OF NEW ZEALAND. 1425 



tiguous ; eyes large and prominent. Thorax about as long as it is 

 broad, widest near the middle, oviform ; there are three small foveae 

 near the base united by a linear impression, and a foveiform depres- 

 sion at each side behind the middle. Elytra much longer than 

 broad, slightly narrowed before the middle, indistinctly punctate ; 

 the sutural striae and intrahumeral impressions well developed, 

 these later interrupted. Hind-body quite the width of the wing- 

 cases, the four basal segments nearly horizontal, the fourth less 

 obviously marginated than the others; third longer than second; 

 first shorter, with minute sculpture or scales, along the extremity 

 the hairs are rather long; fifth obliquely contracted, not prolonged. 



Antenna longer than the head and thorax, rather slender ; first 

 joint large, thicker near the base than at the apex ; joints 2-6 

 become a little shorter and slightly broader, each longer than broad, 

 the third small ; seventh and eighth rather longer than broad, nar- 

 rowed towards the base ; ninth and tenth similar to the preceding 

 two in shape but shorter and broader, not transverse ; eleventh 

 larger than tenth, with a false apical joint. 



Tarsi, anterior, with a broad, lobate second joint. 



Underside : Penultimate ventral segment medially emarginate. 



Like the typical species (No. 1885). The coloration and antennal 

 structure different, elytra longer, the hind tarsi rather longer and 

 more slender. 



Length, J ; breadth, nearly J line. 



Maketu, Hunua Eange. One individual only. 



Euplectus (Gen., p. 139). 



2475. E. laevifrons, n.s. Rufescent, shining, elytra not so 

 dark, legs and antennae red, tarsi and palpi fulvous ; moderately 

 thickly covered with yellowish pubescence, the hairs on the thorax 

 very slender but not very short, those on the elytra and abdomen 

 conspicuous and mingled with longer erect ones. 



Head subovate, narrowed behind, not distinctly punctate ; an- 

 tennal tubercles large, much elevated, somewhat laterally com- 

 pressed, widely separated ; the two large foveae on the vertex extend 

 beyond the back part of the eyes, they are prolonged forwards and 

 converge, the frontal depression is broad and polished ; the vertex is 

 convex, with a small angular impression behind. Eyes coarsely 

 facetted and prominent. Thorax rather broader than it is long, 

 cordiform ; at each side, behind the widest part, there is a large 

 fovea, there is another on the middle near the base, all three are 

 united by a curved impression, the median furrow is rather fine and 

 does not reach the front. Elytra oblong, somewhat narrowed near 

 the shoulders ; their sutural striae well marked and foveiform at the 

 base, there is another elongate broad impression on each elytron, 

 which is marked off from the shoulder by a distinct plica. Abdomen 

 slightly narrower, sometimes longer, than the elytra ; the first seg- 

 ment with a large transverse depression at the middle of the base. 

 Legs stout. 



Antenna pubescent, the first joint evidently larger than the 



