OF NEW ZEALAND. 87? 



a good deal sinuated posteriorly, apices obtuse, humeral angles 

 rounded and rather narrow ; finely striate, the grooves hardly per- 

 ceptibly punctured ; interstices plane, third more or less evidently 

 tripunctate ; side rims sharply denned. Underside pitchy-brown. 

 Legs moderate, the intermediate and posterior tarsi grooved above. 



Differs from A. otagoensis by its relatively broader form, by its 

 tranversal thorax, less obviously punctured elytral striae, &c. ; from 

 A. sandageri by its differently shaped thorax, shorter head, more 

 feeble elytral grooves, &c. The latter species, judging from Dr. 

 Sharp's diagnosis, is allied to No. 1328. 



$ . Length, 4 lines ; breadth, i-|. 



One taken on the summit of Mount Maungatua, Taieri, by Mr. 

 S. W. Fulton. 



Group FERONIID^l . 



Trichosternus (P. 3 1 )- 



1560. T. altemilS, n.s. Black, shining, elytra somewhat 

 viridescent laterally ; legs and antennae piceous ; tips of the palpi 

 rufescent. 



Head moderately broad ; eyes prominent, their orbits suddenly 

 narrowed behind. Prothorax transversely quadrate, medially in- 

 curved apically, widely, but not so deeply, at the base ; its sides 

 moderately curved, a good deal sinuously narrowed, and, for a short 

 distance only, quite straight behind, posterior angles rectangular ; 

 dorsum smooth and convex, the median groove and basal fossaa well 

 developed. Scutellum striate at base. Elytra oviform, shoulders 

 slightly dentate ; punctate-striate, the third, fifth, and seventh 

 interstices considerably broader than the others, the fifth and 

 seventh tripunctate, lateral and apical sculpture normal. 



The thorax is much more sinuously and not so gradually narrowed 

 behind as in Nos. 72 and 1333 ; the elytral sculpture is rather 

 irregular, is dissimilar to that of all the other known species, with 

 convex interstices. 



$ . Length, 8J- lines ; breadth, 3 . 



One was found by Messrs. Cheeseman and Urquhart on the 

 mountains near Lake Tekapo, at an elevation of about 6,oooft. 



1561. T. urquhartij n.s. Shining, black, the striae and sides 

 of elytra greenish ; legs rufo-piceous ; palpi pitchy-red, paler at the 

 extremity. 



Head of moderate size, with the usual sculpture and prominent 

 eyes. Prothorax transversely quadrate, a good deal, and rather 

 abruptly, sinuously narrowed behind, straight just at the hind angles, 

 these slightly projecting, base and apex ciliateand arcuate-emarginate ; 

 the dorsal groove and basal fossae well marked ; the former ends in 

 the curved frontal impression, which becomes more distinct near the 

 anterior angles. Scutellum striate at base. Elytra oblong-oval, 

 humeral angles prominent, distinctly punctate-striate, interstices 

 slightly convex, the third, fifth, and seventh a little broader than 



