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to tlie hind margin, with a distinct transverse stria connecting it with the 

 deep rotundate lateral foveae, the basal margin distinctly bipunctate. 

 Elytra subquadrate, nearly double'the length of thorax, slightly narrowed 

 before the middle, with rounded shoulders, base incurved, irregularly punc- 

 tate ; sutural striae broad and deep, subfoveiform at the base, with a basal 

 puncture near each, intrahuraeral impressions duplicate, their outer portion 

 deep and short, the inner elongate but shallow. Hind-body about as broad 

 but rather shorter than elytra, indistinctly punctate, 2nd segment slightly 

 longer than the 1st or 3rd, the others deflexed. 



Legs moderately elongate, simple ; tibiae a little arched externally. 



Antennae nearly equalling the head and thorax in length, similar in 

 structure to those of F. clavipes, but with the 3rd joint shorter. 



Underside castaneo-i'ufous, finely pubescent ; basal ventral segment 

 much exposed and acutely projecting between the coxae, 2nd and 3rd about 

 equal ; 4th shorter, 5th more so, both widely but not deeply emarginate ; 

 6th large, without any definite suture between it and the 7th, the oper- 

 culum oblong ; trochanters simple. 



The rather dark-red, finely punctured surface, small subrotundate thorax 

 with its hind margin bipunctate, the duplicate inti'ahumeral impressions, 

 simple legs and trochanters, in conjunction, will enable this to be separated 

 from the other species belonging to Section I. 



S- Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, quite \ mm. 



Invercargill. Found by Mr. A. Philpott on the 6th August, 1894, and 

 at that time set aside as a varietal female of Sharp's Euplectus convexus, 254. 



3723. Zealandius brookesi sp. nov. Zealandius Rafiray, Gen. Ins. 

 (Wytsm.), Pselaphidae, 1908, p. 111. 



Elongate, slightly convex and nitid, head subopaque castaneo-rufous ; 

 legs and antennae paler, tarsi flavescent ; pubescence distinct, subdepressed, 

 rather short, yellowish-grey, elytra and hind-body with a few elongate erect 

 setae. 



Head almost as long as thorax but not as broad, gradually narrowed in 

 front of the small, prominent eyes, its hind angles rounded ; it is distinctly 

 and closely punctate, interocular foveae rather shallow and apparently pro- 

 longed antei'iorly. Thorax about as long as broad, strongly rounded and 

 widest at or just before the middle ; its punctation moderately coarse and 

 close at the base and sides, but distant and irregular on the central and 

 anterior portion of the disc ; median furrow deep and broad but rather less 

 so near the apex, lateral foveae occupying half the length and indistinctly 

 united to the transverse median basal fossa. Elytra subquadrate, with 

 rounded shoulders, about a third longer and broader than thorax, indis- 

 tinctly punctate ; sutural striae broad, deep and foveiform at the base. 

 and appearing duplicate along the middle, dorsal striae not quite so deep 

 behind, with carinate inner margins, the external stria obsolete. Hind- 

 body as broad but rather shorter than elytra, 2nd and 3rd segments a little 

 longer than the 1st, the others deflexed. 



Legs simple, finely pubescent. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, bearing slender elongate setae ; 

 2nd joint elongate-oblong but not quite the length of the basal ; joints 3-8 

 submoniliform, 5th distinctly, 7th slightly larger than contiguous ones ; 9th 

 nearly twice the breadth of the 8th, 10th still broader, both transverse; 

 the terminal conical and acuminate, about as long as preceding three 

 combined. 



