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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By the Rev. T. Blackburx, B.A., Core. Mem. 



Part IX. 

 CARABID^. 



Dyschirius ovensensis, sp.nov. 



Augustus ; sat elongatus ; nitidus ; niger, antennis basi pedi- 

 busque plus minus picescentibus, elytris pone medium macula 

 magna sanguinea utrinque ornatis ; prothorace ovali, quam 

 latiori vix longiori ; elytris basi subgibbosis, pone pai'tem 

 gibbosam transversim impressis, in parte antica tertia fortiter 

 seriatim punctulatis, alibi (parte antica declivi inclusa) 

 Isevibus ; tibiis anticis extus bidentatis. 



[Long. I-I5, lat. I line. 



This species is evidently allied to D. Master si, Macl., and 

 Stephensi, Macl., from which the large sanguineous blotch on each 

 elytron will at once distinguish it. The two teeth on the external 

 margin of the front tibiaj are both small ; the external apical 

 prolongation of the tibia itself is slender and very elongate, and is 

 moderately curved outwards towards the apex. 



Victoria ; on the banks of the Ovens River. 



Diaphoromerus. 



I attribute the following species to this genus with extreme 

 hesitation ; although I cannot find any structural character 

 absolutely requiring separation its facies is totally unlike that of 

 any of the hitherto described species. Its general appearance is 



