COG Capt. T. Broun on 7iew 



Tlie female is differentiated by its slightly narrower form 

 and flatter interstices. 



c? . Length 9i, breadth 3^ lines. 



Maniototo Plains. 



One of each sex sent by Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



PterosticJnis prasignis, sp. n. 



OhIo7}g, shining, black, feebly rufescent; palpi pitchy red; 

 tarsi rnfo-piceous. 



Head broadly oviform, frontal impressions rather short. 

 Eyes prominent. Antennce reach the base of thorax, joints 

 4-11 reddish and pubescent. Thorax 2| lines broad by 2 

 long, apex widely, the base medially emarginate ; its greatest 

 width is rather before the middle, where the sides are mode- 

 rately rounded, they are gradually narrowed behind and 

 have a slight sinuation near each rectangular posterior angle ; 

 the lateral margins and channels are well developed through- 

 out, the discoidal groove extends from base to apex or almost 

 so, and the basal fossae are well marked. Scutellum estriate. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, of about the same breadth near the apical 

 sinuosities as they are at the slightly dentiform shoulders ; 

 they have deep regular strioe, but their punctuation is in- 

 distinct or obsolete ; the interstices are slightly convex and 

 simple. Legs normal; femora moderately dilated medially. 



This must be placed in the section having two setse on 

 each side of the thorax. The male has one seta at each side 

 of the middle at the apex of the last ventral segment; the 

 female has two. 



P. procerulus is the only member of the section at all like 

 this species, but the form of its thorax is materially different ; 

 the sides, though narrowed, are straight behind, the basal 

 fossfe are more shallow, they are situated nearer the middle, 

 and there is a smaller impression near each angle ; the ely tral 

 striae are thinner and their fine punctures are more apparent. 

 Length 9, breadth 2| lines. 

 AVestport. 

 One pair, found by Mr. J. J. Walker. 



Pterostichus setiventris, sp. n. 



Elongate, subplanate, moderately glossy, black ; legs and 

 antennsie rufo-piceous, mandibles and palpi pitchy red. 



Head rather narrow, with elongated frontal impressions, 

 the genai much swollen behind and below the eyes. Thorax 

 feebly arcuate in front, '21 lines long by 2i broad, its base 

 emarginate at the middle, the sides are very little rounded, so 



