lode 
FARONINI. 375 
angular fovea near the base almost connected by a linear impression with 
the smaller fovea at each side. Elytra very little longer than broad, 
slightly narrowed near the base yet slightly broader than thorax there, 
finely punctate ; with obvious sutural striae which are deeper at the base, 
where there is a minute puncture near each; dorsal striae short, about a 
third of the whole length, formed usually of 3 punctiform impressions. 
Hind-body finely punctate, horizontal, rather longer than elytra, of about 
the same width, Ist visible segment shorter than the next, 3rd largest, 
5th small, deflexed. 
Legs moderately slender, tibiae somewhat arched externally. 
Antennae as long as head and thorax, slightly thickened towards the 
extremity, with very slender erect setae; basal joint not twice as long as 
broad, much thicker near the base than at its apex, 2nd oblong-oval, “3rd 
similar but much more slender, 4th and 5th oblong-oval, joints 6-8 
rather shorter, 9th and 10th transverse, the terminal quadrate but with a 
broad apical appendage. 
Underside finely punctate, with yellow pubescence. Head with a broad 
groove in front of the eyes. Fourth ventral segment longer than 2nd or 3rd, 
5th as long as 2nd, slightly medially depressed behind, 6th with a deep 
angular excision in the middle, 7th broadly oval. 
More slender than our northern H. enigma (1885), the elytra narrower 
and with smaller dorsal impressions, the hind-body longer, and the antennae 
somewhat different. 
3. Length, 14-2 mm.; breadth, } mm. 
Glenhope, near Nelson. Found by Mr. T. Hall on or before the 10th 
December, 1914, amongst dead leaves. 
3825. Exeirarthra longiceps sp. nov. 
Elongate, subdepressed, gradually but somewhat interruptedly narrowed 
anteriorly, nitid ; castaneo-rufous, legs and antennae rufo-testaceous, tarsi 
and palpi flavescent; pubescence greyish-yellow, elongate and_ slender, 
mostly decumbent, and bearing a few longer erect hairs on the hind-body. 
Head evidently longer than broad, almost cuneiform, gradually narrowed 
anteriorly, with obtuse hind angles; antennal tubercles somewhat elevated 
in front, separated by a deep narrow groove which scarcely extends as far 
as the front of the eyes, near which there are some fine punctures, it is 
distinctly bipunctate behind. Thorax oviform, about a third longer than 
broad ; the median fovea near the base is angular and large, it has a trans- 
verse groove connecting it with the small fovea at each side, the puncta- 
tion is fine and indistinct. Elytra slightly longer than broad, gradually 
yet considerably narrowed towards the base which hardly exceeds that of 
the thorax in width, indistinctly punctate near the sides; sutural striae 
deep, finely punctured, the dorsal consisting of a basal puncture and 
elongate impression not prolonged as far as the middle. Hind-body nearly 
twice the length of elytra, gradually and shghtly expanded posteriorly, 
finely punctate, 3rd segment nearly twice the length of the basal, 5th 
narrow and deflexed. 
Antennae rather elongate and slender, a little incrassate towards the 
extremity, with slender outstanding greyish hairs; basal joint stout, not 
double the length of the oviform 2nd, the next much smaller yet rather 
longer than broad, jomts 4-6 oblong-oval, 7-10 laxly articulated and suc- 
cessively dilated, the terminal subquadrate, but with a distinct pubescent 
apical appendage. 
