1324: COLEOPTEEA 



other black species are distinguishable by tolerably well-marked 

 characters. 



The scutellum striate at base. Humeral angles dentiform and 

 projecting. One setigerous seta near each side of the last abdominal 

 segment. There is only one seta on the tip of the 'prosternum. 



3' . Length, 11 ; breadth, 3f lines. 



Hampden, Otago. Mr. Sandager. 



Pterostichus. 



2328. P. disparalis, ^i-s. Elongate-oblong, subparallel, slightly 

 convex ; shining, black, legs and basal joints of antenna) nigro- 

 piceous, palpi and tarsi pitchy-red. 



Thorax subquadrate, one-sixth broader than long, the sides only 

 a little narrowed behind the middle, posterior angles rectangular, 

 apex subtruncate, middle of base emarginate ; the dorsal groove 

 well marked and nearly reaching the front ; basal fossae deep, not 

 elongate and narrow as in No. 1149 and its allies, and with a second 

 smaller one near each angle separated from the larger one by a 

 slightly-raised space, the disc with faint transversal impressions. 

 Elytra nearly quite oblong, just a little narrowed towards the 

 moderately dentiform shoulders ; very regularly and rather deeply 

 striate; the striae finely, quite distinctly, but not closely punctured ; 

 interstices slightly convex. Legs remarkably short and stout, hind 

 femora inflated, angulated and dentiform below, the hind tibiae 

 evidently curved. The mandibles and sides of the head are finely 

 wrinkled. 



This species comes near No. 1148, which, however, is a larger 

 insect. 



Thorax with two sette on each side. Scutellum deeply striate. 

 Last segment with one hispid puncture near each side. 



(J . Length, 5^ ; breadth. If lines. 



Moeraki. One male, sent by Mr. Sandager. 



Obs.- — A similar form occurs at Taieri, with a rather shorter 

 thorax, which is slightly emarginate in front, and with the elytral 

 strias less regular and not so deep. 



Female. 



2329. P, suteri, n.s. Elongate, not parallel-sided, a little 

 convex ; glossy black ; legs, antennas, and palpi piceo-rufous. 



TJiorax one-eighth broader than long, the sides moderately 

 rounded, distinctly sinuated behind the middle, so that the basal 

 angles, though really just rectangular, appear to project a little ; the 

 base is as wide as the front ; the apex is feebly, the base evidently, 

 incurved ; the surface exhibits faint striolae, basal fossae large, not 

 distinctly duplicated but somewhat flattened externally, and sepa- 

 rated by a raised but not carinate space from the rather deep and 

 broad marginal channels, median furrow well marked and scarcely 

 at all abbreviated. Elytra elongate-oblong, sinuously narrowed 

 behind, rather deeply and regularly grooved, the striae moderately 



