78 Capt. T. Broun on neio 



being nearly as long in front of the antennse as it is behind 

 them ; its surface is closely and minutely asperate or punc- 

 tate ; the interocular fovere are not large nor are they per- 

 ceptibly prolonged forwards ; the front is rather flat near the 

 small distant tubercles. E//es moderate. Antennce rather 

 short and slender ; second joint smaller than the first ; third 

 slightly longer than broad, narrowed towards the base ; joints 

 4 to 8 nearly alike; ninth nearly twice the size of the small 

 bead-like eighth joint ; tenth also transverse and rather 

 larger than the preceding one; eleventh large, acuminate. 

 Thorax about as long as it is broad, oviform, base and apex 

 of about equal width, broadest behind the middle; disk not 

 quite smooth, the sides more distinctly punctate or asperate, 

 but not at all coarsely ; the well-marked central channel does 

 not attain the apex; near the base, in the middle, there is a 

 large angular depression ; the large fovea near each hind 

 angle is somewhat prolonged forwards, and there is a more or 

 less distinct transverse groove in front of the base. Elytra 

 subquadrate, longer and broader than the thorax, indis- 

 tinctly sculptured ; the sutural strife and intrahumeral 

 impressions are moderate ; the slightly raised space between 

 these seems to have a short basal stria, which is quite distinct 

 from the others. Hind body rather shorter than the elytra ; 

 the basal segment is slightly shorter than the second or third, 

 and has a shallow median transverse impression ; the apical 

 segments are deflexed. Legs xno^exiiit ', front femora mc\•?^9>~ 

 sate, nearly straight along the front or lower face, the oppo- 

 site one much swollen or arched ; tibice slightly arched exter- 

 nally, not thick ; tarsi slender. 



E. tumijjes has a broader head, larger and more prominent 

 eyes, a broader and more anteriorly narrowed thorax, with a 

 narrower discoidal groove. 



Length |, breadth \ line. 



Maketu, liunua Range. One, probably a female. 



Euplectus modestuSj sp. n. 



Body moderately elongate, shining, obsoletely punctate ; 

 dark red, tarsi and antennas reddish yellow. 



JJead slightly narrowed behind tiie eyes ; it is depressed 

 across the middle, and the interocular foveas seem to form 

 part of the depression ; the back part appears raised ; it is 

 angularly produced in the middle; the antennal tubercles are 

 not conspicuous, and the intervening space is nearly on the 

 same level. Eyes moderate, only slightly convex. Thorax 

 about as long as broad, widest near the middle, quite as much 



