506 COLEOPTERA. 



4021. Stenosagola griseipila sp. no v. 



Nitid, light chestnut-red, antennae and legs paler, tarsi and palpi yellow ; 

 pubescence greyish, rather short and suberect. 



Head slightly curvedly narrowed behind, gradually anteriorly ; frontal 

 channel subquadrate, hardly extending as far as the front of the eyes ; 

 occipital foveae quite free, distinct and punctiforni. Antennal tubercles 

 connate, forming a sort of ridge across the front of the head. Eyes minute, 

 but somewhat convex and distinct. Thorax slightly longer than broad, 

 oviform ; lateral foveae small and punctiform, the median one subrotundate 

 and rather small, apparently slightly prolonged or angulate in front, basal 

 punctures free but small. Elytra subquadrate, moderately narrowed 

 towards the base ; sutural striae deep there, the dorsal punctiform but 

 oblong. Hind-body nearly double the length of elytra, without dark marks. 



Antennae with the third, fourth, and sixth joints very small and monili- 

 form, seventh and eighth slightly broader than fifth, but not as broad as 

 the transvers*^ ninth and tenth, eleventh large, subquadrate. 



Differentiated from S. connata (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. viii, 

 p. 503) by its minute eyes, narrower head, shorter elytra, &c 



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



Makatote, near Erua. One (February, 1910) in niy own collection. 



EUPLECTINI. 



Euplectopsis Raffray. Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), Pselaphidae, p. 82. 



4022. Euplectopsis crassulus sp. nov. 



Robust, slightly convex, elytra and hind-body parallel and evidently 

 broader than thorax, nitid, indistinctly punctate ; the female dark rufous, 

 legs and antennae chestnut-red, tarsi and palpi fulvescent, the male of a 

 lighter hue ; pubescence conspicuous, yellow, suberect. 



Head smaller than thorax, narrowed in front of the prominent eyes, 

 nearly straight behind them, posterior angles obtuse ; interocular foveae 

 indistinct and confluent with the flat portion, this is prolonged and separates 

 the elevated and distant antennal tubercles, its hinder portion is unevenly 

 convex. Thorax slightly longer than broad, suboviform, widest at the 

 middle, more narrowed in front than behind ; the groove along the middle 

 is sharply marked but very narrow, it extends from near the apex to the 

 large ante-basal fossa, which is divided by a central carina ; lateral foveae 

 large, each with a shallow frontal prolongation and a fine transverse stria 

 connecting it with the central fossa. Elytra subquadrate, slightly con- 

 tracted at the shoulders ; sutural striae deep and broad at the base, with 

 a slight plica between each and the short, broad intrahumeral impression. 

 Hind-body shorter than elytra, basal segment almost as large as the next, 

 medially impressed at the base and with a fine nearly semicircular carina 

 there, remaining segments deflexed. 



Femora robust, the posterior less so ; anterior tibiae gently dilated 

 inwardly to below the middle but narrowed at the extremity ; the inter- 

 mediate pair gradually but considerably expanded, deeply notched at the 

 extremity, the external ])ortion not as thick as the inner but rather longer, 

 with the tarsus attached to its apex. 



Antennae shorter than the head and thorax ; the oxposed portion of the 

 basal joint hardly longer than the oblong second, the next obconical, scarcely 

 longer than broad ; joints 4—6 short and moniliform, seventh and eighth 

 hardly any brnadi-r, narrowed apically ; ninth quadrate, doubh' the size 



