692 J\Iajor T. Broun o?i new 



Zf^s moderately elongate and slender, tibiae nearly straif^lit ; 

 the middle pair gradually but not strongly incrassate towards 

 the extremity and armed on the inside with a calcar-like 

 process whicli is directed backwards but does not attain the 

 apex. 



Antennce moderately elongate and bearing long slender 

 liairs ; first joint stouter, yet not much longer tlian second ; 

 joints 3, 5, and 7 oblong, sixth and eighth smaller than 

 adjacent ones, tenth distinctly larger than ninth, botii sub- 

 quadrate, eleventh as long as the preceding two united, 

 conical and subacuminate. 



Underaide with greyish pubescence. Prosternum not 

 carinate. Mdastermim transversely convex, but impressed or 

 flattened in the middle. Basal ventral sec/ment partly con- 

 cealed by the femora; segments 2-4 gradually decrease in 

 length, fifth still shorter and slightly medially incurved 

 behind ; sixth rather ill-defined, in the middle about tlie 

 length of the third, sinuate at each side; seventh conical. 

 The intermediate trochanters are spined. 



Female. — Sixth segment large, punctate, and broadly 

 triangular. 



In one male the true basal dorsal segment is quite exposed 

 and nearly covered with minute brassy squamae, in all the 

 others this segment is entirely concealed. 



($ . Differentiated from V. calcaratua, 3210, by the smaller 

 size, manifestly more slender legs, far less distinct armature 

 of the intermediate tibia^, narrower tliorax, and spined 

 trochanters. 



Xjength 2 ; breadth quite ^ mm. 



Erua and Waimarino, elevation 2400-2700 feet, January 

 1911. 



I secured a dozen specimens; some slight variations occur 

 amongst them, but the male characters seem to be constant^ 



3381. Vidamus armi/erus, sp. n. 



Slender, elongate, depressed, nitid ; fuseo-rufous, head and 

 thorax of a lighter hue, legs and antennse iusco-testaceous, 

 pubescence greyish ; more or less finely [)unctate, the abdo- 

 men most distinctl}'. 



Jlead as large as the thorax, slightly rounded behind the 

 small eyes, gradually narrowed anteriorly ; interocular foveai 

 well niarkcd, but somewhat indistinctly prolonged and con- 

 vergent in front, lliorax rather longer than broad, ovitorm ; 

 lateral foveas rotundate, basal fossa small, angular, and trans- 

 verse, with a median groove extending from it to the base, 



