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the base and apex, mesial groove distinct but not reaching the front, basal 
impressions shallow and rather broad. LElytra four times the length of 
the middle of thorax, a third broader, with rounded shoulders, obliquely 
“he mi towards the singly rounded, not at all prolonged apices; their 
striae though distinct are slender and very finely and indistinctly punctured, 
they become deeper behind ; interstices plane, the 3rd usually tripunctate ; 
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, 8-84 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 punce- 
tures, 7th stria less regular; lateral margins slightly reflexed, the sides 
more expanded and flattened behind and with several large punctiform 
impressions. 
Underside nearly 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 acutely 
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. hamultont), represented by a single female, is the 
nearest ally. This belongs to the Trichosternus-like section with 2 setae 
on each side of the thorax. 
$. Length, 26mm. ; breadth, 9 mm. 
Clipping’s Bush, near Kingston. Found amongst spear-grass roots by 
Mr. T. Hall on the 28th January, 1914, at an altitude of 2,500 ft. 
