150 THE CARABIDjVE OF TASMANIA, 



Labial palpi short; penultimate joint bisetose; apical joint short, subt'usifonn, 

 rather ampliate at basal third, obtuse at* apex, sparsely setulose. Antennae slen- 

 der, compressed, not long; two basal joints glabrous; thii-d joint one-half longer 

 than second, longer than fourth, sparsely setulose. Prothorax lightly trans\erse, 

 rounded on sides, subsinuate just before base; basal angles rectan.gular ; posterior 

 marginal seta wanting; a few tine punctures on each side of base. Elytra convex, 

 fully striate; third interstice 3-punctate beside third stria; eighth interstice ^ub- 

 carinate towards apex; base bordered; margin interrupted by an internal plica 

 towards apex. Met-episterna short, quadrate (including epinun-a hardly longer 

 than broad). Ventral segments without a transverse sulcus; ai^cal segment bise- 

 tose on each side in both sexes (in ? also with two other anteapieal setae). An- 

 terior tarsi in c? with three basal joints lightly dilatate and biseriately squamulose 

 beneath. 



Though the third joint of the antennae is spar.?ely setulose, and the penulti- 

 mate joint of the maxillar>- {'alpi has some minute setules, this genus cannot be 

 placed in the tribe Merizoduii on account of the anterior tarsi in c? having tliree 

 joints dilatate and biseriately squamulose beneath. I believe its jiosition is beside 

 Phersita. 



Pterogmus rufipes, sp. nov. 



Oval, convex; head strongly bi-impressed ; prothorax sub(iuadratc, punctulate 

 and without a submarginal carina near basal angles, posterior marginal seta 

 wanting: elytra strongly striate, bordered on base, third interstice 3-punctate be- 

 side third stria. Black ; margin of elytra, legs, and antennae reddish. 



Head wide (1.2 mm.) across eyes; vertex laevigate: frontal impressions deep, 

 strongly divergent, attaining margin at middle of eyes, connected in front by a 

 strong transverse line; spaces between bolder and frontal sulci convex; anterior 

 supra-orbital seta situated at posterior extremity of frontal sulci. Prothorax 

 laevigate, broader than long (1.4 x 2 mm.), widest just before middle, a little 

 wider across liase (1.5 mm) than apex (1.3 mm.); sides roundeil. shortly sinuate 

 before ba.se: border narrow, continued strongly along base on each side; ba.sal 

 angles a little prominent, summit obtuse, inner angle well marked; median line 

 distinct; lateral basal impressions narrow, well marked. Elytra oval (3.() >< 2.6 

 mm.), convex; humeral angles obtuse but marked (basal border a little r.-iis^'d 

 above lateral border at junction) ; interstices a little convex, more strongly so on 

 apical declivity; eiglitli inteistice wide, strongly raised above ninth iind with a 

 narrow edge near apex , ninth narrow. seriate-|>unctate. Length. 5.. 5 — 6.5, 

 breadth, 2.5 — 2.G mm 



Hah.— Ben Lomond, 4000 feet (Simson Xo. 3124): Waiatali (Carter and 

 Lea) . A good series of specimens was in the Simson Coll. 



Resembles a species of Abacetus, or a rather convex species of Simodiintits 

 in general aiijicai'ance. No marginal seta is present near the b.asal angles in any 

 of the eight s]>ccimens before mc. 



Geiuis P 11 K u s 1 T A. 



Believing thai the validity of Castelnau's genus Teraphis cannot be main- 

 tained under tlie laws ol nomenclature, owing to the previous use of Therapis 

 (1810), and Tcrnplni^ (1804). I adhere to the change of name I proposed in 

 1903. T now prefer to consider Drimostoma mnntanum Cast., as the type of a 

 section in the genus Phemila rather than to fornnilate a new genus for its recep- 



