Colcoptcra frojfi 2^cii; /Zealand. 79 



narrowed in front as it is Lcliind ; tlie contra! fjroove does not 

 reach the apex, and it is a little expanded in tlu; middle ; 

 near the base a transverse impression connects the ceiilio- 

 l)as;il anijular fuvea and the lar<re one at each side. Eli/tra 

 oblunp:, yli^htly narrowed towards the shoulders ; the sutural 

 and intrahunieral impressions are well-marked ; close to the 

 base there are two punctitorm marks. Hind hodij not longer 

 than the elytra, the basal three segments marginated and 

 nearly equal, the first depressed across the base, fourth de- 

 flexed and as long as the third, fifth simple. Lerjs moderately 

 elongate, not thick, the anterior femora most robust. 



Antennoi slender, the basal two joints nearly equal as to 

 length ; third nearly as long as the second, but much more 

 slender; 4 to 7 differ but little; eighth rather smaller; ninth 

 and tenth larger than the preceding ones, scarcely trans- 

 versal ; eleventh large, acuminate. 



Underside rufescent. Head simple, studded with erect 

 setie, which are thickened at the extremity; the frontal por- 

 tion is short. Front and middle coxw contiguous, the poste- 

 rior nearly so at the base. Segments 2 to 4 subequal ; first 

 densely pubescent, covered by the femora, with a central 

 prominence between the coxte ; fifth hardly as long in the 

 middle as at the sides ; the terminal one with a fine suture, so 

 that there seems to be a supplementary segment. 



This species must be placed with No. 1700 and its allies; 

 from these it may be distinguished by the slender antennue 

 and sculpture. The pubescence is short and slender. 



Length |, breadth nearly § line. 



Invercargill. One, received from Mr. A. Philpott, March 

 1894. 



Euplectus arohaensi's, sp. n. 



Stthdepressed, not narrow, moderately nitid ; red, tlie legs 

 and antennai paler; tarsi and ])alpi yellowish; pubescence 

 yellow, rather dense, short, and decumbent; there are also 

 many erect, elongate, slender setai. 



IJead large, widest behind, aj)parently impunctate ; the 

 large interocular fovea? unite with the frontal depression; the 

 tubercles are small and widely separated, and the frontal 

 channel is bounded by the slightly raised front edge of the 

 forehead. £i/es rather small. Thorax hardly longer than 

 broad, the middle widest, the aj)ex scarcely as wide as the 

 base; it is impunctate ; in front of the base there is an angu- 

 late impression which unites with the fovea at each side; 

 there is no central longitudinal groove. Elytra hardly longer 

 than broad, narrowed towards the shoulders ; the si;tural and 



