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an iron receptacle for it in proximity to the mill furnace ; or it might be 
charred by means of freshly-burnt lime, which, in conjunction with the 
charcoal, would form a compound particularly valuable on a clay soil, but 
more especially when its application had been preceded by an efficient 
system of drainage. 
These concluding remarks may be regarded rather as an addenda than 
strictly within the scope of what was originally intended as an entomologi- 
cal paper, but as some of the suggestions may invite discussion on the 
subject, and perhaps ultimately lead enterprising individuals to desire practi- 
cal methods for reducing the amount of waste now permitted in all our 
forests, public and private, their introduction may be excused. 
Art. XLVIII.—Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera. By Captain Broun 
[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th August, 1876.) 
Anchomenus punctulatus. 
Heap, shining black; anterior, as far as eyes, rugose; less so on the 
vertex ; remainder faintly punctured. Thorax, sub-quadrate, broader in 
front; anterior angles, obtuse; lateral margins, moderately reflexed; a 
broad, oval, tranverse line near anterior margin ; another near the base ; 
both connected by a longitudinal line ; a deep impression near each poste- 
rior angle ; superfices with finely impressed transverse lines, most conspi- 
cuous near the base; colour, black. Elytra, dark blue ; sub-ovate, some- 
what depressed; striate; the nine lines slightly punctured; a row of 
shallow impressions on the interstices between the eighth and ninth strim, 
most closely placed near posterior femore ; lateral margins slightly reflexed 
of a faint reddish hue; suture, ferruginous. The whole surface of the 
elytra is very finely punctured. Antenne, palpi, and tarsi, ferruginous 
Femore and tibie, fuscous. Length, 7 lines. 
Habitat : Auckland. 
Trichosternus hispidus. 
Colour, deep black, except the palpi and tarsi, which are ferruginous. 
Antenne, fourth to eleventh joints, pilose. Head, with an irregular H- 
shaped impression in front; two round fover near inner margin of each 
eye, from each of which proceeds an erect ferruginous bristle. Thorax, 
quadrate, rather flat; somewhat contracted and sinuate behind ; wider than 
head ; anterior angles, rounded ; posterior, obtusely pointed; a deeply im- 
pressed line extends from the base nearly to anterior margin ; a large, deep, 
elongate fovea near each posterior angle ; lateral margins, reflexed, two 
