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Group EUPLECTINI. 
3830. Vidamus gracilipes sp. nov. Vidamus Raffray, Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), 
Pselaphidae, p. 89. 
Nitid, rufous, legs and antennae light chestnut-red ; pubescence yellow, 
distinct and suberect. 
Head as large as thorax, the pair of large foveae deeply prolonged and 
confluent in front. Thorax subcordate, of about equal length and breadth, 
widest before the middle; with a distinct, transverse, angulate depression 
near the base, prolonged as a groove to basal margin, which is bipunctate, 
lateral foveae extending forwards to the middle. Elytra a third longer 
and broader than the thorax, somewhat curvedly narrowed near the base ; 
sutural striae deep and broad, punctiform at the base, and with a small 
punctiform impression there near each, dorsal impressions large and deep, 
bipunctate at the base, not extending backwards to the middle. Hind- 
body as long as elytra, narrowed and deflexed posteriorly, basal 3 seg- 
ments subequal. 
Legs moderately slender, intermediate tibiae with a small spiniform 
process at the inner extremity. 
Antennae with slender outstanding pubescence; 2nd joint oblong, 
rather shorter than the basal; joimts 3-7 rather more slender, oblong ; 
8th evidently smaller, 9th a little longer yet smaller than 10th, terminal 
large and subconical. 
Underside finely pubescent. Metasternum broadly impressed in the 
middle. Basal segment distinctly ciliate behind, carinate between the 
coxae, segments 2-4 successively diminish, 5th still shorter, 6th large, 
slightly transversely impressed at the base, semicircularly emarginate 
behind, 7th broadly triangular, its operculum oblong. 
Fem.—Metasternum unimpressed, 6th ventral segment simple, broadly 
triangular, intermediate tibiae unarmed. 
Closely allied to V. calearatus (3210), a North Island species, but the 
elytra and hind-body are narrower and more parallel, the forehead is less 
elevated between the antennal tubercles, the eyes are less convex, the 
pubescence is more conspicuous, and the legs are more slender, the middle 
femora especially. 
3S. Length, 24mm.; breadth, 3mm. 
Mount Alfred, Heaven’s Gate, and Mount Earnslaw, all north of Lake 
Wakatipu. Several found by Mr. T. Hall during February, 1914. 
Group PSELAPHINI. 
3831. Pselaphus urquharti sp. nov. Pselaphus Herbst., Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), 
Pselaphidae, p. 304. 
Elongate, interruptedly narrowed anteriorly, nitid; light castaneo- 
rufous, palpi and tarsi fulvescent; sparingly clothed with subdepressed, 
slender, pale-yellowish setae. 
Head elongate-oval, widest in line with the small, not at all prominent 
eyes, curvedly narrowed behind, moderately convex and finely punctate 
there ; the smooth central channel cuneiform, becoming narrower yet quite 
distinct in front, there are no perceptible foveae. Thorax oviform, nearly 
twice as long as broad, widest behind the middle, very gradually narrowed 
anteriorly, the small fovea at the centre of the base without any distinct 
impression between it and the larger one at each side. Elytra of about 
14—Bull. No. 1. 
