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than the first ; tliircl slightly longer than broad ; 4 to 8 differ 

 but little^ except that the fifth is a little larger than the con- 

 tiguous ones ; ninth transverse, about half the size of the 

 tenth ; eleventh large, acuminate. 



S. Metasternum with a broad depression behind the 

 middle. Posterior coxce prominent, but not spined. Basal 

 ventral segment covered by the femora and with a prominence 

 between the coxse ; second and third with a transverse median 

 elevation ; fourth with a slight depression across the middle ; 

 fifth but little shorter than the preceding one ; sixth large, 

 not distinctly impressed. 



From all the species in Sect. VI. this may be separated by 

 the less evident punctuation and the single fovea on the 

 vertex. 



Length |, breadth \ line. 



Ligar's 13ush, Papakura. One of each sex. 



Euplectus semiopacus, sp. n. 



Bn'ck-red, rather pale ; elytra and legs reddish yellow ; 

 head and thorax closely punctured and opaque ; elytra and 

 abdomen slightly nitid ; form elongate, but not parallel ; 

 pubescence very short and slender, rather dense, but not 

 conspicuous. 



Head J including the eyes, nearly as broad as the thorax, 

 rounded behind ; rather plane above, with two minute 

 indistinct interocular foveas ; there is no distinct frontal 

 depression. Eyes large and convex. T%oraa; oviform, rather 

 longer than broad ; with a rather shallow antebasal trans- 

 verse impression, ending in an elongate fovea at each side ; 

 the dorsal longitudinal channel is only moderately impressed. 

 Elytra oblong, slightly rounded laterally, indistinctly sculp- 

 tured ; sutural strijB distinct, the intrahumeral impressions 

 not perceptibly prolonged backwards. Hind body as long as 

 the wing-cases, rather narrower, the basal three segments 

 about equal ; the first broadly depressed at the base ; fourth 

 somewhat swollen or convex along the middle. Legs 

 moderate. 



Antemioi rather short ; second joint only slightly longer 

 than broad ; third of similar proportions, but not rounded ; 

 4 to 8 small, about equal, bead-like; nmth and tenth trans- 

 verse, the latter the broader ; eleventh conical, pointed. 



Metasternum broadly canaliculate behind. 



E. ovicoUis (No. 2(52) is very similar ; but the thorax is a 

 little shining, quite glossy, and almost impunctate in front ; 



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