OF NEW ZEALAND. 945 



Euplectus (p. 139)- 



1700. E. eminens, n.s. Convex, slightly shining, densely 

 clothed with unequal, yellow hairs ; red ; head, thorax, and hind- 

 body dark, elytra and legs paler, tarsi yellow. 



Head more or less punctured, with a broad inter-antennal im- 

 pression nearly extending as far back as the eyes ; these latter 

 prominent and coarsely facetted. Antenna short, joints^ 3-10 

 strongly transverse ; the sixth distinctly shorter than the contiguous 

 ones ; ninth larger than tenth, these two a good deal larger than the 

 preceding ; eleventh largest, acuminate. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, oviform, narrower in front than behind, punctate, im- 

 pressed along the base ; with an abbreviated, narrow, sharply- 

 impressed dorsal groove having very fine, raised edges ; before the 

 base there is a depression which is almost divided into two and 

 indistinctly prolonged forwards, this depressed part nearly smooth ; 

 there is also a fovea at each side. Elytra a little longer than broad, 

 not very evidently punctated ; sutural striae very broad near the 

 base, with a slight elevation between them and the intra-humeral 

 impressions ; they are a good deal broader than the thorax, and 

 longer than the hind-body. Hind-body impunctate, the four dorsal 

 basal segments about equal, marginated, the fourth deflcxed and 

 densely ciliated ; the first exposed segment bifoveate, but appear- 

 ing like one basal depression. Legs stout, the two front pairs 

 remarkably so; anterior tibiae expanded near the middle but 

 attenuated apically, the intermediate rather short, twice the breadth 

 of the posterior, the middle of the apex deeply notched. 



The legs are even more robust than those of E. crassipes ; the 

 peculiar conformation of the middle tibiae is enough to distinguish 

 this from any other species. 



. Length, f line ; breadth, nearly f . 



Captured near Ho wick. 



1701. E. auripilus, n.s. Sub-opaque, dark-red, legs and 

 antennae fulvous, tarsi yellow ; moderately convex, densely clothed 

 with yellow hairs. 



Head broadest behind, coarsely and closely punctured, slightly 

 but broadly impressed between the antennae. Eyes small, convex. 

 Antenna of moderate length, second joint about half the length of 

 the first and nearly as stout ; joints 3-8 moniliform, sub-equal ; 

 ninth and tenth transverse, each nearly twice the bulk of the 

 preceding ones; eleventh large, sub-conical, pointed. Thorax 

 broader than the head, its length and breadth about the same, 

 rounded laterally, its punctation like that of the head ; with a 

 .dorsal depression and a fovea near each side, all rather broad and 

 shallow. Elytra larger than thorax, somewhat narrowed towards 

 the base; each with three broad discoidal grooves, the external 

 scarcely reaching the base ; interstices minutely punctured. Hind- 

 body as wide as but rather longer than the elytra ; its four dorsal 

 segments equal, marginated, fourth deflexed, the apical somewhat 

 pointed. Legs moderately slender, tibiae arcuated outwardly. 



