and species of Pselaphidce and SnjdmcEnidce. 509 



A single specimen, sent me by Mr. Edwards from New 

 Zealand, is all I have seen of this species. It is possible 

 it may prove to be an extreme form of .S'. misella: but 

 I think it more probable it is a distinct species. 



Euplectus convexus, n. sp. Eufescens, piibe brevi de- 

 pressa dense vestitus ; fronte profonde bisulcata ; protho- 

 race angustulo, basin versus imprcssionibus tribus magnis ; 

 elytris stria suturali basi profunde impressa ; impressione- 

 que intra-humerali bene distiucta ; antennis articido ultimo 

 acuniiuato. Long. corp. 2^ mm. 



Mas, pedibus omnibus incrassatis, tibiis posterioribus 

 intus angulatis. 



AntennaB shorter than head and thorax, 2nd joint not so 

 long as 1st ; joints 3 — 9 bead-like, differing little from one 

 another, except that the 9th is a little broader than the 

 others; 10th joint short, rather strongly transverse, about 

 twice as broad as 9tli ; 11th joint large, broader than the 

 10th. Head rather long and narrow, very deeply im- 

 pressed between the frontal tubercles ; from each side of 

 the impression proceeds backwards a deep furrow, which 

 terminates between the eyes as a fovea-like expansion. 

 Thorax much narrower than the elytra, about as long 

 as broad, much narrowed behind, with a very large im- 

 pression behind the middle, which is connected on each 

 side with a deep large fovea near the hind angles. Elytra 

 distinctly longer than the thorax, vdi\x the sutural^ stria 

 deeply impressed at the base, and with a rather large intra- 

 humeral impression. 



Auckland, New Zealand. The male sent by Mr. 

 Edwards, the female by Mr. Lawson. 



Euplectus opacus, n. sp. Rufescens, opacus, pube 

 brevissima densius vestitus; antenna? breves; capite 

 parvo, transversim irapresso; prothorax^e basin versus 

 impresso, disco canaliculato ; elytris stria suturali, altera- 

 que subtili, disccidali, abbreviata, basi profunde impressis. 

 Long. Corp. 1^ mm. 



Antenna shorter than head and thorax, 2nd joint a 

 little shorter than 1st, subglobose ; joints 3—8 very small; 

 9th joint broader than its predecessors, transverse; l()th 

 joint broader than 9th, sti-ongly transverse; Hth jomt 

 stout. Head very short, a large portion of its upper sur- 

 face occupied by "a curved or angulatod transverse impres- 



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