OF NEW ZEALAND, 923 



1654. E. U-impresSUS, n.s. Shining, pubescent, without dis- 

 tinct punctation, chestnut-red, legs and antennae fulvous. 



Head smooth, as large as thorax, sub-quadrate, rather plane, its 

 impressions forming a reversed U, the margin of the forehead 

 slightly raised ; eyes not prominent. Antenna as long as head and 

 thorax, the two basal articulations stout ; second shorter than first, 

 and somewhat rounded ; third longer than broad ; joints 4-8 nearly 

 equal ; ninth and tenth transverse, tenth nearly twice the breadth_ 

 of ninth ; eleventh large. Prothorax not longer than broad, widest 

 near the middle, sub-cordate, with a curved ante-basal impression 

 uniting the three foveae, the space behind with three punctures. 

 Elytra quadrate, base incurved, laterally narrowed in front, striae 

 and basal impressions well marked. Hind-body normal. 



More like E. brevitarsis than any other. It is remarkable for 

 the deep, uninterrupted, U-shaped channel on the head; in this 

 respect it is similar to E. crassipes. 



Length, f line ; breadth, -J. 



Discovered at Woodhill (Kaipara Eailway). 



1655. E. cereUS, n.s. Sub-depressed, pale-yellow, clothed with 



yellow hairs, shining. 



Head rather longer than broad, the inter-ocular foveae con- 

 tinuous with a moderate depression occupying most of the surface, 

 inter-antennal space sub-carinate ; eyes small. Antenna about as 

 long as head and thorax, first joint stouter than second ; third nearly 

 as long as but more slender than second ; fourth and sixth equal, 

 nearly quadrate but rounded ; fifth and seventh equal, each longer than 

 broad, larger than those nearest to them. ; eighth smallest ; ninth 

 scarcely double the size of the preceding one ; tenth transverse, 

 larger than ninth ; eleventh large. Prothorax hardly larger than 

 head, much narrowed posteriorly, with three ante-basal foveae joined 

 together in the usual manner, the raised space behind with three large 

 punctures. Elytra sub-quadrate, nearly twice the width of thorax, 

 much narrowed towards the shoulders, base arcuate-emarginate, 

 sutural sulci broad, intra- humeral impressions large, elongate- 

 triangular. Hind-body nearly as broad as the wing-cases. Legs 

 moderately elongate, tibiae slightly curved externally, the inter- 

 mediate with a short, thick calcar 'near its inner extremity ; tarsi 

 stout, their two basal joints furnished with elongate, spiniform hairs 

 at the end. 



It is not without hesitation that I place this species with the 

 other Euplecti, on account of the structure of the maxillary palpi ; 

 these latter accord better with the description of Dalma. 



Length, i line ; breadth, f . 



Two were taken by myself on the Waitakerei Eange. 



OBS. In all the foregoing species the three basal segments 

 usually seen from above are strongly mar gin a ted laterally and on 

 the same plane ; the fourth, equally large, is more or less deflexed, 

 and the two apical ones are not distinctly separated above. In a 

 dissected specimen I found a supplementary basal segment, anterior 

 to that referred to in descriptions as the first dorsal segment. In 



