Bates. — On the Geodephagous Coleoptera of New Zealand. 309 



M. Tarsi quatuor anteriores articulis secundo ad quartum dilatatis, 

 pedum anteriorum brevissimi, intermediorum longiores cordati ; articulo quarto 



nullomodo lobato; palmis ut in Anisodactylo dense breviter setosis, planis ; 

 articulo primo triangulari, subtus nudo. 



This genus differs from the other Anisodactylince in the form of its head 

 and mandibles, which resemble those of Phorlicosomus, Cratacanthus, etc., but 

 the eyes are rather prominent ; the suture separating the epistome from the 

 forehead is very sharply impressed, and has a short deep frontal foveole near 

 each end. The paraglossse are lateral, and not placed behind the ligula, as in 

 other genera of the group. 



Triplosarus fulvescens, n. sp. 



T. ochraceo-fulvus, subnitidus, capite thoraceque interdum ameo 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 — ih lin. 



M, F. 



Harpalus novcz-zealandice, Casteln. Trans. R. Soc. 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 specimens came from Mr. Henry Edwards (from Auckland ?) 

 and Mr. Fereday of Christchurch. 



Lecanomerus latimanus, n. sp. 



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

 elytrorumque marginibus (postice dilatatis) fulvo-testaceis ; thorace transversim 

 quadrato, 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. 21 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 other generic characters with Z. insid iosus ; 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 defined, but widening much at the apex ; there is no puncture 

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

 and second strise. The margins of the ventral segments are more or less 

 fulvous. 



