OF NEW ZEALAND. 1 9 



than broad, sometimes a little narrowed in front, of the width of the 

 elytra at its base, the sides sometimes rounded, and a little narrowed at 

 the base, sometimes quite square. Elytra oval or oblong, a little 

 convex, usually not sinuated at their extremity. Legs moderate, tibiai 

 spinose ; tarsi smooth above, the four posterior grooved externally ; the 

 three first joints of the anterior strongly dilated among the males, trian- 

 gular or cordiformj longer than broad, subequal ; claws denticulate. 

 Body elongate, and attenuated at the extremities. 



41. C. zeelandicus, Rcdtenbacher ; Voy. Novara, Zoology. 

 Apterus, niger, parum nitidus, femoribus rufopiceis, thorace longitudine 

 multo latiori, a basi ad apicem sensim angustato, postice non impresso, 

 indistincte rugoso, elytris simpliciter striatis, stria tertia serie punctorum 

 impressa. 



Long., 6-^ ; lat., 2| lin. 



Auckland. 



Note. — Mr. Bates doubts whether this species really belongs to the 

 genus Calathiis, and adds that C. ridnvmarginatiis, Blanch., from the 

 Auckland Islands, is decidedly not a Calathiis, having, according to 

 Chaudoir, four joints of the male anterior tarsi dilated and brush-like 

 beneath. 



42. C. deformipes, n.s. Body moderately elongate, slightly 

 convex, a little shining, black, the legs and antennae pitchy, parts of the 

 mouth red. Head elongate, and with the mandibles as long, but 

 narrower than thorax, very smooth, the frontal fove* shallow, the trans- 

 verse line distinct. Prothorax really but little longer than broad, 

 apparently a good deal longer, its widest part but little broader than 

 base of elytra ; it is sub-ovate, widest near the middle, rather gradually 

 rounded laterally, and sinuously narrowed towards the obtuse hind 

 angles ; apex sub-truncate, the base with a slight median lobe, and 

 slightly obliquely truncated close to the angles ; the marginal channels 

 are distinct, with reflexed rims, the disc is a little convex, with a central 

 groove and curved frontal depression, in front of which the apex seems 

 raised, the basal fovese are large and irregular, and from each proceeds 

 a broad impression running parallel to the marginal channel, almost, 

 if not quite, reaching the apex ; the surface is feebly impressed trans- 

 versely. Elytra oval, gradually rounded, the shoulders, consequently, 

 not at all distinct, they are obliquely narrowed towards the apices, which 

 are divaricate and obtusely pointed, leaving a triangular sutural excision; 

 they are obviously striated, the striae are distinctly but not deeply punc- 

 tured, some of the punctures larger than others ; there is a short scutel- 

 lar stria, and puncture, on each ; the interstices are but little elevated 

 and impunctate ; the third and sixth, and the fourth and fifth striae are 

 united at the end, the seventh is prolonged to the apex ; the sides bear 

 an interrupted row of punctures, and the rims are a little reflexed. Legs 

 long and slender, the anterior tibice. bent outwards near the extremity, 

 the four basal joints of the tarsi of about equal width, the first longest, 

 oblong ; second and third triangularly-cordate ; fourth cordiform ; they 



