511 COLEOPTERA. 



which are confluent in front ; antennal tubercles widely separated, some- 

 what elevated, they extend inwardly on a slightly lower plane so as to 

 forni a continuous frontal ridge. Neck short. Thorax subcordate, rather 

 longer than broad, widest before the middle, gently narrowed behind ; 

 lateral foveae deep, prolonged quite as far as the middle, the transverse 

 connecting stria nearly straight and forming the front of the triangular 

 ante-basal fossa ; the basal margin tripunctate. Elytra oblong, slightly 

 narrowed towards the base, a third larger than thorax ; sutural striae 

 broad and deep, punctiform at the base, where there is a puncture along- 

 side each, intrahumeral impressions deep and rather short, each with an 

 indistinct inner puncture ; their punctation a little coarser in the female. 

 Hind-body almost as broad as elytra, rather shorter ; basal segment as 

 long as the next, apparently tri-impressed across the base, indistinctly so 

 in the female, the others deflexed and narrowed. Legs moderately stout 

 and elongate. 



Antennae rather shorter than the head and thorax ; basal joint stout, 

 rather longer than the oblong-oval second, the next obconical, small, yet 

 slightly longer than broad ; joints 4-8 submoniliform, fifth and seventh 

 slightly larger than adjoining ones ; ninth larger than its predecessor 

 but not as large as the transversely quadrate tenth, the terminal large, 

 subconical and acuminate. 



Underside of head with a large fovea behind the middle. Ventral 

 segments 2-5 subequal, sixth semicircularly emarginate, seventh obtusely 

 triajigular, the operculum oblong. 



Fern. — Elytra rather more brightly coloured. 



The deep triangular ante-basal fossa will lead to its recognition. 



cJ. Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, quite ^ mm. 



Greymouth. A single male was received from M. Raffray, of Rome. 

 The female, which belongs to the British Museum, was sent to me with a 

 request that I would identifv it. Both specimens were found by the late 

 Mr. R. Helms. 



Gabata Raffray. Gen. Ins. (Wytsm.), Pselaphidae. p. 90. 

 4033. Gabata bifoveata sp. nov. 



Nitid, light fusco-rufous, elytra of a brighter red, antennae and legs 

 obscure rufo-testaceous ; finely but quite distinctly punctate, moderately 

 robust ; pubescence greyish, rather short, slender, suberect. 



Head longer than thorax, fully as broad, slightly narrowed in front of 

 the eyes, genae straight, hind angles obtuse ; the foveae well marked, 

 prolonged and confluent in front, antennal tubercles widely separated, the 

 neck very short and obsolete. Thorax subcordate, its length and breadth 

 about equal, rounded and widest before the middle ; post-median fossa 

 angular, witli a very slender basal prolongation, lateral foveae deep, hardly 

 touching the base, each with a shallow indistinct impression in front of the 

 middle and the usual transverse connecting stria, base bipunctate. Elytra 

 oblong, nearly plane, evidently longer and rather broader than thorax ; 

 sutural striae deep, punctiform at the base, where each elytron is tripunctate, 

 the external puncture is coarser than the others and forms the humeral 

 impression. Hind-body a third shorter than elytra, basal three segments 

 subequal, the first depressed right across its base. Legs moderately stout, 

 middle tibiae shghtly subangulate near the inner extremity. 



