614 NEW AUSTRALIAN SPKCIES OF CARABID^, 



marked.* The unusual length of the elytra, in proportion to 

 the length of the prothorax, is a striking character of C. eniar- 

 ginatum var. cequalis. 



Note. — At first, I considered var. (eqnalis a distinct species, 

 but having been given a specimen by Mr. H. M. Gile.s, taken b}' 

 him on the Strelly River, wliich has the prothorax with the 

 posterior angles more prominent than in var. (eqvalis, and which 

 is evidently intermediate between the typical form of C. emar- 

 ginatiim and var. (eqnalis; I have thought that the form from 

 Anketell may not be truly distinct from C. emaryinatiim; it is, 

 at least, a variety of C. emaryinaluiu, which seems to require a 

 name, and being from an exact locality, can always be known, 

 if specimens from Anketell are before one. Tlie specimen from 

 Strelly River is 22 mm. in length. 



Carenum nitidipes, n.sp. 



Narrow, cylindrical, la?vigate. Head large, convex, with long 

 strongly divergent frontal sulci, suborbital antenna! sciobes 

 divided longitudinally in middle by a short oblique ridge, two 

 supraorbital punctures on each side; prothoiax a little broader 

 than long, widely lobate at base, two marginal setigerous punc- 

 tures on each side; elytra oval, 4-punctate, inflexed margin nar- 

 row behind first ventral segment; anterior tibia* 2-dentate. 

 Head atrous, viridescent on lateral frontal spaces and occiput, 

 "ulse, basal part of mentum on each side of median tooth brightly 

 viridescent; prothorax atrous, with viridescent tints on disc and 

 wide brassy-green basal and lateral margins ; undersurface 

 brightly viridescent with atrous tints, especially on middle and 

 near sides; elytra brassy-green, inflexed margins dark purple, 

 brightly viridescent in middle of wide anterior part; abdomen 

 viridescent; purplish-black in middle (between ambulatorial 

 setse); mesosternum and metasternum black with side-pieces 

 viridescent (metasternum viridescent laterally between inter- 

 mediate and posterior coxae); legs, antennae, and palpi black; 



*A mistake occurs in the description of C. emarginahim where it is 

 written "posterior angles rounded not marked"; this should read "pos- 

 terior angles rounded but marked," from my MS. notes. 



