150 co[,KOi'Ti:iiA. 



and tlic ratliL'T iiaiiow finely sculpt inx'd niai<iiiia] cliainii'l, lla-ri' is a 

 distinct <ii()()Vi' witli about I") jtuncturcs. 



rndovsidi.' shining, tlic flaidvs of llio iirosttiiiuni iindy, llic nieso- 

 slcrnnni iiioi-c clu^cly and distinctly punctate; tci'niinal ventral seunient 

 (juadri}iniietate. 



This belongs to tlie T ncJiosti iini^-\\\\c section, having a sctigei'ous 



puncture at each side he I'oie \\\v nii(hlle and anothei' at the hind angle 



of tlie Thiua.x, hut is distinct from any s])ecies located in it on account 



of tlie elytral sculpture and the pvesenco of the secondary thoracic foveae. 



$. Length, 21 nun. ; breadth. 7 nun. 



Hump Kidge, near Inveicargill. A single feniali . found h\ Mr. A. 

 Pliilpott. 



3510. Pterostichus burrowsi sp. nov. 



Klongate. moderately slendei'. slightlv convex, glossy; black, head and 

 thor;ix faintly aeneous, legs piceous ; the palpi, nnmdibles, labrum, tarsi, 

 and antennae piceo-rufous. 



Head neai'ly as large as the thoiax, smooth, with rather shallow 

 elongate frontal impi'essiims and an angular fovea on tlie vertex; there 

 are 2 setigerous punctures near each eye and 6 at the truncate margin 

 of th(> labrum ; mandildes obliquely striate, the left strongly dentiform 

 at the l)ase. l^^yes moderately lai-ge and prominent. Thorax very 

 slightly bioader than long, base and apex medially emarginate, a little 

 widei- and lounded before the middle than elsewhere, gi-adually narrowed 

 behind, with a slight sinuation near the rectangular posterior angles, the 

 anterior angles a little depressed and rounded, lateral margins distinct; 

 disc almost smooth,, the central groove well marked but not attaining 

 either base or apex, basal fossae rather narrow, scarcely more than a 

 fourth of the whole length. Scutellum striate at the base. Elytra 

 elongate-oval, nearly thrice the length of the thorax, rather broader than 

 it is near the middle, slightly so at the base, the shoulders not dentiform, 

 they are moderately sinuate behind, Avith broadly rounded apices; their 

 .striae ai-e moderately impi-essed, with slender irregulai' lumctures near 

 the suture, and become more or less interruj)tt>d posteriorly, the outer 

 three are similarly interrupted nearly throughout ; .3i-d and 5th inter- 

 stices very slightly wider than the others, nearly ])lane, the former have 

 eacli a single puncture a', or just ])eliind. tlie jtosterior femoi-a ; the 

 scutellar striolae are short. 



FenK)ra moderately stout; posterior trochanters elongate. Antennae 

 l)ubescent from tlie middle of the Ith joint onwards, not extending back- 

 wards as far as the base of the thorax. 



This belongs to the section consisting of species with 4 setae at each 

 side of the thorax. It is somewhat similar to the northern P. praecox, 

 1470. which, however, is ratlier lai-ger. with obviously longer antennae, 

 less oval elytra, broader apices, and emarginate labianri. In Guerin's 

 P. siihaenea, 7!). the ihoracic fossae are broad, and in /'. oedicneiiin 

 Bates these fossae are du])licate; betli, nKucover. differ in other ]iar- 

 ticulais. 



$. Length, llnim.; l)readth, 4Aiuni. 



Mount Hutt, near M<'thven. A single female, found under a stone, at 

 a lieight of about .".,000 ft.. In- Mr. William liurrcnvs. in whose honour 

 it has been named. He accompanied Mi-. Hall, and found several other 

 species, when the mountain was covered with snow a foot deep. In some 

 spots they were up to the waist in snow. Thev started at 6 a.m., ascended 



