76 Capt. T. Broun on new 



Head very broad behind, its hind angles directed outwards, 

 so that the back part is wider than the thorax ; its surface is 

 very finely and distantly punctured, the small flattened 

 tubercles more distinctly ; frontal channel deep, extending as 

 far as the back of the eyes ; there are two foveai behind. 

 Antennoi rather long and stout ; first joint twice as long as 

 broad ; second thick, longer than broad ; fourth and fifth 

 quite as long as broad, usually distinctly longer than broad ; 

 joints 6 to 8 moniliform ; ninth and tenth transversely 

 quadrate; eleventh conical; third small, quite as long as 

 broad. Thorax cordate, widest near the front, much narrowed 

 behind, with a large impression behind the middle, two small 

 foveas near the base, and a large impression at each side 

 extending from the posterior angle to near the middle. Elytra 

 but little longer than broad, with distinct sutural and intra- 

 humeral grooves. Hind hody longer and broader than the 

 Aving-cases. Legs moderately stout ; tibice slightly arched 

 and expanded apically ; front tarsi with the basal two joints, 

 taken together, shorter than the terminal one ; claws small. 



Underside chestnut-red, pubescent. Basal segment of 

 abdomen with a carina which fits in between the coxai ; sixth 

 conical, compressed or foveolate at each side. Head appa- 

 rently depressed in the centre, with distinct yellow hairs 

 there ; the genaj or hind angles are concave, and a second 

 cavity extends inwards towards the middle. Mentum con- 

 cave in front. 



The head is like that of Dryocora Howittii. The most 

 nearly allied species is S. insignis^ but this is larger, with 

 longer and stouter antennae ; these, in S. insignis, differ in 

 structure, joints 4 to 8 not being longer than broad, and they 

 are more rounded. If the head of No. 1875 be looked at from 

 behind, the usual basal foveee seem to be absent or obsolete ; 

 they are, in fact, represented by little more than a pair of 

 marginal notches. The eyes of S. eminens are larger. The 

 fi'ontal channel in No. 1875 {S. insignis) seems to attain the 

 hind margin of the head when examined sideways. 



cJ. Length 1^, breadth | line. 



Tarukenga, near Kotorua, three examples ; Mount Pirongia, 

 one. 



Euplectus tumipeSf sp. n. 



Subdepi-essed, clothed with fine decumbent yellowish pubes- 

 cence, and with a few erect slender seta3 ; red, the elytra, 

 legs, and antenna? paler, the tarsi and palpi fulvous. 



Head subtrigonal, widest in line with the prominent eyes ; 

 the interocular fovege are not well limited and are confluent or 



