464 COLEOPTERA. 



Like A. picticorni-s, but with the tliorax widely eniarginate in front so 

 that its angles seem slightly j)ronunent, the sides without any sinuosity ; 

 elytra more definitely sulcate, their apices distinctly rounded separately. 



The hind-body of A. subsulcata is less narrowed posteriorly so that the 

 general coiitt)ur is less oval, and the elytral punctation is rather more 

 distinct and regular. 



Its ])roper position is between these species. 



Length, 4i mm. ; breadth. 2J mm. 



Ben Lomond. Another of Mr. Hall's novelties. Unique. 



3960. Allocharis fuscipes sp. nov. 



Convex, oval, shining, aeneo-niger ; sides <jf elytra, the legs, and 

 antennae light rufo-fuscous, joints 3-11 of these last, and the palpi, darker 

 at the extremity. 



Thorax a third broader than long, subtruncate in front, its sides nearly 

 straight, a little curvedly narrowed in front ; finely yet distinctly and 

 somewhat irregularly punctured, less distinctly near the sides. Scutellum 

 smooth, subcordate. Elytra almost thri<'e the length of thorax, a little 

 wider at the base, gradually narrowed behind the middle, with singly rounded ' 

 apices ; they are rather finely, on some parts indistinctly, seriate-punctate, 

 obsoletely near the extremity ; interstitial punctation indistinct. 



Much smaller, more oval, and ratlier more convex than A. 2i'>'aestans, 

 nniformly darker, the legs and antennae especially, the surface evidently 

 bronzed, with finer sculpture. 



Length, 41 mm. ; breadth, 2-|- mm. 



Moa Basin. Canterbury. Another species represented by a solitary 

 individual, captured by Mr. Hall on the 20th October, 1913. 



3961. Allocharis robusta sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, only moderately convex, nitid ; aeneo-fnscous ; the front 

 margins of tliorax, its sides broadly, the base and sides of elytra, the 

 antennae, palpi, and legs, more or less fusco-testaceous ; the elytral suture 

 rufescent. 



Head almost as broad as thorax, uneven, broadly impressed along 

 the middle, irregularly and finely punctured. Thorax short, nearly 

 twice as broad as long ; its sides slightly curvedly narrowed in front, 

 straight behind, posterior angles subrectangular ; the apex widely but 

 feebly sinuate towards each of the obtuse angles, the margin fine yet 

 definite in the middle, where there is a slight sinuosity in one example, 

 in the other feebly rounded there ; distinctly but finely punctate on the 

 disc, the sides finely rugose. Scutellum smooth. Elytra nearly thrice the 

 length of thorax, very little broader than it is at tlie base ; they are rela- 

 tively rather finelv but not (]uite regularly seriately punctured, interstices 

 minutely and indistinctly ]nin('tate ; there is a distinct im})ression inside 

 each slioulder. 



Antennae longer tliati the head and tliorax. joints 5 10 elongate and 

 filiform. 



Prostcrnuni bisulcate between the coxae, truncate behind. Metasternum 

 finely tiansversely rugose, gi'ooved along the middle. Fifth segment of 

 abdomen doulile the length of fourth, distinctly rugose-punctate at the 

 sides. 6th short, densely pubescent. 



