OF NEW ZEALAND. 755 



broad, oviform, moderately convex, finely striate ; interstices nearly 

 plane, the third quadri-punctate, the sixth terminating in a sharp 

 curved carina; a few distant punctiform impressions appear along 

 the sides. The antenna reach backwards almost to the intermediate 

 femora; their second joint is more slender but nearly as long as the 

 first; these two articulations are nude, the others pubescent. In the 

 male, the two basal joints of the anterior tarsi are strongly produced 

 inwardly at' the extremity ; the elytral striae are just perceptibly 

 punctulated, the thorax rather shorter, and the whole insect darker 

 in colour than in the other sex ; but, notwithstanding these dis- 

 crepancies, I consider my two specimens to be the sexes of one 

 species only. 



Length, 3^ lines ; breadth, i. 



Collected by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager near Wellington. 



The insect No. 1145 (Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera, 

 Part II., p. 655) is a female, and must be removed from Tropopterus 

 so as to become known as Oopterus patulus. 



Group 



Bembidium (p. 55)- 



1340. B. rnusse, n.s. Convex, robust ; head and thorax 

 glossy-aeneous ; elytra testaceous, their surface with three large 

 irregularly-formed fusco-eeneous spaces, striae aeneous ; palpi, legs, 

 and three basal articulations of the antennae testaceous-yellow. 



Head broad, much narrowed anteriorly ; foveae large, broad, and 

 shallow ; eyes convex, very prominent. Prothorax obtusely rounded 

 towards the front, gradually narrowed till within a short distance of 

 the base, where it is considerably contracted, but straight, so that 

 the posterior angles do not project; there are a few linear impressions 

 behind the disc, an obvious transversal depression in line with the 

 foveae, these latter being very small and narrow, and situated close 

 to the angles ; its front exhibits an evident curved impression ex- 

 tending from one anterior angle to the other, and a shorter one 

 behind it ; the lateral margins, distinct enough near the middle, 

 become obsolete in front. Elytra broadly oval, gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly, punctate-striate ; interstices broad and plane, third 

 bi-punctate ; the scutellar and three inner striae only attain the base, 

 where the first and second become confluent, and the punctation of 

 all is more or less obliterated beyond the hind thighs. Legs long 

 and stout ; the basal joint of the front tarsi strongly developed, 

 oblong, and, like the following transversal one, considerably pro- 

 duced inwardly and hispid. Palpi robust, hirsute. 



$ . Length, 3 lines ; breadth, i J. 



A single individual, allied to B. anchonoderum, was obtained by 

 Mr. T. F. Cheesernan, F.L.S., on Mount Arthur. 



1341. B. latiuSClllum, n.s. Sub-depressed, rather broad, 

 shining, bluish-black, occasionally somewhat bronzed; legs, palpi, 

 and antennae dark-piceous, tarsi pitchy-red. 



