OF NEW ZEALAND. 1325 



punctated, interstices somewhat convex, the third rather broader 

 than the others, and with three or four setigerous punctures. Legs 

 moderate, posterior femora a little swollen but not angulate. 



Female, sculpture of elytra less distinct. 



Thorax with four lateral set 33, but in one example the seta on 

 the hind angle is rubbed off. Scutellum striate at base. Humeral 

 angles not distinctly directed outwards, but the basal margin is 

 raised in front, so that the shoulders seem more dentiform than is 

 actually the case. The male with one, the female with two, seti- 

 gerous punctures at each side of the middle of the last ventral 

 segment. 



$ . Length, 8 ; breadth, 2f lines. 



Dyer's Pass, Port Hills, Canterbury; elevation 900ft. One pair, 

 sent by Mr. H. Suter, in whose honour the species is named. 



2330. P. sinuellus, n.s. Shining, black ; tarsi, antennae, and 

 palpi pitchy-red. 



Somewhat similiar to P. suteri ; the thorax, however, is very 

 different, being one-fifth broader than it is long, it is widest near 

 the front ; the sides are well rounded, gradually narrowed behind, 

 with a short but well-marked sinuosity close to the base, so that 

 the hind angle is decidedly projecting, the angle in fact seems to be 

 directed forwards as well as outwards ; the middle of the base is 

 eniarginate, but each side of it is oblique ; the basal foveae are large 

 but simple, the space between each and the side is almost plicate 

 (obtusely raised), the dorsal channel does not attain the apex, and 

 the undulating discoidal striae are indistinct except near the base. 

 The elytra, though oblong, are more rounded along the sides than 

 they are in P. suteri, the shoulders are slightly dentate, the striae 

 are not apparently punctate, they are not deep, and, moreover, they 

 are, here and there, irregularly interrupted. The legs are mode- 

 rately elongate, the hind thighs are not much incrassate, cer- 

 tainly not dentate underneath. The gence are somewhat swollen 

 behind and below the eyes. The scutellar striolae are short in 

 both species. 



The thoracic angles and sinuosities distinguish this from all the 

 other species of the group with four lateral setae. There is one 

 puncture on each side of the middle of the apical segment. The 

 scutellum is striate at base. 



$ . Length, 9 ; breadth, nearly 3 lines. 



Dyer's Pass. One example, from Mr. Suter. 



2331. P. SCulptipeS, n.s. Elongate, subparallel, slightly con- 

 vex, moderately shining ; black ; legs, antennae, and palpi pitchy- 

 black, tips of these last rufescent. 



Head distinctly and irregularly wrinkled. Thorax subquadrate, 

 hardly any broader than it is long, only slightly curvate laterally, 

 the sides not sinuate behind, about as wide in front as at the base, 

 apex widely, the base more strongly incurved, posterior angles 

 rectangular ; its whole surface rather deeply wrinkled longitudinally 



