832 CARABID^ FROM DORRIGO, N.S.W., 



prothorax wider across base: elytra with the interstices more 

 convex, not opaque, humeral angles less strongly dentiform. 

 From iV. latibasis SI., <^, it differs by form more convex; elytra 

 without green margin; interstices not opaque, more convex; apical 

 sinuosities less developed. From JV. queenslandic%is S!., ^, it 

 differs by the metallic tinge of prothorax and head; elyti-a not 

 very brightly margined; form heavier, less elongate; elytra with 

 interstices more convex, humeral angles less prominently denti- 

 form. From N. viridilimbatusCa,st., JV. violaceo-marginalus^lac],, 

 and ]V. melas SI., the prominent basal angles of the prothorax, 

 with the sides subsinuate before them, distinguish it, apart from 

 differences of colour. From N. planipectus SI., it may be differ- 

 entiated readil}' by the bright colour, smaller size, less elongate 

 form, prothorax more strongly narrowed to base, apical sinuosities 

 of elytra more feebly developed, etc. 



NOTONOMUS BELLINGERI, n.sp. 



5. Elongate-oval, depressed. Prothorax subcordate, subsinuate 

 before base, posterior marginal puncture a little before base on 

 inner side of marginal channel; elytra deeply striate, interstices 

 convex, third bipunctate, eighth and ninth narrow, convex, 

 humeral angles subdentate. Intercoxal declivities of i)rosternum 

 and mesosternum flat. Head and prothorax nitid, with obscure 

 purple tinge [sometimes(^)peneous]; elytra of a rather dull obscure 

 purple [sometimes((J)rather copperyj; undersurface piceous-black; 

 legs piceous, tarsi, palpi, and antennae reddish. 



Head small as in JV. nitidicollis(2-2 mm. across eyes). Pro- 

 thorax broader than long(2-8 x 3'2 mm.), broadest before middle, 

 depressed, lightly declivous to sides on anterior two-thirds; apex 

 lightly emarginate, narrower (2-35 mm.) than base (2-65 mm.); 

 anterior angles marked, obtuse; sides lightly rounded, more gently 

 narrowed to base than to apex; base truncate; basal angles 

 rectangular, obtuse at summit; median line strongly impressed;, 

 lateral basal impressions deep, narrow, elongate; lateral basal 

 spaces depressed. Elytra truncate-oval(6"5 x 4 mm.), depre.ssed 

 on disc, lightly sinuate on each side of apex; basal border a little 



