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and sub-truncate. The scutellum is smooth, triangular, and its apex 

 scarcely extends beyond the base of the elytra. 



The elytra are a little broader than the thorax, rather elongated, 

 slightly oval, almost parallel, a little convex, and slightly sinuated at the 

 extremity ; the strise are smooth, rather fine, and distinct ; the inter- 

 stices are very flat, there is one puncture on the extremity of the seventh 

 stria, and a row of rather large and well-marked ones along the exterior 

 margin, near the eighth stria towards the base and the apex, but none 

 in the middle. There are wings under the elytra. The under-surface 

 of the body and the femora are of a brownish-black. The tibia are of 

 a testaceous yellow, a little inclined to red, with the extremity blackish. 

 The tarsi are of a brown hue, a little inclined to red. 



NOTE. This species, according to Redtenbacher, has been found in 

 New Zealand, though the author specifies New Holland as its habitat. 

 I have not included it in the list. 



H. australiS, Dejean; Spec. Gen. des Coleop., iv., 385, 1829. 

 Subovatus, supra obscure seneus ; thorace quadrato, sub-transverso, pos- 

 tice utrinque sub-foveolato, angulis posticis sub-rotundatis ; elytris 

 brevioribus, striatis, postice oblique sub-sinuatis, interstitiis tertio puncto 

 impresso ; antennarum tibiarumque basi rufotestaceis. 



Long., '3 lin ; lat, ij. t 



NOTE. This Australian species, according to Redtenbacher, occurs 

 in New Zealand. Not included in the list^ description^ simply given to 

 prevent mistakes. 



Syllectus. 



Bates ; Entom, Mon. Mag., January, 1878. 



Fades Anchomeni. Antennarum pubescentia ad articulum tertium 

 incipiens ; foveis frontalibus versus oculos curvatis ; tarsorum articulis 

 quatuor pedum 2 anteriorum tantum dilatatis, plantis dense aequaliter 

 pubescentibus. Mandibulcz valde elongatse, graciles, subrectse. Palpi 

 sub-nudi, articulis terminalibus gradatim longe acuminatis. Mentum 

 medio dentatum. Ligula apice libera, bisetosa, paraglossis angustis. 

 Pedes graciles, subtiliter setosse, tarsi supra nudi. 



The present genus is another of those remarkable antarctic forms of 

 Carabidcz. like Oopterus, Merizodus, Euthenarus, Lecanomerus, and 

 others, of which we have no near allies in the Northern Hemisphere. 



It is more anomalous, however, than any of the others just men- 

 tioned, uniting in itself the characters of various other groups in a most 

 remarkable manner. The four dilated joints of the tarsi, and the 

 pubescence of the third antennal joint, bring it within the definition 

 of the Harpalidce, although its small head and long slender man- 

 dibles are utterly unlike any other known Harpalideous form. The 

 clothing of the soles of the dilated joints resembles that of the 

 Anisodactylincz, but differs in the hairs being less brush-like. The 

 four dilated joints are equal in breadth, and are broadly cordate in 

 shape. 



