362 COLEOPTERA. 
3802. Pterostichus egregialis sp. nov. 
Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex, brilliant black, slightly — 
bronzed ; legs and antennae nigro-piceous, mandibles and labrum piceo- | 
rufous, 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 emarginate ; 
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; dise with feeble undulating striae 
across it, and a shallow impression near each anterior angle, medial groove 
well marked but abbreviated ; basal fossae 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 4th 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, between 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. Elytra more than twice the length of thorax, and, including 
