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the dentiform shoulders, only slightly wider than it is at the base, they 
are oblong-oval, moderately sinuate and narrowed near the extremity ; 
their sculpture is very irregular, consisting of fine striae or series of 
punctures so irregular and interrupted that they enclose unequal, chiefly 
elongate-Oval areas over most of their surface, their sides have coarse 
punctiform impressions. 
Scutellum striate at base. Basal 3 joints of antennae glabrous. 
Terminal joints of maxillary palpi elongate-oval, with obtuse apices. Legs 
stout, posterior femora dilated and angulate underneath. Anterior tarsi 
with their basal 4 joints cordiform and successively diminishing, the 
outer angles of the first 3 evidently prolonged. Scutellar striae present. 
Belongs to the section bearing 2 setae at each side of the thorax, but 
easily separable from all of its members by the distinctive sculpture. 
g. Length, 13 mm.; breadth, quite 4 mm. 
Mount Dick, Lake Wakatipu. A solitary individual obtaimed by Mr. 
T. Hall on the 10th March, 1914. 
3804. Pterostichus maiaei sp. nov. 
Oblong, slightly convex, glossy; head and thorax black tinged with 
red, the latter brilliant brassy near the basal fossae and anterior angles, 
marginal channels viridi-aeneous ; elytral interstices fusco-cupreous, their 
striae and sides viridescent ; tarsi and antennae piceous. 
Head, includmg the prominent eyes, as broad as the thoracic apex, 
more or less irregularly and finely wrinkled, the frontal foveae not extending 
beyond the front of the eyes. Thorax a third broader than long in the 
middle, the base medially, the apex widely arcuate-emarginate, its sides 
distinctly margined, rounded and widest at or just before the middle, 
moderately sinuously narrowed towards the rectangular posterior angles ; 
obsoletely transversely wrinkled in the male, more definitely yet finely in 
the female, the short longitudinal basal striae usually more perceptible 
than the apical, mesial furrow well marked but not attaining the apex, 
basal fossae rather deep and elongate, the space between each and the 
side slightly convex, the impression near each front angle quite definite. 
Scutellum striate at base. Elytra oblong-oval, with dentiform shoulders, 
their widest part very little broader than that of the thorax, almost thrice 
its length, moderately sinuate-angustate behind ; scutellar striae short, the 
dorsal well marked, closely, finely, but distinctly punctate; interstices 
only moderately convex, the 3rd, 5th, and 7th slightly broader than the 
others, the first of these distinctly tripunctate, the last with 5 punctures, 
both sometimes with an additional apical one, marginal sculpture irregular. 
Underside shining black, basal articulations of trochanters rufescent, 
the terminal segment, in both sexes, quadripunctate at the apex. 
Fem.—Slightly broader, elytral interstices less convex. 
The nearest species, P. grassator (1463), from eastern Otago, is very 
differently and less brilhantly coloured, with reddish legs ; its elytral striae 
are more shallow and finer, near the suture especially, and the 3rd and 5th 
interstices of the male are broader but less convex. 
$. Length, 22 mm. ; breadth, 7-74 mm. 
Kuriwai Bush, near Wyndham, Southland. Named in honour of 
Mrs. J. H. Lewis, who also made interesting contributions to the collections 
forwarded from Greymouth many years ago by Mr. J. H. Lewis. This 
fine species was sent to me on the 6th October, 1914. 
