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and fhe second scarcely smaller than the following twO' 

 together, the fourth strongly emarginate and about the same 

 size as the first. The hind tarsi are slender and not much, 

 shorter than their tibiae, the first joint not much longer than 

 the second, the third and fourth together equal to the first, 

 the fifth quite equal to the first. The claws are very long and 

 slender. 



The facies is that of Calathus. Is it possible that Gedbmnus: 

 AustralasicB, Gruer., is really a member of this genus ? This 

 question seems to be suggested by M. Lacordaire's remark 

 (G-en. Col. I., p. 273) on the Galathus-\i\.Q appearance of th& 

 African genus Geolcenus. 



Port Lincoln ; not rare. 



L. odscurus, Nitidus ; niger ; mandibulis, palporum apice, an- 

 tennisque (basi testacea excepta) fuscis ; pedibus (tibiis 

 apice, tarsisque plus minusve infuscatis exceptis) sordide 

 testaceis ; prothoracis lateribus flavis ; hoc fortius trans- 

 verso ; elytris subtiliter striatis, interstitiis planis. Long. 

 2|1. 

 The thorax resembles that of the preceding, except that it is 

 more than a third wider than long, with its anterior margin 

 scarcely narrower than its base, and has some confused punc-^ 

 turation about the basal impressions. The sides of the elytra 

 are more parallel, the stride fainter, the interstices, if possible, 

 flatter in front, and certainly more convex behind ; there is a 

 distinct abbreviated scutellar stria and a well-defined puncture 

 on the inner edge of the third interstice. The anterior four 

 tarsi are not so strongly dilated in the male as they are in the 

 preceding species, though their proportions are similar, except 

 that the second joint is not quite so much larger than the rest. 

 The hind tarsi resemble those of the preceding. 

 Near Adelaide. 



i. Lindi, sp. no v. Nitidus ; niger ; an tennis palpis pedibusque 

 sordide testaceis ; prothorace vix transverse ; elytris stria- 

 tis, interstitiis vix planis. Long. 2|- 1. 



Very closely allied to L. flavocinctus, but differing in the 

 following respects : — The legs, palpi, and antennae are of a 

 very dull testaceous color, and the extreme margin of the 

 thorax and elytra is not paler than the rest of their surface ; 

 the thorax is evidently narrower, is scarcely a sixth part wider 

 than long, and is widest scarcely in front of the middle ; the 

 interstices of the stria on the elytra are not quite so flat. In 

 other respects the description of L. flavocinctus would apply to 

 this insect. 



P. Lincoln. 



