298 COLEOPTEKA. 



pvoloiiuation : basal median depressiou subaiigulatc, ucarlv reacliing the 

 basal margin, connected with the lateral foveae by a transverse stria, discal 

 groove distinct but not attaining the apex. Elytra oblong, broader and 

 quite a third longer than thorax, with rounded shoulders ; less evidently 

 punctured than the thorax, sutural striae deep, punctiform at the base, 

 with a distinct basal puncture near each ; intrahumeral impressions bi- 

 punctate at base, somewhat duplicate, the outer portion deep and rather 

 short, the inner longer but less distinct. Hind-body as broad as elytra but 

 rather shorter, finely and indistinctly punctate, 2nd and :\v(\ segments 

 slightly longer than the unimpressed 1st. 



Legs elongate and moderately stout ; tibiae nearly straight, the inter- 

 mediate with a small process near the inner extremity. 



Antennae almost equalling head and thorax in length, 2nd joint oblong, 

 nearly as long as the basal : 3rd obconical and rather shorter ; joints 4 to 6 

 small and bead-like ; 7th and 8th more transversal, the latter slightly the 

 larger ; 9th rather broader than 8th but not quite the width of the ioth ; 

 the terminal not at all broader than penultimate, elongate and acuminate, 

 as long as preceding three together. 



Underside nitid, finely pubescent. Prosterna! carina obsolete. Meta- 

 sternum depressed along the middle. Ventral segments 2-4 gradually 

 diminish ; 5th widely incurved, half the length of 4th in the middle ; 6th 

 twice as long as 5th, distinctly impressed transversely, circularly emarginate; 

 7th transversely oval, its operculum distinct, oblong. 



The only specimen of Ei(j)Iectop.sis clavatidufi, 349(5, from Greymouth, is 

 in the British Museum, and witliout doubt is the nearest ally. This species 

 is rather larger, the antennae are somewhat different, so also are the lateral 

 thoracic foveae : the metasternum and 6th ventral segment are distinctly 

 impressed, and the prosternal carina seems to be absent. 



^. Length, If mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Scott's Gully, near Methven. One found on the 15th March, 1913, by 

 Mr. T. Hall, amongst leaf-mould, and two or three others on Pudding Hill. 



3716. Euplectopsis impressus sp. nov. 



Elongate, of interrupted outline, slightly convex, shining ; castaneo- 

 rufous, legs and antennae paler, tarsi and palpi yellow : pubescence greyish- 

 yellow, rather scanty, distinct, suberect on elytra and hind-body. 



Head rather smaller than thorax, a little curvedly narrowed behind the 

 moderately large eyes, indistinctly punctate ; interocular foveae well marked 

 and confluent in front, occiput convex, triangularly impressed behind, 

 antennal tubercles small and distant. Thorax rounded and widest near the 

 middle, its apex nearly as broad as the occiput, finely, irregularly, and dis- 

 tantly punctured ; median groove very distinct, extending from the basal 

 margin nearly to the apex, but interrupted by the subangular median basal 

 impression, lateral foveae subrotundate but with a sulciform prolongation 

 in front of each, both connected by the usual transverse ante-basal stria. 

 Elytra fully a third longer than thorax, widest behind the middle, curvedly 

 narrowed near the base, their punctation fine and irregular ; sutural striae 

 deep, punctiform at base, with a basal puncture near each ; intrahumeral 

 foveae duplicate, bipunctate at base, broad and deep there but becoming 

 shallow towards the middle. Hind-body finely punctate, rather shorter 

 than elytra, basal tliree segments subequal, the 1st with a transverse basal 

 depression. 



