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segment short, acutely angulate between the coxae ; 2nd largest, with an 

 upright lamina across the middle in front, this should be examined from the 

 side ; segments 3-5 decrease, 6th large, semicircularly emarginate, hardly 

 longer than 4th in the middle ; 7th large, its oblong operculum with a dis- 

 tinct groove at one side. 



This species, owing chiefly to the form of the head, most nearly resembles 

 the larger North Island P. optandus, 3212, but in it the median and lateral 

 thoracic grooves are deeper, the 1st dorsal segment has a well-marked trans- 

 verse depression at its base, and the outer portion of the intermediate tibiae 

 is hardly longer than the inner. The remarkable lamina on the 2nd ventral 

 segment distinguishes P. htiinnifer. 



(^. Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, quite | mm. 



Pudding Hill, about nine miles from Methven. Described from a speci- 

 men found among leaf-mould by Mr. W. Burrows on the 30th March, 1913. 



3720. Vidamus congruus sp. nov. Vidamiis Raffrav, Gen. Ins. 

 (Wytsm.), PseJaphidae, 1908. p. 89. 



Slender, elongate, subdepressed, nitid ; with distinct, mostly decumbent, 

 yellowish-grey pubescence ; chestnut-red, legs and antennae fulvescent, 

 tarsi and palpi yellowish, hind-body somewhat infuscate. 



Head as broad as thorax, very slightly rounded behind the moderately 

 large but not very convex eyes, with obtuse hind angles ; apparently smooth, 

 antennal tubercles extending inwardly and subcontiguous in the middle, 

 interocular foveae distinct, prolonged and confluent in front. Thorax 

 rather longer than broad, widest and moderately rounded before the middle, 

 its apex hardly half the width of the occiput, without perceptible puncta- 

 tion ; the transverse ante-basal impression unites the rotundate lateral 

 foveae and angular median fossa, which has a broad groove extending to 

 the basal margin. Elytra about a third longer than broad and as much 

 longer than the thorax, their sides somewhat rounded, widest near the 

 middle, finely and irregularly punctured ; sutural striae broad, deep and 

 foveiform at the base, intrahumeral foveae short and deep. Hind-body 

 rather narrower and shorter than elytra, finely punctate, its basal three 

 segments subequal, the 1st with a very short, sometimes indistinct, Ijasal 

 depression, the 2nd somewhat swollen in the middle and with a shallow 

 transverse impression near each side. 



Legs moderately stout ; intermediate tibiae armed with a distinct spini- 

 form process near the inner extremity. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, with slender setae : 2nd joint 

 nearly as thick but shorter than the basal, the next a little longer than 

 broad and usually narrowed towards its base ; joints 4-8 small and bead- 

 like, 5th and 7th slightly larger than the others ; 9th and 10th distinctly 

 transverse, the former broader than the 8th but smaller than the 10th ; lltli 

 conical and acuminate, rather broader than the penultimate and nearly as 

 long as the preceding three together. 



2nd ventral segment longer than the next, 4th distinctly shorter in the 

 middle, and slightly shorter than 5th ; 6th large, emarginate behind ; 7th 

 transversely oval, its operculum indistinct. Intermediate trochanters with 

 prominent spines. 



Fein. — Hind-body longer and more horizontal, its 2nd segment simple, 

 tibiae unarmed. 



V. armiferiin, 3381, having similarly spined tibiae, and being of about 

 the same size, is without doubt the nearest ally ; but it is nearly pitchy-red. 



