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The next name on the list is Sympiestus oculator. One of 

 this species was found on the Hunua Eange, near Drury, by 

 Mr. Koebele, the American entomologist. This is an endemic 

 genus, and at present comprises three species, two of which 

 were found in Canterbury and Westland. They are mode- 

 rately small, oblong insects, with rather prominent eyes, and 

 long, acuminate, terminal joints to their palpi. They seem to 

 be rare. 



TachysQ) oreobius is one of those small Carabidce that are 

 so difficult to manipulate and locate in a satisfactory manner. 

 Allied forms are numerous in most parts of the world. This 

 species was brought from Mount Pirongia amongst leaf-mould 

 by Mr. A. T. Urquhart, and I picked it out. It is less than 

 the twelfth part of an inch in length, so you can imagine the 

 difficulty of making a thorough examination of the organs at- 

 tached to the mouth, and of ascertaining exactly the structure 

 of the tarsi. When several specimens are available dissection 

 can be resorted to, but when it is an important matter to 

 mount and preserve the only specimen extant, or in cases 

 where only one of each sex has been found, it is not advisable 

 to break up either of them. 



Tachys cavelli is a somewhat similar though larger species. 

 One individual was found at Capleston, in Westland, by Mr. 

 A. T. Cavell, in whose honour I have named it. The country 

 near Capleston, formerly known as Boatman's, is one of the 

 best collecting-grounds known to me, so far as I can judge by 

 the material placed at my disposal. 



The last species I have to refer to in this paper is Odpterus 

 puncticeps. I owe my specimen to the kindness of Mr. H. 

 Suter, who found it at Port Hills. The genus is a "purely 

 antarctic form," according to the late H. W. Bates, who was 

 perhaps the greatest authority in Europe on the Geodephaga. 

 The species are closely allied, and not at all easy to define 

 accurately by description. They occur in the Auckland, So- 

 ledad, and Falkland Islands, which, as you are aware, are 

 separated by wide oceanic expanses. This distribution is 

 remarkable, as all the species are terrestrial in their habits, 

 and, moreover, are without wings. I have at different times 

 described several species, but the present one may be iden- 

 tified by the well-marked interocular punctures. 



It is a comparatively easy matter to collect the members of 

 this group. On turning over a log, especially one that has 

 been lying on the ground for some time, some shining greenish- 

 black, or pure-black, oblong insects will be seen. These are 

 CarabidcE. They are mostly nocturnal in habit, and conceal 

 themselves during daylight under decaying logs, under stones, 

 and beneath loose bark. Those found under bark, as may be 

 readily supposed, are usually small and rather flat ; they are 



