Species 0/ Pselapliidse/z-om New Zealand. 693 



tlie usual antebasal impression is distinct. Elytra oblong-, 

 rather longer and broader than the thorax, moderately nar- 

 rowed near the base ; sutural striae broad, foveiform at the 

 base, intrahumeral impressions foveiform, short, but not deep. 

 Hind body much shorter than the elytra, finely yet quite 

 perceptibly punctured ; second segment almost as long as the 

 tirst, longitudinally subcarinate in the middle, and somewhat 

 impressed towards the sides ; tlie third as long as the first in 

 the middle, broadly rounded there at the apex. 



Legs proportionally moderately stout, the intermediate 

 tibise armed with a distinct calcar at the inner extremity. 



Ante7in(x almost as long as the head and thorax, second 

 joint oviform and nearly as large as the basal one; joints 3-8 

 moniliform, the fourth, sixth, and eighth equally small, fifth 

 and seventh very slightly broader; ninth and tenth trans- 

 veise, the former dibtiiictly broader than the eighth, but not 

 quite as broad as the tenth ; the terminal large, conical and 

 subacuminate, and as long as the preceding three united. 



The following are distinctive features : — The slender 

 form, infuscate suiface, the armature of the intermediate 

 tibiae, and medially subcarinate second dorsal segment. 

 V. spinipes, SO'IS, is a larger stoutly built insect, with a 

 spine between the middle and iinier apex of the middle tibia, 

 and its thorax is cordate. 



cJ . Length 1^; breadth ^ mm. 



Greymouth. One damaged specimen from Mr. J. H. 

 Lewis. 



ZeALANDIUS, Raffray. 

 (Genera des Pselaphidse, p. 111.) 



3382. Zealandius raffrayi, sp. n. 



Shining, dark rufous ; legs and antennae paler, tarsi and 

 palpi obscurely fulvescent; pubescence pale brassy, decum- 

 bent, rather short and thick, but, on the thorax particularly, 

 mingled with very slender hairs j along the sides and on the 

 hind body there are a iQW outstanding setce. 



Head large, not quite the breadth of the thorax, narrowed 

 in front of tlie small coarsely facetted eyes; gense nearly 

 straight, with obtuse hind angles; occipital fovese rather 

 large yet not distinctly prolonged forwards, the interantennal 

 portion a little depressed and less evidently punctate than the 

 sides or vertex. Thorax of nearly equal length and breadth, 

 rounded and widest before the middle ; its punctuation irre- 

 gular, rather indistinct on the disc, but closer and coarser 



