NEW ZEALAND CARABID. 297 
BRONTID. 
1361. Parabrontes setiger, n. sp.—Elongate, depressed ; head 
and thorax and irregular spaces on the elytra piceous, antenne 
and trophi castaneous red, legs fusco-testaceous. 
Head longitudinally rugosely punctate, with two smooth 
grooves from the labrum to the occiput. Prothorax longer than 
broad, narrower than elytra, anterior angles protuberant and 
rufescent, considerably contracted behind, sides obtusely dilated 
after the middle ; its discoidal sculpture irrregularly rugose, the 
lateral granular. Scutellum transversal, blackish. ilytra elon- 
gate, parallel, marginated, obtusely rounded apically, transversely 
depressed near the middle ; coarsely punctate-striate, sides ver- 
tical except near the middle, the dorsum rather sharply defined 
from the shoulders to near the apices, but with the carina in- 
curved medially. The clothing consists of fine brassy sete, 
scarcely apparent on the thorax. 
When the thorax of this species is compared with that of 
P. silvanoides, it will be noticed that the three or four dentiform 
projections on the sides of the latter are quite absent, and that it 
is shorter and broader. The prevailing colour on the elytra is 
testaceous-brown. 
Length, nearly 2% ; breadth, nearly 3¢ lines. 
Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager sent me a mutilated specimen from 
the vicinity of Port Nicholson. 
LATHRIDIIDZ. 
1362. Corticaria tarsalis,n.sp.—Sub-ovate, a little convex, shin- 
ing, sparingly clothed with long, erect grayish hairs ; variegate, 
chiefly reddish-brown, a considerable portion of the elytra pitchy- 
brown, shoulders testaceous, legs infuscate red, tarsi (save the 
fuscous apical joint) yellowish, two basal joints of antennz fus- 
co-testaceous, the others darker. 
Head nearly as broad as the widest part of the thorax, 
coarsely punctate; eyes very large and prominent. Antenne 
bearing dark elongate hairs; basal joint robust, swollen, 2nd 
smaller, joints 3-6 slender and elongate, 6-8 small ; club elongate, 
its two basal joints swollen at the base but abruptly narrowed 
(almost cylindrical) beyond, 11th joint ovate. Prothorax about 
as long as broad, its sides rounded, a good deal narrowed 
apically ; uneven, coarsely punctured, with two dorsal fovee, 
one behind the other, and a larger one at each side near the 
middle. Scutellum distinct, smooth. Elytra cordate, narrowed 
towards the base, slightly but broadly depressed before the 
middle, coarsely punctate. Legs moderate, tbie straight, the 
posterior not dilated apically ; tarsi two-thirds the length of the 
tibiz, basal joint as large as 2nd, not abreviated, the terminal 
stout ; claws thickened at base. 
Allied to Nos. 415, 419, and 420. Eyes very large, more 
approximated above than is usual. 
Length, 34; breadth, quite 1% line. 
I found one on the Waitakerei Range. 
