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the smallest room for doubt. By this means I have brought 

 together in some genera (e.g. Misoj)hrice) forms that a comparison 

 with Mr. Pascoe's types would probably have led to my regarding 

 as types of new genera ; but I think it will be found that in all 

 such cases I have stated sufficiently clearly the characters common 

 to the species included under the name to prevent any confusion 

 arising. I hope to offer the Society descriptions of other 

 Erirhinidce, &c., continuing the present memoir, at an early 

 date. 



CARABID^. 



Xanthoph;ea loweri, sp.nov. 



Elongata ; minus parallela ; glabra ; testacea ; elytrorum 



sutura (basi excepta) vittaque laterali piceis ; prothorace 



quam longiori hand latiori ; elytris punctulato-striatis, 



interstitio tertio 3 vel 4 punctato. 



[Long. 4J, lat. 1^ lines. 



The presence of at least 3 setiferous punctures on each elytron 

 will distinguish this species from all hitherto described resembling 

 it in style of markings except X. grandis, Chaud., which inter 

 alia is much larger, and has the prothorax much wider in pro- 

 portion. The prothorax is scarcely different from that of X. 

 infuscata, Chaud., but is scarcely so wide at its widest part. 

 Apart from colour differences, its less parallel form and elytra 

 much wider in proportion to the prothorax, together with its longer 

 antennae, will distinguish it from X. infuscata. In general form 

 and marking it resembles X. vittata, Dej., but differs from that 

 species in its longer antennae, much narrower prothorax, which 

 has no dark stripes (in the example before me), elytral interstices 

 scarcely so flat and not quite so distinctly and closely punctulate, 

 the third having 4 setiferous punctures (on one side one of them is 

 wanting, but I think the pin on which the specimen is set passes 

 through it), sutural dark stripe not reaching the base (in the 

 example before me). 



S. Australia, Yorketown ; sent to me by Mr. 0. Lower, of 

 Parkside. 



