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Of about the same size as Z. rufifes, less oviform, rather narrower, with 

 appreciably stouter legs, and more strongly c-urved posterior tibiae. In 

 that species the posterior angles of the thorax are rectangular, the basal 

 margin being straight towards each side, the discoidal groove attains the 

 Ijase, ^he humeral angles are dentiform, and the anterior tarsi are more 

 dilated. 



In the present species there is a distinct setigerous puncture at each 

 hind angle of the thorax, which seemingly is lacking in the other two species. 

 The papery squamae underneath the front tarsi are very distinct, but the 

 angles of the dilated joints are not prominent. 



(? . Length, 3| lines ; breadth, If lines. 



Broken River, Canterbury. My specimen was found by Mr. .]. H. Lewis. 



Group Bembidiidae. 



3026. Bembidium waikatoense sp. nov. Gen., Man. N.Z. Coleopt.. p. 55. 



Subovate, moderately convex, glossy ; head and thorax aeneo-niger : 

 elytra fuscous, the shoulders fusco-testaceous and smooth ; this pale mark 

 on each is faintly prolonged at the side and curved inv^ards near the middle : 

 there is another irregularly formed transverse mark on each at the side, 

 behind the posterior femora, which extends inwards as far as the 4th inter- 

 stice ; legs and antennae rufo-fuscous, the basal 2 joints of the latter more 

 rufescent and shining, palpi piceous. 



Head large, ovate, and, including the large eyes, as broad as the front 

 of the thorax ; interocular impressions rather narrow, and separated from 

 the eyes by moderate ridges. Thorax slightly broader than long, the sides 

 strongly rounded, much narrowed behind the middle, lateral margins some- 

 what widened medially, posterior angles indistinct ; discoidal groove de- 

 finite but abbreviated, basal foveae well marked and placed close to the 

 sides, the surface with some feeble linear impressions. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 their margins well developed, quite evident even at the rounded shoulders ; 

 the suturai striae become fine and impunctate towards the extremity, the 

 2nd and 3rd are moderately impressed, the othei's much less so ; all are 

 rather coarsely punctured, and terminate behind the posterior femora ; 

 the 3rd interstices are bipunctate. 



Male. — Anterior tarsi with thick suboblong basal joints, the 2nd only 

 moderately dilated. 



The nearest species is B. rolundicolle, but the basal 2 joints of the tarsi 

 are strongly prominent at the inner angles, the posterior angles of the thorax 

 are distinct, and the elytra are less oviform and more finely punctured. 



J . Length, If lines ; breadth, quite f line. 



Mount Pirongia, Waikato. Unique. 



3027. Bembidium tinctellum sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex, shining violaceo-niger, sides of liead and 

 thorax and elytral magins aeneous ; legs and antennae aeneo-piceous, the 

 basal joint of the latter and the mandibles pitchy-red, tarsi rufo-piceous, 

 palpi blackish. 



Head, eyes inclusive, rather broader than apex of thorax, with long 

 ajid rather broad interocular foveae. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 its sides distinctly margined and well rounded, quite as much narrowed 

 behind as in front, but just at the base they are straight with obtusely 

 rectangular angles ; the dorsal sulcus distinct, basal foveae small and close 

 to the angles, it is finelv longitudinally strigose at the base, and there are 



