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This belongs to Section 11. The only species at all like it is Z. illustris, 

 3383, which nevertheless has a relatively longer, narrower, and more dis- 

 tinctly punctured head, its thorax is moderately coarsely punctuied at the 

 sides and base, there is an angular projection near the inner extremity of 

 the intermediate tibiae, and the abdominal characters are materially different. 



r^. Length, 1.^ mm. ; breadth, \ mm. 



Mount Hutt, 25th January, 1913, and Pudding Hill, !.3th April, 1913. 

 The few individuals secured by Messrs. T. Hall and L. Burrows are neaily 

 all males. 



3725. Eleusomatus ovicollis sp. uov. Eleusomatus Raffray, Gen. Ins. 

 (Wytsm.), Pselaphidae, 1908, p. 112. 



Elongate, subdepressed, narrowed towards both extremities, nitid, more 

 or less finely punctate ; light chestnut-red, legs and antennae flavescent, 

 tarsi and palpi paler ; sparingly clothed with decumbent greyish pubescence. 



Head much smaller than thorax, considerably narrowed in front of the 

 eyes, genae straight, with obtuse angles, finely punctate ; vertex distinctly 

 bifoveate, antennal tubercles widely sepai-ated. Eyes situated behind the 

 middle, convex, with coarse facets. Thorax oviform, rather longer than 

 l)road, widest near the middle, moderately rounded ; with a rotundate 

 fovea near each side united by a transverse stria, median basal fovea angu- 

 late and almost touching the basal margin, the central longitudinal groove 

 absent. Elytra subquadrate, curvedly narrowed near the base, broader 

 but hardly longer than the thorax, finely punctate ; sutural striae well 

 maiked and foveiform at the base, intrahumeral impressions short. Hind- 

 body horizontal, evidently longer than the elytra, gradually attenuate pos- 

 teriorly, basal three segments distinctly marginate, 2nd nearly as long as 

 the basal, the next rather shorter, 4th and 5th together as long as the 3rd ; 

 tlie 1st with a basal depression. Legs moderately elongate. 



Antennae shorter than the head and thorax, 2nd joint stout, oviform, 

 as large as the basal, 3rd obconical and rather small ; joints 4-8 monili- 

 form, 5th and 7th rather larger than the others; 10th broader than the 

 transverse 9th, the terminal largest and acuminate. 



Head, underneath, studded with erect setae. Basal ventral segment 

 just visible between the coxae, 2-4 large and of nearly equal length, the 

 next half the length of its predecessor, 6th obconical and almost as long as 

 the 4th. 



The small head, oviform thorax, without the least trace of the usual 

 longitudinal groove along the middle, will at once enable this species to be 

 distinguished from 1890, the type of the genus. 



Length, U mm. ; breadth, nearly | mm. 



Bell Rock, near Methven. Described from a single specimen found 

 amongst decaying leaves by Mr. T. Hall on the 30th March, 1913. 



Group Tyrini. 



3726. Hamotulus robustus sp. no v. Hamoluhis Schaufuss, 1886, Gen. 

 Ins. (Wvtsm.), Pselaphidae. p. 390. Svn. Tychofyrus Broun. 

 1893, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 12. p. 168. 



Elongate, subovate, moderately convex, shining ; rufous, abdomen 

 darker, tarsi and palpi fulvous ; clothed with elongate suberect yellow 

 setae, and many longer outstanding ones near the sides. 



