EUPLEOTINI. 379 



Group EUPLECTINI. 



3830. Vidamus gracilipes sp. nov. Vidamiis EafEiay, Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), 



Pselaphidae, p. 89. 



Nitid, rufous, legs and antennae light chestnut-red ; pubescence yellow, 

 distinct and suberect. 



Head as large as thorax, the pair of large foveae deeply prolonged and 

 confluent in front. Thorax subcordate, of about equal length and breadth, 

 widest before the middle ; with a distinct, transverse, angulate depression 

 near the base, prolonged as a groove to basal margin, which is bipunctate, 

 lateral foveae extending forwards to the middle. Elytra a third longer 

 and broader than the thorax, somewhat curvedly narrowed near the base ; 

 sutural striae deep and broad, punctiform at the base, and with a small 

 punctiform impression there near each, dorsal impressions large and deep, 

 bipunctate at the base, not extending backwards to the middle. Hind- 

 body as long as elytra, narrowed and deflexed posteriorly, basal 3 seg- 

 ments subequal. 



Legs moderately slender, intermediate tibiae with a small spiniform 

 process at the inner extremity. 



Antennae with slender outstanding pubescence ; 2nd joint oblong, 

 rather shorter than the basal ; joints 3-7 rather more slender, oblong ; 

 8th evidently smaller, 9th a little longer yet smaller than 10th, terminal 

 large and subconical. 



Underside finely pubescent. Metasternum broadly impressed in the 

 middle. Basal segment distinctly ciliate behind, carinate between the 

 coxae, segments 2-4 successively diminish, 5th still shorter, 6th large, 

 slightly transversely impressed at the base, semicircularly emarginate 

 behind, 7th broadly triangular, its operculum oblong. 



Fem. — Metasternum unimpressed, 6th ventral segment simple, broadly 

 triangular, intermediate tibiae unarmed. 



Closely allied to V . calcaratus (3210), a North Island species, but the 

 elytra and hind-body are narrower and more parallel, the forehead is less 

 elevated between the antennal tubercles, the eyes are less convex, the 

 pubescence is more conspicuous, and the legs are more slender, the middle 

 femora especially. 



(J. Length, 2-| mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Mount Alfred, Heaven's Gate, and Mount Earnslaw, all north of Lake 

 Wakatipu. Several found by Mr. T. Hall during February, 1914. 



Group PSELAPHINI. 



3831. Pselaphus urquharti sp. nov. Pselaphus Herbst., Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), 



Pselaphidae, p. 304. 



Elongate, interruptedly narrowed anterioi'ly, nitid ; light oastaneo- 

 rufous, palpi and tarsi fulvescent ; sparingly clothed with subdepressed, 

 slender, pale-yellowish setae. 



Head elongate-oval, widest in Une with the small, not at all prominent 

 eyes, curvedly narrowed behind, moderately convex and finely punctate 

 there ; the smooth central channel cuneiform, becoming narrower yet quite 

 distinct in front, there are no perceptible foveae. Thorax oviform, nearly 

 twice as long as broad, widest behind the middle, very gradually narrowed 

 anteriorly, the small fovea at the centre of the base without any distinct 

 impression between it and the larger one at each side. Elytra of about 

 14— Bull. No. 1. 



