1000 COLEOPTERA 



Group-ANISODACTYLID.ffil. 



Lecanomerus. 



1794. L. marginatus, n.s. (Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., vol. xx., 

 p. 25.) Ovatus, nigricans ; palpis, pedibus, elytrorumque margine ex- 

 terno testaceis ; antennis, tibiarum apice, tarsisque fuscis, illis basi 

 testaceo ; corpore subtus variegato ; prothorace transverse, posterius 

 angustato, basi laevigato vix impresso ; elytris sat profunde striatis, 

 striis baud punctatis. 



Long., 6mm. 



This species is distinguished from the other New Zealand Lecano- 

 meri by the more variegate surface, in which respect it resembles 

 the New Caledonian Acupalpus domesticus (a species which should 

 also be referred to the genus Lecanomerus). The antennae are rather 

 stout, and the basal joint clear yellow ; the raised margin of the 

 prothorax is yellowish, as is also the scutellum, and the same colour 

 forms a broad definite border of variable width along the sides of the 

 elytra; on the under-surface the head and the hind coxae are 

 yellow, and the ventral segments are maculate at the sides. The 

 dilatation of the male tarsi is moderate, the fourth joint being not 

 very short and broad. 



This species occurs at Auckland, where it has been found by 

 Messrs. Broun and Lawson : it is probable that Captain Broun' s 

 record of the occurrence of L. latimanus at Tairua and Whangarei 

 refers rather to this species ; Mr. Bates, having at first supposed the 

 L. marginatus to be a variety of L. latimanus , so named specimens, 

 and thus the error has arisen. 



Group-ZOLINL 



Zolus. 



Nov. gen. 

 (Sharp ; Trans. Boy. Dub. Soc., 1886.) 



The insect for which this generic name is proposed has peculiar 

 characters, so that its position and affinities cannot be determined with 

 precision at present, and must be a subject for future discussion ; 

 meanwhile it may be treated as forming a distinct group, which will 

 perhaps be best placed near the Zabrini, and will be called Zolini. 



The size is rather small, and the appearance that of the smaller 

 Pterostichi, such as Haptoderus or Argutor. The base of the thorax 

 is very closely adapted to the base of the elytra, which it overlaps. 

 The basal joint of the front tarsus in the male is large, and its front 

 side is produced so as to form an angle and make the joint un- 

 symmetrical in form. The second joint is much smaller than the 

 first, but is similarly formed ; the third and fourth joints being small 

 and symmetrical in form. The under-surface of the two dilated joints 

 bears fine elongate hairs, and the anterior side (i.e., the side most 

 produced) bears also papery-like squamae ; the middle tarsi are 

 simple, as also are the claws. There is only one orbital seta. The 



