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from the allied genera Migadops, Bmchycoelus, Loxomerus, &c., by the 

 four dilated tarsal joints of the anterior and middle legs, and by the 

 equality of the lobes of the fourth joint. The species resembles an 

 Amara to dece2)tiou, and forms an interesting addition to the An- 

 tarctic group Migadopincd, allied to our northern Nebriance, but differ- 

 ing from them in facies, and in the middle tarsi being generally 

 dilated. In form, Amarotypiis resembles Systolosoma, but the hind 

 coxiB do not reach the side of the body, as in that still more anomalous 

 genus. 



Amarottpus Edwardsii, n. sp. 



Ovatus, cupreo-fuscus, nitidus, antennis p)^dibiisque rnfo-piceis, 

 palpis fiavo-testaceis ; elytris seriato-jjunctatis. Long. 3 lin. ^ $ . 



Of similar ovate form to Amara pleheja ; dark pitchy -brown, with 

 a uniform coppery-aeneous tinge above ; shining. The head is very 

 similar to that of Uliytidognntlius ovalis, being widened behind the 

 eyes ; the forehead is, however, a little dilated, and projects over the 

 base of the antennae. The palpi are short, as in JBrachycoelus ; the 

 terminal joints are thick and appear pointed, but the points are the 

 upper ends of an oblique truncature, visible only in certain positions. 

 The thorax widens from fi'ont to back, and at the base is quite as 

 wide' as the elytra : it is convex, slightly wrinkled and impunctate, 

 and has, near the hind angles, two oblong f oveae ; the exterior one very 

 narrow and scarcely visible, near the angle, and the interior one much 

 more conspicuous, at some distance from the other. The elytra are 

 rounded and entire behind ; they have each nine rows of short, linear, 

 sharply-cut punctures, the marginal row not much more impressed 

 than the others ; there is no trace of striae, and the interstices are 

 somewhat uneven. The anterior tibia3 have a deep notch before the 

 apex, with one spur above the notch and one at the apex. In the (J 

 the anterior tarsi are more widely dilated than the middle pair ; the 

 4th joint is nearly as wide as the others, and its lobes are short and 

 equal. 



Found in New Zealand by Mr. H. Edwards (now of (St. Fran- 

 cisco), who kindly sent me three examples. 



Nebuia majS'dibitlaeis, n. sp. 



EJonf/ato-ohlonga , paraUela, nigra ; capite grossissimo, mandihulis 

 maxime elongatis; thorace magno, qimdrato; elytris elongntis, parallelis, 

 sub-punctato-striatis. Long. 9 lin. ^ . 



Quite unlike any other known species ; the tliorax resembling 



