512 COLEOPTERA. 



Hoad as large as tliorax, oblong, gently narrowed anteriorly, hind 

 angles rounded, antennal tubercles widely separated and moderately 

 elevated, eyes rather flat ; the pair of deep broad grooves are confluent in 

 front and obliterate the common foveae. Thorax suboviform, rather longer 

 than broad, rounded and widest near the middle ; ante-basal fossa deep, 

 transverse, angular, with a curvate stria connecting it with each of the 

 large lateral foveae which extend forwards to the middle, its base tri punctate. 

 Elytra oblong, fully a third longer than thorax, not greatly exceeding it in 

 width, slightly narrowed before the middle, finely and irregularly punc- 

 tured ; sutural striae deep, punctiform at the base, with two small basal 

 punctures alongside each, the intrahumeral im])ressions very short, each 

 with a minute inner puncture. Hind-body curvedly narrowed and deflexed 

 posteriorly, much shorter than elytra, basal three segments subequal, the 

 first finely but distinctly punctate. Legs moderately stout and elongate, 

 tibiae unarmed, slightly arched externally. 



Antennae shorter than the head and thorax ; their thick basal joint 

 scarcely longer than the oblong-oval second, the next slightly longer than 

 broad ; joints 4-8 small and bead-like, fifth and seventh a little larger 

 than the others ; ninth transverse, broader than its predecessor but not 

 as large as the tenth, the terminal subconical, large and acuminate. 



Readily distinguished from F. brevitarsis (261), V. armiferus (3381), 

 and Reitter's Ewplectus incertus (3211), belonging to my Section II, by its 

 rather larger size, difierent hue, and oviform hinder part of the body. 



$. Length, 1§ mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Routeburn ; 16th February, 1914. Mr. T. Hall captured a solitary 

 female off a mossy tree. 



4030. Vidamus muscicola sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, elytra and hind-body subparallel, the former moderately 

 coarsely and unevenly, the latter rather closely and distinctly but finely 

 punctate ; it is a little nitid, castaneo-rufous, with paler antennae and 

 legs, and greyish, decumbent, distinct pubescence. 



Head oblong, not quite as large as thorax, narrowed in front of the rather 

 large but not prominent eyes, with obtuse hind angles ; interocular foveae 

 distinct, prolonged and confluent in front ; antennal tubercles oblique, 

 narrowed and almost in contact at the extremity. Thorax subcordate, 

 rather longer than broad, widest before the middle, obliquely narrowed 

 anteriorly ; the well-marked transverse ante-basal groove connects the 

 large lateral foveae, these are deep near the middle but shallow at the base, 

 there is no central fossa, but a longitudinal groove extends from the trans- 

 verse one to the base. Elytra oblong, rather broader than the widest part 

 of thorax, slightly curvedly narrowed near the base ; sutural striae broad 

 and deep, punctiform at the base, humeral impressions very short and 

 broad. Hind-body shorter than but nearly as broad as elytra, the true 

 basal membranous segment j)artly exposed, second and fourth segments 

 rather longer than third, the second with a transverse median depression 

 at the base, the others deflexed. 



Legs moderately stout, intermediate tibiae with a distinct spiniform 

 process near the inner extremity ; basal two joints of the tarsi thicker than 

 the third. 



Antennae like those of F. onicollis, but with their last joint much less 

 acuminate. 



