198 CARABID^ FROM THE UPPER WILLIAMS RIVER, N.S.W., 



n.sp.,(l, 2, 3); N. mistra/.is Cast.,(l, 4); N. amabilis Cast., (5); N. 

 frontevirens n.sp.,(l, 2, 3); Prosopogmus chalybeipenoiis Chaud., 

 (1,2,3,5); Tachys curticoUis SI., (6); Lacordairia cychroides 

 Cast. ,(3); Siagouyx blackburni, n.sp., (1, 2, 3), Gimthapltamis 

 pulcher Dej.,(6); Ga. melanarius Dej.,(6); Diaphoromerus ed- 

 wardsi Cast., vax.virescens, n.var.,(4); Hypharpnx australis Dej., 

 (6); Lecanomerus major Blkb., (1, 2, 3); Xanthophcea grandis 

 Chaud., (4); X. fftrrii,gineaC\\&nd.,; Trigoiiothops paclfica Erichs., 

 (4); >arothrocrepis corticalis Fabi'., var. injuscata, n.var,(4); 

 S. suavis Blkb., (4); Celcenephes parallelus Schmidt-Goeb. (6); 

 Philophlceus obtusus Chaud. ,(0); Ph. luculentus Newm.,(6); Ago- 

 noch'la ruficollis SI., (4); A. g uttata{^. ) Cha,nd.,{&); A. madeayi 

 SI. ,(4); A. fenestrata ^\kh.,(i); A. plag lata, n.sp. ii); Silj^ho- 

 morpha oralis Cast. ,(6): ^. discoidalis Cast., (4). 



No definite conclusions can be drawn from the small number 

 of Carabidae which can be collected in any district during one 

 short visit; at most, a fair idea of the species to be found at one 

 period of the year can be gained. Fifteen species are definitely 

 recorded as having been found below the level of 4,000 feet; and 

 to these may be added three, widely distributed species which 

 are without exact locality, but whicli undoubtedly do inhabit the 

 lower ground; these eighteen species are all known species, which 

 are found in various parts of the coastal districts of New South 

 Wales between Sydney and the Clraence River. Twenty-eight 

 species were collected above the altitude of 4,100 feet; these are 

 of far more interest than those from the lower country, no less 

 than eight of them l)eing undescribed species. One of these, Tri- 

 chosfernns{l) ansfralirxs SI., is a remarkable and interesting 

 species, evidently an ancient type, which is more allied to New 

 Zealand than to existing Australian species. Another is Agono- 

 chila rujicollis SI., hitherto only known to inhabit the forests 

 of South-Western Australia, but which is closely allied to a 

 Tasmanian species, and to A. binotata White, of New Zealand: 

 the other species are members of typical genera of Eastern Aus- 

 tralia. Altogether, the Carabidw of the Barrington Tops show a 

 general affinity to those of eastern New South Wales, with some 

 indications of a connection with the south. 



