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angular fovea near the base almost connected by a linear impression with 

 the smaller fovea at each side. Elytra very little longer than broad, 

 slightly narrowed near the base yet slightly broader than thorax there, 

 finely punctate ; with obvious sutural striae which are deeper at the base, 

 where there is a minute puncture near each ; dorsal striae short, about a 

 third of the whole length, formed usually of 3 punctiform impressions. 

 Hind-body finely punctate, horizontal, rather longer than elytra, of about 

 the same width, 1st visible segment shorter than the next, 3rd largest, 

 oth small, deflexed. 



Legs moderately slender, tibiae somewhat arclied exterjiajjy. 



Antennae as long as head and thorax, slightly thickened towards the 

 extremity, with very slender erect setae ; basal joint not twice as long as 

 broad, much thicker neai- the base than at its apex, 2nd oblong-oval, 3rd 

 similar but much more slender, 4th and 5th oblong-oval, joints 6-8 

 rather shorter, 9th and 10th transverse, the terminal quadrate but with a 

 broad apical appendage. 



Underside finely ])unctate, with yellow pubescence. Head with a broad 

 groove in front of the eyes. Fourth ventral segment longer than 2nd or 3rd, 

 5th as long as 2nd, slightly medially depressed behind. 6th with a deep 

 angular excision in the middle, 7th bi'oadly oval. 



More slender than our northern E. enigma (1885), the elytra narrower 

 and with smaller doisal impressions, the hind-body longer, and the antennae 

 .somewhat diiierent. 



(^. Length, l|^-2 mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Glenhope, near Nelson. Found b}' Mr. T. Hall on or before the 10th 

 December, 1914, amongst dead leaves. 



3825. Exeirarthra longiceps sp. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed, gradually but somewhat interruptedly narrowed 

 anteriorly, nitid ; castaneo-rufous, legs and antennae rufo-testaceous, tarsi 

 and palpi flavescent ; pubescence greyish -yellow, elongate and slender, 

 mostly decumbent, and bearing a few longer erect hairs on the hind-body. 



Head evidently longer than broad, almost cuneiform, graduall}'' narrowed 

 anteriorly, with obtuse hind angles ; antennal tubercles somewhat elevated 

 in fi'ont, separated by a deep narrow groove which scarcely extends as far 

 as the front of the eyes, near which there are some fine punctures, it is 

 distinctly bipunctate behind. Thorax oviform, about a third longer than 

 broad ; the median fovea near the base is angular and large, it has a trans- 

 verse groove connecting it with the small fovea at each side, tlie puncta- 

 tion is fine and indistinct. Elytra shghtly longer than broad, gradually 

 yet considerably narrowed towards the base Avhich hardly exceeds that of 

 the thorax in width, indistinctly juinctate near the sides : sutural striae 

 deep, finely punctured, the dorsal consisting of a basal ])uncture and 

 elongate impression not prolonged as far as the middle. Hind-body nearly 

 twice the length of elytra, gradually and slightly expanded posteriorly, 

 finely punctate, 3rd segment iiearly twice the length of the basal, 5th 

 narrow and deflexed. 



Antennae rather elongate and slender, a little incrassate towards the 

 extremity, with slender outstanding greyish hairs ; basal joint stout, not 

 double the length of the oviform 2nd, the next much smaller yet rather 

 longer than broad, joints 4-6 oblong-oval, 7 10 laxly articulated and .suc- 

 cessively dilated, the terminal .subquadrate, but with a distinct jnibesceiit 

 •apical appendage. 



