FBRONIDAE. 275 



o. Length, 25 uiui. ; bre;i.dth, 8| mm. 



Fern.. — 25 mm. by 9 mm. Head and thorax almost wholly viridescent, 

 elytral disc more fusco-cupreous, alternate interstices nearly plane, the 4th 

 and 6th much less narrowed. This is even less like the female of 65 than 

 the male is. 



Mount Hutt. Found by Mr. T. Hail at an elevation of 4,500 ft., one 

 male on the 15th March, 1913, and the female on the 1st January, 1913. 



3686. Pterostichus pascoi sp. nov. Pterosflchus Bouelli, Man. N.Z. 



Coleopt., p. 44 {Feronia). 



Subdepressed, elongate-oblong, slightly nitid ; black, palpi, antennae, 

 and legs nigro-piceous. 



Head rather narrower than thorax, smooth, with rather deep frontal 

 impressions and an abbreviated interocular groove ; labrum emarginate. 

 Eyes prominent, their orbits not swollen. Thorax in the middle nearly a 

 third shorter than the greatest width, which is just before the middle, the 

 sides considerably sinuously narrowed behind, with quite rectangular pos- 

 terior angles, base and apex evidently medially emarginate ; its surface 

 smooth, the central groove attains both base and apex, parallel with the 

 latter a well-marked curvate impression terminates in a transversal fovea 

 behind each eye, basal fossae deep. Scutellum striate at base. Elytra 

 oblong-oval, with dentiform shoulders, almost thrice the length of thorax, 

 rather broader than it is at the base, somewhat wider near the hind thighs, 

 sinuously narrowed towards the exti'emity ; their striae are rather shallow 

 near the suture, a little deeper at the sides, all very finely punctate ; inter- 

 stices almost plane, the 3rd with 3, 5th with 2, 7th with 6 or 8 rather larger 

 punctures. 



Intermediate tibiae with the apical portion laterally compressed, turned 

 slightly inwards, and prolonged over the basal joint of the tarsi. 



When compared with the same sex of 1776, this is seen to be less glossy, 

 rather broader, and less convex. The mandibles are less curved and acute 

 at the extremity. Thorax without transverse discal striae, but with a 

 distinct frontal impression. Elytra flatter, broader behind the posterior 

 femora, with finer and less perceptibly punctate striae. Legs more robust. 

 The last ventral segment at each side of the middle, at the apex, has only 

 a single setigerous puncture, whereas in 1776, and its varietal form, 2636, 

 P. oneroaensis, there are always two. 



S. Length, 29 mm. ; breadth, 10 mm. 



Ben Lomond, Otago. One, received on the 28th February, 1913, along 

 with several other novelities, chiefly weevils, from Mr. M. 0. Pasco, of 

 Queenstown, in whose honour this fine species has been named. 



3687. Pterostichus bullatus sp. nov. 



Robust, oblong, moderately convex, nitid ; nigrescent, marginal channels 

 of thoiax and elytra somewhat violaceous, legs, antennae and palpi rufo- 

 piceous, elytra with a few erect ferruginous setae. 



Head large, almost as broad as front of thorax, nearly smooth, with 

 moderate frontal impressions, the labrum widely emarginate. Eyes pro- 

 minent. Thorax subcordate, emarginate at base and apex, so that the 

 length in the middle is but little more than half of the greatest width, near 

 the front, the sides are strongly margined and gradually narrowed from 

 before the middle to the rectangular but not at all prominent posterior 

 angles ; disc nearly smooth, having only a few obsolete undulating striae 



