OF NEW ZEALAND. 15 



third ; second short ; the following joints elongated, sub-equal. Pro- 

 thorax nearly square, a little transversal, slightly convex, feebly hollowed 

 at the base. Elytra oblong-oval, moderately convex. The three first 

 joints of the front tarsi rather strongly dilated among the males first 

 trigonal, the next two quadrate, all strongly ciliated laterally. 



The above characters have been epitomised from the descriptions of 

 Dic&lus and Rembus. 



34. R. zeelandlCUS, Redtenbacher; Voy. Novara, Zoology. Niger, 

 parum nitidns; thorace transverse, lateribus sequaliter rotundato, 

 basi utrinque leviter impresso ; elytris striatis, striis vix punctatis, striae 

 brevi scutellari distincta. 



Long., 9^ ; lat, 4 lines. 

 Auckland. 



NOTE. Mr. H. W. Bates (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., March, 1874,) 

 remarks : " A large species (9^ lines), of which I have seen no speci- 

 mens from New Zealand. The description and figure agree pretty well 

 with a Chinese species, and there may be an error in the locality." I 

 have included this species amongst the New Zealand Carabidce, as the 

 country has not been sufficiently explored to justify its exclusion, and 

 moreover, Mr. Bates does not positively assert that the meagre descrip- 

 tion " exactly " corresponds with the Chinese insect alluded to. 



Pliysolsestlius. 



Chaud.; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. \, p. 235. 



Mentum deeply but not widely emarginated, furnished with a single, 

 short, median tooth. Last joint of the labial palpi much enlarged, 

 swollen, dilated exteriorly, and terminating in a sharp angle. Mandibles 

 less obtuse than in Badister, the right rather sharp, and furnished 

 inwardly in front of the middle with an obtuse tooth. Third joint of 

 the antenna very much shorter than the following. 



Ligula projecting, obtuse at the extremity. Last joint of maxillary 

 palpi slightly oval, obtuse at the end. Mandibles robust, strongly 

 arched, truncated, and sometimes slightly bifid at the apex. Labrum 

 very short, deeply hollowed. Head oval, or almost cylindrical, not at 

 all, or very feebly narrowed behind ; epistome truncated, or slightly 

 rounded in front ; eyes rather small, a little prominent. Antenna long 

 and slender first joint thick, and a little longer than the others ; second 

 shorter ; the following equal. Prothorax gradually narrowed near the 

 base, slightly convex, a little emarginated at base and apex, with its 

 angles obtuse. Elytra oblong. Legs slender; the two first joints of 

 the anterior tarsi rather strongly dilated among the males ; the first 

 joint trigonal, the next two transversely quadrate ; all strongly ciliated. 



The latter portion refers to Badister, excluding the characters by 

 which Physolcesthns is differentiated from it. 



35. P. insulariS, Bates; Entom. Mon. Mag., June, 1878, /. 22. 

 Oblongns, sub-depressus, piceo-niger, elytris thoraceque marginibus 



