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also a Myriapod, belonging to the Polydesmidce, which I failed 

 to secure. On Antipodes Island the magpie moth (Nyctemera 

 annulata) is common. I also saw spiders on all the islands, 

 but as my bottles were full of Diptera I could not collect 

 them. 



The following is a list of the beetles at present known 

 from the Auckland Islands : — 



Family Caeabid^. 



Calathus rubromarginatus , Blanchard. 

 Euthenarus cilicollis, Broun. 

 Euthenarus huttoni, Broun. 

 Heterodactylus nebrioides, Guerin. 

 Heterodactyhis castaneus, Blanchard. 

 Pristanclus brevis, Blanchard. 

 Oopterus clivmoides, Guerin. 

 Oopterus plicaticollis, Blanchard. 



Family Tenebeionid^:. 

 Adelium tuberculatum, Guerin. 



Family Cueculionid^. 

 Inocatoptes incertus, Broun. 

 Lyperobius Iceviusculus , Broun. 



Of these all the species and the genera Heterodactylus , 

 Pristanclus, and Inocatoptes are endemic. Oopterus and 

 Lyperobius are confined to New Zealand and the Auckland 

 Islands. Adelium extends to New Zealand, Australia, Tas- 

 mania, New Caledonia, and Chili. Calathus is a northern 

 (Holarctic) genus extending as far south as India and 

 Mexico. There is only one species in New Zealand, C. zea- 

 landicus, Bedtenbacher, having been erroneously referred to 

 this country (see " Zoological Becord, 1891," Insects, 

 p. 89). It is, however, doubtful whether our southern species- 

 really belong to Calathus. 



Descriptions by Captain T. Beoun, F.E.S. 

 Group HARPALIDJ1. 

 Euthenarus (?) cilicollis, sp. nov. 



Body fusco-piceous ; elytra with a testaceous streak along 

 the outer posterior margin of each ; tibiae and antenna? red, 

 palpi paler. Head rather short, somewhat uneven. Labrum 

 truncate. Eyes prominent. Thorax one-third broader than 

 long, its base truncate and minutely ciliate ; the sides 

 rounded, widest just before the middle, much narrowed 



