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Legs moderately stout and elongate, tibiae nearly straight, simple. 



Antennae about as long as head and thorax, 2nd joint oblong, 3rd 

 obconical, hardly longer than broad, joints 4-6 small ; 7th slightly larger 

 than 6th, but not as broad as the 8th, which is nearly as broad as the trans- 

 verse 9th ; the terminal conical, equalling the preceding two. 



Underside distinctly pubescent. Prosternum carinate. Metasternum 

 simple ; 6th ventral segment unimpressed, circularly emarginate, the others 

 like those of E. blamJiatvs. 



Recognizable at once by the depression on the basal dorsal segment, 

 rather thicker though nearly similar antennae, and the unimpressed meta- 

 sternum and 6th ventral segment, and carinate prosternum. 



Fern. — 8th antennal joint very small. 



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



Rakaia Gorge, near Methven. Described from a male found by Mr. T. 

 Hall on the 9th October, 1912, and a pair from Mount Hutt on the 28th of 

 the same month. These two are more thickly pubescent than the first one. 



3717. Euplectopsis dorsalis sp. no v. 



Nitid, fulvescent, indistinctly punctate ; thinly covered with suberect 

 straw-coloured hairs, and a few longer ones on the hind-body. 



Nearly related to E. impressas. The head less quadrate, more narrowed 

 anteriorly, with more prominent eyes. Median thoracic groove shorter. 

 Elytra and hind-body more parallel, the 2nd dorsal segment with a basal 

 impression similar to that of the 1st ; 6th ventral segment twice as long as 

 the 5th, more deeply emarginate ; 7th transversely oval, its operculum large, 

 oblong ; 4th and 6th antennal joints smallest, 8th broader than 7th. 



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



Rakaia Gorge. Unique ; found by Mr. T. Hall on the 18th May, 1912. 



3718. Euplectopsis elongellus sp. nov. 



Shining, slightly convex, elongate, elytra and hind-body parallel ; light 

 chestnut-red, antennae and legs paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; somewhat 

 thickly clothed with yellowish-grey, moderately elongate, suberect pubes- 

 cence. 



Head smaller than thorax, genae almost straight, with obtuse angles, 

 occiput convex and angularly impressed behind ; interocular foveae not 

 very deep, more or less confluent in front, antennal tubercles small and dis- 

 tant, the punctation fine. Eyes moderately large. Thorax rather longer 

 than broad, subovate, moderately rounded and widest at or just before the 

 middle, irregularly, rather distantly, and finely punctured, smooth in front 

 and narrower there than the head ; lateral foveae deep, oviform, extending 

 to the middle, with a slight anterior prolongation, the connecting transverse 

 stria deep and angulate at the middle and extending nearly to the basal 

 margin, median groove distinct, much narrowed towards but not reaching 

 the apex. Elytra suboblong, a third longer than thorax, a little narrowed 

 near the base, irregularly and finely punctate ; sutural striae deep, puncti- 

 form at base, with a basal puncture near each, intrahumeral impressions 

 duplicate, broad and deep at the base, bipunctate there, the outer puncture 

 sometimes indefinite, they are prolonged to the middle. Hind-body rather 

 shorter than elytra, finely punctate ; apical segments deflexed, basal three 

 subequal, the first with a median basal depression. 



Legs moderately elongate and slender, tibiae nearly straight. 

 11— Bull. No. 1. 



