302 COLEOPTBBA. 



its thorax is more oviform, and the hind-body is decidedly broader ; the 

 lower sm'face also differs, and I have been unable to detect trochanteral 

 spines. 



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



Scott's Gully, near Methven ; also found on Pudding Hill, amongst 

 fallen leaves, in March, 1913, l)y Mr. T. Hall. Five specimens altogether. 



3721. Vidamus clavipes sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, moderately robust and elongate, nitid, very finely and 

 distantly punctate ; chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi fiavescent ; sparingly 

 covered with yellowish, mostly decumbent, somewhat unequal pubescence, 

 very slender and elongate on the head, coarser on the hind-body. 



Head nearly as large as thorax, the genae hardly at all rounded, hind 

 angles obtuse ; interocular foveae large and deep, prolonged and confluent 

 in front, antennal tubercles extending inwardly ; the short neck scarcely 

 half the width of the head. Eyes moderate. Thorax a little longer than 

 broad, widest and rounded in front of the middle ; lateral foveae deep, 

 connected with the median fossa by an irregular stria, the thick basal margin 

 tripunctate. Elytra subquadrate, a third longer than thorax, slightly 

 narrowed towards the arcuate- emarginate base ; sutural striae broad and 

 deep, foveiform at the base, with a basal puncture alongside each, intra- 

 humeral foveae short, bipunctate at base. Hind-body nearly as broad as 

 elytra but rather shorter, basal two segments equal, simple, 3rd rather shorter, 

 the others deflexed. 



Legs robust, femora clavate ; tibiae thick, the hinder pairs with a very 

 short process at the inner extremity directed straight backwards. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, with elongate pubescence ; 

 2nd joint nearly as large as the 1st, 3rd evidently longer than broad ; joints 

 4 to 8 short and moniliform, 5th and 7th rather larger than adjoining ones ; 

 9th broader than 8th, but smaller than 10th ; the terminal conical and 

 acuminate, a little broader than the penultimate, but hardly the length of 

 its three predecessors. 



Underside with distinct yellow pubescence. Trochanters simple. Basal 

 ventral segment quite visible and thickly ciliate, 2-5 decrease ; 6th large, 

 semicircularly emarginate, the operculum of the 7th broad and unsym- 

 metrical. 



The robust legs, clavate femora, rather elongate 3rd antennal joint, 

 tripunctate base of thorax, and the basal puncture near each of the sutural 

 striae differentiate this fi'om the other members of Section I. 



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



Mount Hutt. One male, found amongst decaying snow-grass on the 

 28th December, 1912, by Mr. T. Hall. 



3722. Vidamus punctulatus sp. nov. 



Nitid, slightly convex, elongate, subparallel ; dark chestnut-red, legs 

 and antennae much paler, tarsi and palpi testaceous ; spaiingly covered 

 with rather short greyish pubescence. 



Head as long and nearly as broad as the thorax, not narrowed behind 

 the moderately large eyes, with obtuse hind angles ; finely punctate, inter- 

 ocular foveae large and deep, prolonged and confluent in front, the base 

 with a small triangular depression. Thorax rather small, as broad as it is 

 long, widest and rounded at the middle, finely punctured, its apex much 

 narrower than the head ; median fossa angular, with a groove extending 



