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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, tibiae 

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

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

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

 Body elongate, and attenuated at the extremities. 



41. C. zeelandiCTlS, Redtenbacher ; 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., 6J ; lat, 2.f lin. 



Auckland. 



NOTE. Mr. Bates doubts whether this species really belongs to the 

 genus Calathus, and adds that C. rubromarginatus, Blanch., from the 

 Auckland Islands, is decidedly not a Calathus, 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 fovese 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 tibia 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 



