134 THE CARABIDAE OF TASMANIA, 



lar; upper surface depressed and with a light wide concavity on each side of oase, 

 closely and finely punctate towards base and along sides to marginal seta; a dis- 

 tinct curved anterior transverse line distant from anterior margin; median line 

 short, not deep; marginal channel wide; border reflesed on sides, entire on base, 

 extending almost to middle on each side of apex. Elytra ovate (6.2 x 4.5 nun.), 

 lightly convex; base wide, trancate; apical curve lightly sinuate on each fide; 

 striae deep; .stride at base of second interstice elongate; interstices convex, 

 strongly so on apical declivity. Posterior tarsi with basal joint almost as long 

 as two succeeding joints together. Length, 9.7 — 10.5, breadth. 4.2 — 4.5 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania (Simson Coll. No. 3686); Hobart, Huon River. B-,rnie 

 (Lea); "Warburton, Victoria (Sloane). 



A very distinct species, whicli it seems only necessary to compare witli Har- 

 23alus moestits Dej., a species which I refer to Kijpharpax on account of its short 

 posterior tarsi. Compared with H. moestus, it is larger; head more depressed 

 anteriorly; prothorax with basal angles more sharply rectangular, anterior angles 

 more prominent, lateral channel wider, base more depressed on each side, punctura- 

 tion of basal parts finer, denser, and oversjn-eadiug more of the surface; elytra 

 less convex, basal border much less prominent at shoulders, striae deeper, scutellar 

 striole much longer, interstices more convex, third impunctate ( in H. moestus 

 unipunctate above apical declivity) ; posterior tai-si longer; first joint of antennae 

 black — not ferruginous. 



Genus H y p H A R p A x. 



Table of Tasmanian species. 



1 (2) Elytra with third interstice unipunctate on apical declivity. J. — Pos- 



terior femora strongly and sharply dilatate, dentate or subdentate 



on lower side . (Prothorax with basal angles very obtuse. ) 



peroni Cast. 



2 (V\ Elytra with third interstice unipunctate above apical declivity. 



c?. — Posterior femora not strongly dilatate on lower side. 



3 (4) Prothorax with basal angles obtuse (though a little marked), not 



punctate on each side of base, except in bottom of basal impres- 

 sions. (Tibiae dull red with apex piceous) . Length, 5.7-7 mm. 



australis Dej . 



4 (31 Prothorax with basal angles well marked, punctate on each side of 



base. 

 •"i (6) Prothorax with sides oblique to base. Elytra lightly convex; humeral 

 angles not dentate. Colour obscure, bronze: tibiae ferruginous. 



piceous at apex. Length, 6.5 — 7 mm aereus Dej. 



6 (5 1 Prothorax with sides sinuate before base, basal angles square. Elytra 

 very convex; humeral angles dentate. Colour black, legs black .. 



moestus Dej . 

 HvpiiARPAX PERONI Castclnau. 



{= 77. novae-hollandiae Cast., ^ H. inoniatits Blackb. (uon Gerniar). 



= H. latiuscultis Chaudoir, ^ H. puntticauda Bates.]* 



I identify specimens from Launceston in the Simson collection as Riipliarpax 

 peroni Cast , a sjiecies which Blackburn, from South Australian specimens, identi- 



• I am indebted to Mr. H. E. Andrews.of London, for the information that Chaudoir'® 

 name was published before Bates's. 



