692 Major T. Broun on new 



Legs moderately elongate and slender, tibiaj nearly straio;lit ; 

 the middle pair gradually but not strongly incrassate towards 

 the extremity and armed on the inside with a calcar-like 

 process which is directed backwards but does not attain the 

 apex. 



Antennce moderately elongate and bearing long slender 

 hairs ; first joint stouter, yet not much longer than second ; 

 joints 3, 5, and 7 oblong, sixth and eighth smaller than 

 adjacent ones, tenth distinctly larger than ninth, both sub- 

 quadrate, eleventh as long as tiie preceding two united, 

 conical and subacuminate. 



Underside with greyish pubescence. Prosternum not 

 carinate. Metasternum transversely convex, but impressed or 

 flattened in the middle. Basal ventral segment partly con- 

 cealed by the femora; segments 2-4 gradually decrease in 

 length, fifth still shorter and slightly medially incurved 

 behind ; sixth rather ill-defined, in the middle about tlie 

 length of the third, sinuate at each side ; seventh conical. 

 The intermediate trochanters are spined. 



Female. — Sixth segment large, punctate, and broadly 

 triangular. 



In one male the true basal dorsal segment is quite exposed 

 and nearly covered with minute brassy squamee, in all the 

 others this segment is entirely concealed. 



(J. Differentiated from V. calcaratus, 3210, by the smaller 

 size, manifestly more slender legs, far less distinct armature 

 of the intermediate tibia3, narrower thorax, and spined 

 trochanters. 



Length 2 ; breadth quite ^ mm. 



Erua and Waimarino, elevation 2400-2700 feet, January 

 1911. 



I secured a dozen specimens ; some slight variations occur 

 amongst them, but the male characters seem to be constant. 



3381. Vi'damus armi/erus, sp. n. 



Slender, elongate, depressed^ nitid ; fusco-rufous, head and 

 thorax of a lighter hue, legs and antennse iusco-testaceous, 

 pubescence greyish ; more or less finely punctate, the abdo- 

 men most distinctly. 



Head as large as the thorax, slightly rounded behind the 

 small eyes, gradually narrowed anteriorly ; interocular fovese 

 well marked, but somewhat indistinctly prolonged and con- 

 vergent in front. Thorax rather longer than broad, oviform ; 

 lateral fovese rotundate, basal fossa small, angular, and trans- 

 verse, with a median groove extending from it to the base, 



