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asperate intermediate tibiae, and remarkable truncature of the elytral 

 apices, render its identification comparatively easy. It should be placed 

 near 1471. 



?. Length, 21 mm. ; breadth, 7| mm. 



Mount Owen, Nelson; 26th December, 1916. The unique specimen has 

 been left unnamed in the hope of obtaining the male, but as its discoverer, 

 Mr. T. Hall, one of our gallant volunteer soldiers, was killed in action in 

 France on the 20th August, 1917, we are not likely to see the male during 

 my lifetime. 



Group POGONIDAE. 



Tarastethus Sharp. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1003. 



4264. Tarastethus eplicatus sp. nov. 



Convex, nitid ; black, apical portion of elytra, the labrum, and man- 

 dibles more or less rufescent. antennae and palpi testaceous. 



Head smooth, eyes moderately large and prominent ; labrum trans- 

 versely quadrate, finely sex-punctate and setigerous in front. Thorax 

 nearly a third broader than long, its sides distinctly margined and 

 rounded, widest at the middle, more gradually curved towards the 

 somewhat projecting posterior angles ; discal groove well marked but 

 not attaining the apex, basal fossae large and broad and, like the 

 space between them, distinctly and moderately closely punctate. Elytra 

 a fourth broader than thorax, fully double its length, strongly margined 

 at the base and sides, these latter moderately rounded ; the two inner 

 striae on each are rather deeper than the others, the external ones are 

 obsolete, their punctation is rather fine and becomes indistinct behind ; 

 interstices nearly plane, the sutural much narrower than adjoining ones, 

 the third unipunctate before the middle, the common subapical plicae 

 are obsolete. 



Underside shining, posterior trochanters testaceous, abdomen with a 

 few longitudinal linear impressions but without punctation. 



T. ampli])e)ntis (3170) is very similar in many respects. T. eplicatus, 

 however, is considerably smaller but relativelv broader, its eyes are 

 more prominent, the elytral striae are not as deep or broad, and the 

 interstices are less convex. The ocular and thoracic setae are alike in 

 both species, neither has setae at the hind angles. 



?. Length, 5mm.; breadth, 2J mm. 



Pakarau, 19th May, 1918. One female discovered there by Mr. A. E. 

 Brookes, of Mount Albert, who also submitted for inspection a second 

 female taken at Kaingaroa. 



4265. Tarastethus fuscipes sp. nov. 



Shining, piceo-niger ; palpi, antennae, and tarsi fulvescent, legs chestnut 

 red but with the tibiae infuscate along the middle. 



Head shorter than thorax, quite half its width, impunctate, with deep 

 elongate interocular grooves. Thorax slightly broader than long, base 

 and apex truncate, with distinct lateral margins, widest at the middle, 

 moderately sinuate behind, posterior angles rectangular, the anterior 

 somewhat depressed ; discal groove expanded behind but not attaining the 

 base or apex, basa! punctures numerous, irregular, and extending from 

 one angle to the other, sO that the moderately deep foveae are somewhat 

 indefinite. Scutellum obsolete. Elytra oviform, convex, with distinct 



