Pristonychus brevis. 

 Pristonychus brevis, Homhr. and Jacq., Voy. au Pole 

 Slid. t. 2. f. 2 



Hab., Auckland Islands. 



Calathus rubro-marginatus. 

 Calathus rubro-marginatus, Hombr. and Jacq., Voy. au 

 Pole Slid. t. 2./. 3. 



Hab., Auckland Islands. 



Anchomenus elevatus. 



Anchomenus elevatus. Parry, Mss. 



Head in front, with a very obscure impression on one 

 side ; antennae and palpi ferruginous ; thorax, with a deep- 

 ish groove down the middle, not reaching the fore or hind 

 margin ; the side-margin hollowed out, and a longish bent 

 groove on each side behind, fading away in front ; elytra 

 with the grooves very deep ; 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th 

 connected at the end ; between the 8th and 9lh a row 

 of impressed points, closest behind ; tibi» and tarsi .slight- 

 ly ferruginous. 



Length, 6j lines. 



Hab., New Zealand (Port Nicholson) 



Anchomenus (Ctenognathus) Nov^ Zeelandi.e. 



Anchomenus (Ctenognathus) Novse Zeelandiee, L. Fairm. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent., 1843, 12. 



Wingless, black, carapace cordate, grooved ; margin 

 somewhat reflexed ; elytra ovate, striated ; antennae, pal- 

 pi and tarsi of a pitchy red. 



Length, 5f lines. 



Hab., New Zealand, Bay of Islands. 



Anchomenus Colensonis. 



Head with very .slight grooves in front, very smooth be- 

 hind ; antennae of a brownish yellow, the first joint j^alest; 

 thorax in the middle, with three grooves, the outer curved ; 

 head and thorax of a deep brown, the latter ferruginous ; 

 angle of thorax behind quite smooth ; elytra very much 

 depressed, with very distinct longitudinal striae, third and 

 fourth and fifth and sixth united at the end ; between the 

 eighth and ninth is a row of impressed points ; they are 

 of a reddish brown ; the legs are of a pale yellow. 



Length, 5j lines. 



Hab., New Zealand, — Colenso Esq. 



Anchomenus deplanatus. 



Head and thorax shining black ; elytra dull black ; 

 head with some rather large impressed points on the sides 

 in front, and a transverse impressed line behind the eyes ; 

 thorax in the middle, behind and in front with many close 

 striae, placed longitudinally ; a deejjish groove in the middle 

 and two very distinct, longish fossae behind, one on each 

 .side; elytra above depressed; the grooves not very deep; 

 the second, seventh and eighth bent at the end ; a row of 

 dots near the margin ; legs black ; tarsi reddish. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hab., New Zealand, Ca])t. Parry. 



Anchomenus atratus. 

 Anchomenus atratus, Hombr. and Jacq. Voy. au Pole 

 Sud. t. \.f. 15. 



Hab., New Zealand, Hombron and Jacquinot. 



Feronia (Platvsma) planiuscula. pi. 1 / 7. 



Very deep black ; the palpi deep ferruginous ; fourth 

 to eleventh joints of antennae covered with short brown 

 hairs ; front part of head above with an H-shaped impress- 

 ed mark ; thorax with a transverse, impressed line in front ; 

 another down the middle, deepest behind ; two very deep, 

 impressed spots near the posterior angles, from each of 

 which proceeds a ferruginous hair ; elytra with seven lon- 

 gitudinal, straight punctured striae ; the lateral deepest ; 

 the space between each very flat and smooth, except be- 

 hind, where each is narrowed and raised ; the striae there 

 being widened and more coarsely punctured ; the sides of 

 elytra rather deeply sunk and with a row of catenulate 

 points ; hairs on tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. 



Length, 12^ to 13 lines. 



Hab., New Zealand (Wellington) Capt. Parry, Mus. Brit. 

 (? var. Mr. Earl. 



Feronia (Platysma) vigil. 



Very deep black ; hairs on antennae, tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous ; head and thorax very delicately and irregu- 

 larly striated ; head with an H-shaped impressed mark in 

 front; thorax with an impressed, transverse, somewhat 

 bent line in front ; a straight one down the middle, deep- 

 est behind, but not reaching the posterior margin ; two 

 deep impressions near the posterior angle of thorax ; elj'tra 

 short, with seven longitudinal striae, the spaces between 

 slightly raised ; the lateral margin depressed with a ca- 

 tenulate row of points. 



Length, lOj lines. 



Hab., Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Capt. Parry. 



Feronia (Platysma ?) Australasia. 



Feronia (Platysma?) Au.stralasiee, Giierin Rev. Zool. Cm: 

 1841, 121. 



Abax Australasiae, Hombr. and Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud. 

 t. 2./. 1.3. 



Obscure bronze colour above, black beneath ; head 

 smooth, with two feeble impressions in iiont between 

 the antennae ; palpi elongated, with the last joint quite 

 cylindrical and somewhat obliquely truncated at the end ; 

 antennae with four first joints smooth and black, the others 

 hairy and brownish towards the end ; thorax somewhat 

 flattened, wider than the head, smooth, margined ; con- 

 tracted and somewhat sinuated behind ; very .slightly 

 notched on the hind margin, with a longitudinal groove in 

 the middle and a large fossa on each side behind ; scutel- 

 lum triangular, much wider than long, with longitudinal 

 wrinkles at the base ; elytra rather wider than the thorax, 

 at their base slightly widened ; rounded on the sides to- 

 wards the middle ; very feebly sinuated towards the end ; 

 each has nine punctured stria;, the spaces between consi- 

 derably raised ; two or three large impressed points be- 

 tween the second and third, fourth and fifth and sixth and 



