218 ON THE CAliENIDES (FAM. CARABIDM), 



prominent, sides parallel before posterior angles, these widely 

 rounded; base wide, x'ounded; a light sinuosity on each side of 

 basal lobe; border narrow; a short wide well-marked impression 

 on each side of basal lobe; two marginal punctures on each side. 

 Elytra hardly as wide as prothorax (7 x 3-3 mm.), convex; basal 

 declivit}^ abrupt, emarginate, border thick along sides, upturned 

 (not dentate) at humeral angles ; marginal channel punctate 

 (three or four punctures near shoulder, three or four widely 

 separated along sides, and two or three on each side of apical 

 curve); suture deeply impressed; disc a little depressed on each 

 side of suture. External apical tooth of intermediate tibi;e 

 small. 



Length 14, breadth 3-5 mm. 



llah. — Victoria, North-western (Mallee) District (Coll. French). 



Allied to E. violaceum, Macl.,* from which it differs in colour, 

 more convex elytra, &c. The head appears wider (unless measured) 

 than the prothorax. The violet and green tints of the elyti-a 

 intermingle in changing lights. 



EUTOMA AUERRANS, n.Sp. 



Long, narrow, cylindrical, Ifevigate ; head large, transversely 

 impressed at base, eyes deeply set in orbits, postocular prominences 

 large ; prothorax longer than broad, parallel on sides, anterior 

 angles porrect, two marginal punctures on each side ; elytra 

 elongate-oval, lightly rounded on sides, narrowed to apex, disc 

 impunctate, humeral angles edentate, inflexed margin narrow 

 behind first ventral segment ; anterior tibi;e bidentate. Head 

 black witli violet reflections on sides* and basal depression; pro- 

 thorax black-purple, becoming green near posterior and anterior 

 angles ; elytra green, disc purple, inflexed margins purj)le-b]ack; 

 legs piceousblack; antennae piceous. 



* E. violaceum is from West Australia; specimens have been sent to me 

 by Mr. A. M Lea, taken by iiim at Mount Barker and Darling Ranges; 

 its exact habitat has not been previously recorded. 



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