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the base and apex, mesial groove distinct but n(»t reaching the front, basal 

 impressions shallow and rather broad. Elytra four times the length of 

 the middle of thorax, a third broader, with rounded shoulders, obliquely 

 narrowed towards the singly rounded, not at all pi'olonged apices ; their 

 striae though distinct are slender and veiy finely and indistinctly j)unctured, 

 they become dee])er behind ; interstices })lane, the 3rd usually trijmnctate ; 

 there are no perceptible scutellar striolae, the dorsal striae are indistinct at 

 the base. 



D. cephalotes (2660) most nearly resembles this species, which, however, 

 is smaller, the head especially ; the coloration differs ; the thoracic apex 

 is more deeply emarginate so that its angles are more advanced, the basal 

 foveae are not at all linear, and its hind angles are less rounded, the lateral 

 margins are finer and but little reflexed. The minute dense sculpture is 

 only visible under the microscope. 



Length, 8-8| mm. ; breadth, 3| mm. 



Gordon's Knob, near Belgrove ; 15th November, 1914. Mr. Hall spent 

 three days on the mountain during bad weather, but secured two specimens. 



Group Feronidae. 



3801. Pterostichus aciphyllae sp. nov. Pterostichus Bonelli, Man. N.Z. 

 Coleopt., p. 31. 



Oblong, moderately convex ; plain shining black, legs and antennae 

 nigro-piceous, tips of the palpi rufescent. 



Head and eyes almost as broad as front of thorax, its surface nearly 

 smooth, with elongate frontal impressions, the genae somewhat swollen 

 beneath the eyes ; labrum truncate or slightly emarginate. Thorax some- 

 what emarginate at base and apex, a third broader than long, its sides with 

 reflexed margins, moderately rounded to behind the middle, gradually 

 narrowed and a little sinuate towards the rectangular posterior angles ; 

 smooth, or with faint striae across it, the mesial groove apparently reach- 

 ing both base and apex, there is a shallow impression near each anterior 

 angle, basal fossae well marked. Scutellum striate at base. Elytra oblong- 

 oval, with dentiform shoulders, which are a little wider than base of thorax, 

 they are almost thrice its length, rather strongly sinuate and narrowed 

 near the extremity ; each with a short scutellar and 7 finely yet quite 

 distinctly punctate, rather deep, not at all filiform striae ; interstices 

 moderately convex, the 3rd with 3, the 7th with 5 or 6 setigerous punc- 

 tures, 7th stria less regular ; lateral margins slightly reflexed, the sides 

 more expanded and flattened behind and with several large punctiform 

 impressions. 



Underside iiearly smooth, with some fine short irregular rugae, also on 

 the femora, terminal segment quadripunctate at the apex. 



Intermediate tibiae with the hind margin bent inwardly and acutelv 

 prolonged at the extremity. 



Much less robust than P. pascoi (3686), in which the median groove of 

 the thorax is only lightly impressed, but the transverse subapical one is 

 well marked. 3176 [P. hamiltoni), represented by a single female, is the 

 nearest ally. This belongs to the TrichosternusAxVe section with 2 setae 

 on each side of the thorax. 



^. Length, 26 mm. ; breadth, 9 mm. 



Clipping's Bush, near Kingston. Found amongst spear-grass roots bv 

 Mr. T. Hall on the 28th January, 1914, at an altitude of 2,500 ft. 



