208 ON THE CARENIDES (FAM. CARABID.K), 



enclosed behind; one supraorbital puncture on each side. Pro- 

 thorax ti'ansverse (4"5 x 7 mm.), narrowed to apex; sides rounded; 

 posterior angles rounded; basal curve subsinuate on each side of 

 middle, strongly sinuate in middle; anterior margin emarginate; 

 anterior angles decidedly and obtusely advanced ; border wide, 

 reflexed ; marginal channel wide, impunctate. Elytra sub- 

 cordate (9 X 6-5 mm.) ; widest about anterior third ; sides 

 rounded, decidedly so to shoulders; base declivous, subemarginate 

 behind peduncle; margin wide; border reflexed, folded back erect 

 and closing marginal channel at humeral angles. Legs as in 

 G, Ifevigatuni, Macl. 



Length 19, breadth 6-5 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria. 



Allied to 0. Icevigatum, from which it differs conspicuously in 

 facies; the prothorax is wider than the elytra, more strongly and 

 roundly narrowed to the anterior angles; the eh^tra are shaped as 

 in C. Icevipenne, Macl., being subcordate, the base feebly emar- 

 ginate, the sides less rounded and the apex more narrowed than 

 in C. Icevigatum, the punctures of the lateral channel are wider 

 apart, especially near the shoulders, and the base of each elytron 

 has only one puncture in the middle of the declivity. A second 

 specimen belonging to Mr. French differs slightly from the type 

 in shape, the elytra being just a shade wider than the prothorax, 

 less declivous on the sides, more widely rounded at the apex, the 

 suture less strongly impressed, the prothorax a little less trans- 

 verse and less strongly rounded on the sides, especially towards 

 the anterior angles ; it is probable this is the ^ and the typical 

 form the ^. Specimens were sent to me by Mr. French labelled 



Victoria. 



Carbnum versicolor, n.sp. 



Elliptical-oval, Isevigate; head moderate, eyes prominent; pro- 

 thorax transverse; elytra ovate, bipunctate posteriorly; anterior 

 tibise bidentate. Head, legs and under surface (generally) black; 

 prothorax with wide greenish-blue margins (with reflected purple 

 tints in changing light), disc purple-black; elytra entirely of a 

 metallic greenish-blue colour (becoming violaceous in changing 



