828 ■ COLEOPTERA 



shoulders dentate ; each elytron with eight finely-punctured striae 

 and the marginal duplicated from behind the posterior femora ; in- 

 terstices plane, simple. Legs normal. 



$ . Thorax rather more sinuated near the hind angles, elytra 

 widest behind. 



No insect of equal size has such fine regularly-impressed striae on 

 the wing-cases; the scutellar strias are obsolete. 



S . Length, gh lines ; breadth, 3. 



Another of Mr. Fulton's captures on Mount Maungatua, Otago. 

 I have but one of each sex, mutilated. 



Group— BEMBIDIID^. 



Bembidium (p- 55)- 



1472. B. nesophilum, ^^■s. Elongate-ovate, somewhat con- 

 vex ; glossy, the whole surface very finely shagreened ; head and 

 thorax brilliantly brassy-aeneous ; a large discoidal space on the 

 wing-cases, furcate in front and lobed towards each hind-leg, 

 obscure-aeneous, the rest of their surface testaceous ; antenna3, save 

 the tliree basal articulations, infuscate, the palpi of a similar hue ; 

 legs pale-yellow, in some examples darker. 



Head moderately broad, obsoletely lineated, the frontal foveas 

 moderately broad and deep. Prothorax cordiform, with distinct 

 rims, anterior angles scarcely rounded ; the sides broadly rounded 

 and considerably narrowed behind, base truncate in the middle, 

 but obliquely curved laterally towards the rectangular angles; 

 it exhibits an indistinct curved frontal impression, a fine 

 dorsal groove, and a few fine striae ; the basal foveae, situated 

 close to the angles, are united by a depression. Elytra elongate- 

 ovate, widest in front, straight or just visibly incurved near the 

 middle, and afterwards gradually narrowed ; punctate-striate, the 

 punctures distinct but disappearing in line with the hind thighs ; the 

 striae are well marked, do not reach the base, and the intermediate 

 become shallow behind, the three sutural and the lateral are deeply 

 impressed at the apices ; interstices but little elevated, the thu'd tri- 

 punctate. The antennce and palpi bear grey hairs. 



^ . The two basal joints of the front tarsi prolonged inwardly. 



Belongs to the same group as B. anchonodcnmi, but may be 

 readily distinguished by the coloration, &c. 



<? . Length, 2 lines ; breadth, f . 



Discovered by Mr. W. D. Campbell, of Ponsonby, Auckland, on 

 one of the small islands of the Lower Waikato. 



1473. B. tantillum, w-s. Shining, blackish-blue, legs and an- 

 tennae piceous, palpi blackish ; body elongate-ovate and slightly 

 convex. 



Head nearly smooth, frontal foveae moderately deep. Prothorax 

 cordiform, bi'oadly rounded laterally, rather abruptly and consider- 

 ably contracted behind, posterior angles i-ectangular ; its surface 

 smooth, median line distinct, basal fove;e moderate. Elytra oblong- 

 oval, their sides regularly but not strongly curved ; punctate-striate, 

 interstices simple and nearly plane, 



