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angulis posticis obtusis, basi utrinque fovea lata, indistincte punctulata ; 

 elytris in utroque sexu sericeis ; interstitiis planis, tertio postice uni- 

 punctato. 



Long., 4-4 \ lin. M.F. 



Castelnau's description of Harpalus nova-zealandicz (Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Viet., pt. ii., vol. viii.,^. 194) applies to this species as far as it goes, 

 except the size (5 lines.) My specimens came from Mr. Henry 

 Edwards (from Auckland ?) and Mr. Fereday of Christchurch. 



NOTE. I have one mutilated specimen from Captain Hutton, 

 which he found in Otago ; I do not think it occurs near Auckland. 



Lecanomerus. 



Chaudoir ; Bull. d. Mosc., 1850, No. ii.,/. 446. 



Mentum with entire middle tooth ; its lobes dilated and acute at the 

 extremity ; ligula truncated at apex ; paraglossse large, of equal length. 

 Palpi with acuminate terminal joints. Mandibles short, strongly arched 

 and pointed at the end. Labrum quadrate, a little transverse. Head 

 small, ovate, rounded behind. Prothorax large, quadrate, with rounded 

 sides and obtuse angles. Elytra sub-ovate, rather strongly sinuated at 

 their extremity. Legs slender, the anterior tibia widened towards their 

 extremity ; the first four joints of the front tarsi of the male dilated ; 

 the first small, triangular; the second large, rounded, cordate; third 

 transversely oval, shorter than the preceding ; fourth, transversal, nar- 

 rower and shorter than its predecessor, emarginated ; the intermediate 

 tarsi narrower than the anterior; the soles brush-like. 



The above is translated from Lacordaire's Hist, des Ins. Coleop., 

 Tom. \., p. 280. 



95. L. latimanus, Bates; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., March- 

 April, 1874. L. ovatus, piceo-fuscus, modice nitidus ; partibus oris, 

 antennis, pedibus, elytrorumque marginibus (postice dilatatis) fulvo- 

 testaceis; thorace transversim quadralo, vix postice angustato, angulis 

 posticis rotundatis, supra basi laevi haud foveato ; elytris ovatis, convexis. 



M. Tarsi quatuor anteriores articulis secundo et tertio magnis, 

 maxime dilatatis ; secundo semicirculari ; tertio paulo breviore, haud 

 angustiore ; primo breviter triangulari ; quarto brevissimo, lato, quam 

 tertio paulo angustiore, nullomodo lobato. 



Long., 2^ lin. M. 



The form of this curious insect is that of an Oopterus, the elytra 

 being ovate (much broader than the thorax) and convex ; but the broad 

 patelliform anterior and middle tarsi of the male, with their even, 

 smooth, brush-soles, show that it belongs to the Australian genus 

 Lecanomerus, Chaud. It agrees in all essential generic characters with 

 L. insidiosus ; but the second tarsal joint is shorter and more semi- 

 circular, and the fourth is much broader. The elytra in the unique 

 specimen are dark pitchy-brown with fulvous lateral margins, not very 

 well defined, but widening much at the apex ; there is no puncture on 

 the third interstice, and there is a short scutellar striole between the 



