Speoies 0/ Pselaphldje /r(9??2 New Zealand. 505 



pubescence greyish, decumbent, most distinct on the hind 

 bodj and sides of the elytia. 



i/eac? smaller than the thorax, straight behind the eyes, 

 with subrectangular angles, sliglitly narrowed in front, 

 antennal tubercles connate and forming a thick frontal 

 margin ; frontal fossa deep, oblong, and extending as far as 

 the middle of the eyes, occipital foveje well marked. Eyes 

 rather large, moderately prominent, situated at the middle. 

 Thorax rather longer than broad, oviform, rounded and 

 "widest at the middle and there a little broader than the head, 

 eyes included ; median depression subrotundate, basal 

 punctures small, lateral fovese deep, prolonged nearly to the 

 middle. Elytra oblong, nearly twice the length of the 

 thorax, very slightly narrowed towards the shoulders, 

 curvedly narrowed near the apices ; sutural stripe deep but 

 not broad, the dorsal also deep, apparently entire, about a 

 third of the whole length. Hind body about as long as the 

 elytra, slightly expanded near the middle, third segment 

 larger than the second and nearly double the length of the 

 first, the terminal ones somewhat detlexed. 



Leffs rather slender, tibia3 slightly curvedly dilated below 

 the middle ; tarsi moderately elongate. 



Antenj]fE rather slender, as long as the head and thorax ; 

 basal joim rather short, oblong-oval, the next of similar 

 form but not as large ; fifth joint distinctly larger than the 

 third, fourth, or sixth, which are equally small and sub- 

 globular ; seventh and eighth a little larger than the fifth, 

 contracted apically; ninth and tenth transverse, evidently 

 broader than the preceding ones ; eleventh largest, but, owing 

 to the usual apical appendage being indistinct, it appears to 

 be quadrate instead of conical. 



A glance at the eyes, elongate elytra, with longish striae in 

 place of minute dorsal ones, and the shorter hind body, will 

 lead to its identification. 



Length 1^; breadth ^ mm. 



Erua, altitude 2400 feet. Unique, found in February 

 1911. 



Obs. These, S. connata and S. longlpenms, together with 

 the other minute slender species, whilst exhibiting a sort of 

 family likeness, do not accord structurally. If I made a new 

 genus for these two the others would still be isolated, and 

 as all are represented by single specimens only I do not deem 

 it advisable to risk injury in manipulation. They are placed 

 in two separate sections of the genus. 



Aim, <& ^fag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 31: 



