NEW ZEALAND CARABID-. 295 
elytra and antennz ferruginous, legs rufo-testaceous ; clothed 
with fine elongate sete. 
Head granulated, with fine erect yellow sete. Prothorax 
rather broader than long, moderately and gradually narrowed 
towards the base, lateral margins rather broad, closely dentated 
and fringed with yellow sete ; granulated above, with an elon- 
gate dorsal depression and five others, the two near the base 
largest, the smallest in front of the scutellum, the remaining two 
before the middle. lytra oblong, sides and apex nearly ver- 
tical, the edges rough, like the thorax, broadly impressed near 
the middle ; their sculpture consists of numerous rows of coarse 
punctures. Antenne rather short, club well limited. Legs stout, 
clothed with yellow hairs. 
In C. robustus there is scarcely any thoracic depression ; 
C. dubius has a dorsal impression, and C. similis, if I am right in 
judging my specimer to represent that species accurately, has 
four or five indistinct impressions. The sete with which this 
species is clothed are slender, and of a bright yellow, the legs 
bearing hairs ; in this respect it differs from all the other species, 
they having fuscous sete intermingled with the greyish or pallid 
ones. 
Length, 13¢ ; breadth, % line. 
Hab. Parua. I have only one individual in my collection. 
PYCNOMERIDA. 
1358. Pycnomerus rufescens, n. sp.—Nitid, red, elytra paler 
than thorax. 
Head rather coarsely but not densely punctured, with large 
and deep frontal fovese. Prothorax longer than broad, gradually 
narrowed towards the base, feebly bi-impressed on the disc and 
near the middle of each side, moderately coarsely and distantly 
punctured, but with the more elevated spaces so sparingly punc- 
tured as to seem nearly smooth. £lytra coarsely punctate-striate. 
Legs long and robust. Antenne short, their terminal joint 
distinctly marked off from the penultimate. 
Larger than P. minor ; distinguished at once by the sparsely 
punctate thorax, longer legs, and difference in antennal structure. 
Length, 134 ; breadth,.% line. 
My specimen was found near Whangarei Harbour. 
1359. P. basalis, n sp.—Sub-parallel, shining, dark red. 
Head somewhat quadrate, punctate, deeply bi-foveate. Pro- 
thorax oblong, very gradually narrowed posteriorly, indistinctly 
impressed on the dorsum, moderately coarsely punctured, three 
linear dorsal spaces somewhat more remotely. Seutellum obso- 
lete. lytra elongate, oviform, coarsely punctate-striate, their 
humeral angles prominent. Legs stout, anterior tibie distinctly 
ciliated inwardly with short yellow hairs. Antenne normal, club 
obviously bi-articulate. 
With the exception of P. simpler and P. ellipticus the New 
Zealand species exhibit a truncate elytral base ; in the present 
