:}62 COLEOPTEEA. 



3802. Pterostichus egregialis sp. nov. 



Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex, brilliant black, slightly 

 bronzed ; legs and antennae nigro-piceous, mandibles and labrum piceo- 

 rufoiis, palpi with rufescent tips. 



Head smooth, with elongate but not deep frontal impressions, and, in- 

 cluding the eyes, equalling the thoracic apex in width, labrum emarginate, 

 genae a little dilated below the eyes. Thorax subovate, the length five- 

 sixths of the breadth in the middle, base and apex slightly einarginate ; 

 its sides very gently rounded, not at all sinuate, and nearly straight though 

 slightly narrowed behind, with minutely prominent posterior angles, the 

 base and apex of about the same width ; disc with feeble vnidulating striae 

 across it, and a shallow impression near each anterior angle, medial groove 

 well marked but abbreviated ; ba-;al fo-isae rather longer than broad, placed 

 a little nearer the sides than the middle, where there are a few very short 

 punctiform striae. Elytra with their dentiform shoulders slightly exceed- 

 ing the thoracic angles in width, fully double the length of thorax, their 

 sides hardly at all curved at the middle, slightly sinuate posteriorly, yet 

 rather broad at the extremity ; each has 6 dorsal series of rather fine punc- 

 tures, those near the suture almost form slender striae, the others are rather 

 more distant and less regular, apical sculpture irregular and coarser ; their 

 sides subvertical, with some coarse punctiform impressions, there are no 

 scutellar striae. 



Scutellum deeply striate at base. Thorax with 5 setae at each side. 

 Legs stout, posterior femora angulate below. Antennae pubescent from 

 their 4:th joint onwards. Anterior tarsi with their 4 basal articulations 

 cordiform. 



A careful examination of the shape of the thorax and peculiar elytral 

 sculpture will enable any entomologist to identify this species. 



^. Length, 13 mm. ; breadth, nearly 4 mm. 



Staircase, south end of the Remarkables. Unique. Discovered by Mr. 

 T. Hall on the 15th March, 1913, at a height of 3,500 ft. These mountains, 

 situated along the eastern side of Lake Wakatipu, batween Kingston and 

 Queenstown, have already yielded several remarkable beetles, and more 

 remain to be found. 



3803. Pterostichus sculpturalis sp. nov. 



Elongate, slightly convex, shining black, slightly bronzed ; legs and 

 antennae piceous, basal 3 joints of the latter glabrous and at the base 

 rufescent, mandibles pitchy-red. 



Head, its prominent eyes exclusive, narrower than front of thorax, 

 uneven, irregularly punctate and rugose near and behind the eyes, lateral 

 impressions elongate, extending from the back of the eyes to the base of 

 the mandibles; labrum emarginate. Thorax subquadrate, very slightly 

 broader than long, base and apex emarginate, a little wider before the 

 middle than elsewhere, gradually and slightly narrowed towards the pos- 

 terior angles ; disc rather uneven, with some fine irregular transverse striae, 

 a pair of foveiform impressions near each side of the middle, and another 

 near each anterior angle ; basal fossae large, indistinctly duplicate, the inner 

 portion longer than the outer, they are uneven, with rugose or punctiform 

 sculpture, the space between them at the basal margin has some irregular 

 longitudinal striae ; the deep dorsal groove extends from the base nearly 

 to the apex. El)rtra more than twice the length of thorax, and, including 



