PSELAPHIDAE. 515 



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

 stout, longer than the oblong-oval second, the next rather longer than broad ; 

 joints 4-8 bead-like, fifth and seventh slightly larger than adjacent ones ; 

 ninth larger than eighth but not as broad as the transverse tenth, the 

 terminal large, subconical and acuminate. 



Underside chestnut-red, with greyish pubescence. Head with an angular 

 impression along the middle. Metasternum longitudinally depressed. 

 Ventral segments 2-4 sHghtly diminish, fifth shorter, sixth semicircularly 

 emarginate, longer than fifth, seventh broad, the operculum also ; the 

 third and fourth v/ith a distinct median fovea, and their margins slightly 

 curved and elevated behind. 



cJ. Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, nearly | mm. 



Routeburn. A single male discovered by Mr. T. Hall on a mossy tree 

 on or about the 16th February, 1914. 



This genus, which is very closely allied to our Vidanms, was founded on a 

 single South African species, G. semipunctata, by M. Rafiray in 1898. 



4034. Gabata parallela sp. nov. 



Subdepressed, elongate, elytra and hind-body parallel, only moderately 

 shining, irregularly and finely punctate ; head, thorax, and hind-body 

 fusco-rufous ; elytra light chestnut-red, legs and antennae paler ; pubescence 

 distinct, subdepressed, greyish-yellow. 



Head as large as thorax, narrowed in front of the eyes, with rounded 

 hind angles ; the foveae prolonged as broad grooves which are confluent in 

 front ; antennal tubercles widely distant, the neck distinct. Thorax cordate, 

 of about equal length and breadth, widest near the front, gradually but 

 distinctly narrowed backwards ; ante-basal fossa angulate, not at all trans- 

 versal, with a groove extending to the base and a slight frontal prolongation ; 

 lateral foveae subrotundate, distant from the base, basal punctures large 

 but rather indefinite. Elytra flat, oblong, a little broader and quite a 

 third longer than thorax, distinctly but not coarsely punctured ; sutural 

 striae moderately deep, punctiform at the base, bipunctate there between 

 each and the very short impression near each shoulder. Hind-body rather 

 shorter than elytra, basal three segments subequal and nearly horizontal. 

 Legs moderately stout, the intermediate tibiae with short brassy setae and 

 subangulate near the inner extremity. 



Antennae similar to those of G. bifoveata. 



Underside rufo-castaneous, finely pubescent. Head with a deep angular 

 depression along the middle. Metasternum longitudinally impressed. 

 Ventral segments 2-4 subequal, the second and third with a shallow median 

 fovea, fifth shorter than any of the preceding ones ; sixth large, deeply 

 emarginate, seventh obtusely triangular, operculum oblong-oval. 



The subparallel outline, distinctly cordate thorax, and flat elytra differ- 

 entiate this species. The lateral foveae of the thorax are situated at the 

 middle, whilst the ventral ones are less obvious than those of G. bifoveata 

 and occur on different segments. 



(J. Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, h mm. 



Routeburn ; 16th February, 1914. One obtained by Mr. T. Hall off a 

 moss-covered tree. 



Mr. Hall also found three of Vidamus spinipes (3048), which should be 

 placed in Gabata. 



