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brown ; the thighs yellow ; this curious insect inhabits New 
Zealand. 
Note.—The form of the head, of the mandibule, &c., 
brings this insect among the Licinide ; the absence of a 
carina to the elytra, and of a tooth to the mentum, and the 
oval form of the palpi, places it next to Rembus, ‘Badister 
and Dicrochile, but it differs from all by the form of its 
labrum. Its fascies has some resemblance with the one of 
some of the large Cymindis. 
Stomide.. 
This family has till this day appeared to be missing from the 
Australian Fauna, but four genera, all new, seem to belong 
to it ; one, Meonis, most certainly does ; the others, Adetipa, 
Darodilia, and Letvradira, are rather more doubtful. The 
insect on which Meonis is formed is something like a large 
Stomis, but broader, and its elytra are more oval. It is 
distinguished by the triangular form of its palpi. 
Darodilia has much the appearance of a Feronia, but 
with the mandibule of Stomis. 
Adetipa seems to come near Meonis, but the mandibula, 
which are protuberant, are less so than in most Stomide, 
and I should probably have placed this insect amongst the 
Feronide if it had not been for the entire absence of a 
tooth to the mentum. 
Levadira is in the same case; its anterior tarsi are 
much like those of many Feronide, but it has no tooth to 
the mentum, and it is easily distinguished by the great 
length of the first article of its antenne, after which these 
organs are bent. In general appearance it has something of 
Cnemacanthus, but the humeral angles are well formed. 
As it is the case with many other groups of Carabidae, 
the Stomidee form a very unnatural assemblage of insects. 
MEONIS. 
Mentum transverse, very deeply emarginated convex 
and rounded in the centre; wings of the mentum 
large, broad, pointed at their extremity, obliquely truncated 
on the inner side; palpi long, ended by a long triangular 
article, obliquely truncated at the extremity ; labrum trans- 
verse and emarginated in front ; mandibule very long, very 
prominent, carinated, rounded and pointed at the extremity, 
without any tooth; maxille very long, very prominent, 
arched and densely hirsute internally; antenne filiform, as 
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