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what deflexed, obtuse front angles ; there are two or three small punctures 

 near each side of the apex, a pair before the middle of the disc, three at 

 the base, and a distinct lateral one in front of the middle. Scutelluni 

 large, triangular, punctate. Elytra subquadrate, only slightly longer and 

 broader than thorax, apices oblique towards the somewhat raised and 

 incrassate suture ; they are moderately finely and closely punctate. Hind- 

 body nearly half the whole length, tapering posteriorly, with moderate 

 terminal styles, its six visible segments sculptured like the elytra. 



Eyes hardly half the length of the head. Labrum widely emarginate. 

 Antennae shorter than the head and thorax, second joint thicker than the 

 next and almost as long, fourth and fifth rather longer than the follow- 

 ing ones. Anterior tarsi moderately dilated, basal joint of the posterior 

 longer than the second. 



Easily recognized by the rather brightly iridescent hind-body, rufescent 

 terminal segments, and raised elytral suture. 



Length, 10 mm. ; breadth, nearly 2 mm. 



Glenhope ; 12th September, 1915. One, found by Mr. T. Hall. 



Group Paederidae. 



Hyperomma Fauvel. Hist. Nat. de I'Austral. et Polynes., Caen, 



1877-79, p. 67. 



3985. Hyperomma subcaecum sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex, nitid ; castaneo-rufous, palpi, antennae, and 

 legs testaceous ; thmly clothed with slender greyish pubescence. 



Head oblong, very gently narrowed anteriorly, with obtuse hind angles, 

 nearly smooth along the middle, distantly but distinctly punctate else- 

 where. Thorax a third longer than broad, not wider than the head, with 

 rounded angles ; disc with a series of about five punctures along each side 

 of the middle, the lateral punctation more irregular. Scutelluni smooth, 

 triangular. Elytra of about equal length and breadth, a third shorter 

 than thorax, with curvedly narrowed shoulders, apices subtruncate ; their 

 suture fine yet definite ; each elytron with four punctures near the suture, 

 those near the sides less regular. Hind-body half the entire length, irre- 

 gularly and distantly punctate, terminal segment narrower than the others, 

 the styles prominent. 



Antennae shorter than the head and thorax, second joint evidently 

 shorter than first but fully as long as the third, joints 6-10 subquadrate, 

 eleventh longer, conical. Tibiae setigerous ; basal four joints of anterior 

 tarsi only moderately dilated. 



Mandibles shorter than the head, falciform, each with a prominent 

 median inner tooth. Eyes minute, placed on the upper part of the sides 

 not far from the antennae, these therefore enable this species to be at once 

 separable from the type of the genus, the Australian H. lacertinum, and all 

 the New Zealand ones. 



Length, 5 mm. ; .breadth, § mm. 



Glenhope, near Nelson. Two samples found by Mr. T. Hall on the 

 30th March, 1915. 



3986. Hyperomma lobatum sp. nov. 



Elongate, shining black, mandibles rufous, legs and apical segment of 

 abdomen castaneous, the labrum, palpi, and tarsi testaceous, antennae more 

 rufescent than these last. 



