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scutellaris longa, inter strias primam et secundam posita. Tihice 

 setosa) ; anticse extus o-spinosaj, 

 (S . Tarsi quatuor anteriores articulis secundo ad quartura dilatatis, 

 pedum anteriorum brevissimi, intermediorum longiores cordati ; 

 articulo quarto nullomodo lobato ; palmis ut in Anisodactylo dense 

 breviter setosis, planis ; articulo primo triangulari, subtus nude. 



This genus differs from tlie other Anisodactylinm in the 

 form of its head and mandibles, which resemble tliose of Phor- 

 ticosomicSj CratacanthuSj &c. ; but the eyes are rather promi- 

 nent ; the suture separating the epistome from the forehead is 

 very sharply impressed, and has a short deep frontal foveole 

 near each end. The paraglosste are lateral, and not placed 

 behind the ligula, as in other genera of the group. 



Trvplosarus jnlvescens, n. sp. 



T. ochraceo-fulvus, subnitidus, capite thoraceque interdum aeneo 

 tinctus ; thorace antice rotundato, postice modice angustato, 

 angulis posticis obtusis, basi utrinque fovea lata, indistincte 

 punctulata ; elytris in utroque sexu sericeis ; interstitiis planis, 

 tertio postice unipunctato. Long. 4-4| Hn. (S 5 . 



ITarpahis novce-zelandice, Castelnau, Trans. R. See. Vict. pt. ii. vol. viii. 

 p. 194 ? 



Castelnau's description applies to the species as far as it 

 goes, except the size (5 lines). My sjDecimens came from 

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

 Christchurch. 



Lecanomerus latimanuSj n. sp. 



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

 pedibus, elytrorumque marginibus (postice dilatatis) fulvo- 

 testaceis ; thorace transversira quadrate, vix postice angustato, 

 angulis posticis rotundatis, supra basi laevi haud foveato ; elytris 

 ovatis, convexis. 



S . Tarsi quatuor anteriores articulis secundo et tertio magnis, max- 

 ime dilatatis ; secundo semicircidari ; tertio paulo breviore, hand 

 angustiore ; primo breviter triangulari ; quarto brevissimo, lato, 

 quam tertio paulo angustiore, nullomodo lobato. 



Long. 2| lin. J . 



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 Lecanomeriis (Chaud.). It agrees in 

 all other generic characters with L. insidiosus ; but the second 

 tarsal joint is shorter and more semicircular, and the fourth is 

 much broader. The elytra in the unique specimen are dark 

 pitchy brown with fulvous lateral margins, not very well 



