightly increase, the 1st with a transverse impression at the 

 base. 



Legs moderately elongate, tibiae slightly arched. 



i^'e/tt.— Antennal joints 9 and 10 transverse, almost equal. 



Male. — Antennae as long as head and thorax, 2nd joint oblong, 3rd short 

 and obconical, joints 4-8 short and subglobular, 5th and 7th slightly larger ; 

 9th and 10th evidently broader, the latter more transversal than the sub- 

 quadrate 9th ; 11th conical, subacuminate, equalling the preceding two in 

 length. 



Underside nitid, chestnut-red. Metasternum convex, longitudinally im- 

 pressed behind. Basal ventral segment densely ciliate with yellow pubes- 

 cence, the next three diminish, 5th as long as 4th, widely incurved behind, 

 6th rather longer, semicircularly emarginate, 7th transversely oval, its 

 oblong operculum rather large. 



E. tibialis, 3526, has a smaller and much more anteriorly contracted 

 head, and strongly arched posterior tibiae. E. terrestris, 3527, is a more 

 stoutly built insect, the interocular and thoracic impressions are manifestly 

 deeper, and the 8th antennal joint being distinctly larger than its prede- 

 cessors the club is almost 5-articulate. 



Length, IJ mm. ; breadth, nearly \ mm. 



Bell Rock, near Methven. One of each sex taken from moss on the face 

 of a rock, the male somewhat damaged, on the 15th September, 1912. by 

 Mr. T. Hall. 



3715. Euplectopsis blandiatus sp. nov. 



Elongate, moderately robust, shining, elytra and hind-body parallel, 

 head and thorax narrower : light chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi yellow ; 

 sparingly clothed with flavescent hairs, those on the hind-body longer and 

 suberect. 



Head small, including the moderately large and prominent eyes, nearly 

 as broad as the thorax, slightly narrowed behind these, much more so in 

 front ; finely punctate, interocular foveae well marked and somewhat pro- 

 longed anteriorly, the occiput triangularly impressed behind, antennal 

 tubercles small and distant. Thorax oviform, widest and moderately 

 rounded at the middle, its apex a little narrower than the occiput ; finely 

 yet quite definitely, rather irregularly but not closely punctured ; lateral 

 foveae oviform, occupying fully half of each side, each with a linear frontal 



