468 ON carabiDjE from west Australia, 



57. E. COMES, n.sp. 



Elongate-ova], shining (not shagreened), lightly convex; front 

 obliquely biimpressed ; prothorax a little broader than long 

 evidently wider across base than apex, punctate on each side of 

 base, marginal setigerous puncture small and placed about anterior 

 fourth; elytra truncate-oval, fully striate, second interstice with- 

 out striole at base, third interstice unipunctate near posterior 

 third ; tarsi short, posterior with joints short. Piceous-black, 

 shining; lateral border of prothorax and lateral border and suture 

 (posteriorly) of elytra brownish-testaceous; legs testaceous, coxte, 

 tibiae and tarsi slightly infuscate ; antennae dark fuscous, basal 

 joint testaceous. 



Head lievigate; frontal impressions extending obliquely back- 

 wards to near middle of eyes, rather strongly impressed; eyes 

 convex, not very prominent. Prothorax broader than long 

 (1-15 X 1-3 mm.), widest before middle, Ifevigate excepting a 

 slightl}' depressed punctate area near each basal angle (these 

 punctate spaces sometimes nearly meeting in middle) ; sides 

 lightly rounded anteriorly, obliquely and lightly narrowed pos- 

 teriorly ; anterior margin hardly emarginate ; anterior angles 

 lightly marked; base truncate, sloping obliquely forward a little 

 on each side; basal angles obtuse but marked (not rounded); 

 border rather thick, passing round basal angles on to base as far 

 as peduncle on each side; median line lightly marked. Elytra 

 much wider than prothorax (2-6 x 1-7 mm.), convex, strongly 

 declivous to apex, base truncate, much wider than base of pro- 

 thorax ; sides lightly rounded ; apical curve rounded, without 

 lateral sinuosities ; striae lightly impressed, entire, second rising 

 from a puncture; interstices depressed. 



Length 4-4-5, breadth 1-6-1 -8 mm. 



Rab. — Swan River, Darling Ranges, Donnybrook (Lea). 



Closely allied to^. morganensis, Blkb., but a little more robust, 

 and without the green tinge of that species ; the following 

 differences may be noted also : — eyes a little less prominent; pro- 

 thorax with the sides less evenly rounded, straighter and more 

 oblique posteriorly, posterior angles marked (not rounded oflF), 



