I 4 COLEOPTERA 



truncated at their extremity ; palpi with anti-penultimate articulation very 

 long and slender, the terminal long, slender, fusiform, curved, rounded at 

 the end ; labrum very transversal ; mandibufa large, strong, carinated, 

 very prominent, almost straight on the inner side, and arched externally ; 

 legs short, very strong ; thighs largely inflated, particularly the posterior; 

 tibia strongly curved internally, particularly the posterior, much dilated, 

 almost triangular, rugose, with a sharp edge externally ; tarsi with four 

 first joints triangular, first longer, inferior side with long, straight hairs ; 

 antenna short, thick, the basal joint largest, second narrower and rather 

 shorter, the others granular and hirsute, last oval. Body thick; head 

 almost square, transversal, much broader than the mandibulae ; thorax 

 cordiform, rather depressed, separated from the body by a peduncle ; 

 elytra oval, broader behind than in front ; posterior trochanters large, 

 oval, arched and pointed. 



33. B. antarctica, Castelnau; Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria, vol. viii., 

 p. 1 66. Dark brown, rather shining, smooth ; thorax cordiform, 

 rounded laterally, a longitudinal sulcate in the middle, and a strong 

 punctiform one on each of the posterior angles ; elytra covered with 

 strong longitudinal striae ; those nearest to the margin very strongly 

 punctated ; posterior part of elytra rugose ; on the margin a longitudi- 

 nal row of very large and strong punctiform impressions, and another of 

 four similar ones on the seventh striae ; lower side of the body, legs and 

 antennae, reddish brown. 



Length, 12 \ lines. 



Auckland. 



Group LICINHXSJ. 



Ligula free at its extremity. Mentum nearly always without median 

 tooth. Mandibles more or less robust, in general strongly arched, and 

 truncated at their extremity among the greater number. Labrum gene- 

 rally strongly emarginated. Head more or less robust and prominent, 

 gradually widened and very obtuse in front, rarely sub-cylindrical. The 

 first, or first and second joints of the anterior tarsi of the males dilated. 

 Body always smooth. 



Rembus. 



Latr. ; Lacord. Hist. des. Ins. Coleop., Tom. i,/. 233. 



Mentum deeply but narrowly hollowed, without median tooth, its 

 lateral lobes oblique outwardly, rather acute. Ligula prominent, wide, 

 almost truncated in front, its paraglossae longer. Last joint of the palpi 

 slightly oval, and truncated at the end. Mandibles rather prominent, 

 slightly arched, very wide at their base, unarmed inwardly, widely and 

 longitudinally truncated at the end. Labrum small, nearly square, 

 strongly and angularly hollowed in front. Head obtuse, frequently 

 depressed in front, a little narrowed posteriorly; epistome semi-circu- 

 larly emarginated. Eyes rather prominent. Antennce scarcely attaining 

 the middle of the body ; first joint rather thick, and as long as the 



