Ur THOMAS G. SLOANE. 147 



sliuuldi'i-s; striae deep, simple, first entire, curving round apex and extending 

 forward opposite jiosterior extremity of sixth stria in a short deeply marked 

 course hooked at extremity (about apical fifth); interstices rather irregidar, con- 

 vex towards sides, second wdde towards apex, third ended considerably before 

 apex by the union of third and fourth striae, interrupted by posterior discal fovea, 

 fourth interrupted about l)asal fifth by anterior fovea. Length, 3.8. breadth, 1.8 

 nun . 



JJiib. — Victoria: IVIarysville and Warburton (Sloaue). 



One specimen obtained by me at Warburton, and another at Marysville in 

 January, in damp, heavily wooded gullies. 



Allied to T. victoriae Blackb., but differing by smaller size; darker colour; 

 head less swollen at eyes; prothorax less rounded on sides, not sinuate before 

 basal angles, these not acute; elytra similar, but with sculpture of the apical de- 

 clivity different {T. victoriae without a hooked sublateral striole), marginal border 

 not extending along ba-se to peduncle as in T. victoriae. It is altogether different 

 from T. sim.ioni Blackb., by fades; prothorax more transverse (not cordate), more 

 \^'idely mai-gined; elytra more depressed, humeral angles more marked (in T. 

 gimsoni quite rounded off), anterior discal puncture interrupting fourth inter- 

 stice, etc. 



Trechus carteri, sn. nov. 



Oval, convex; head large, eyes convex, orbits small behind eyes; prothorax 

 subquadrate. base truncate, basal angles rectangular (a little blunted at summit) ; 

 elytra oval, disc strongly striate, striae fainter towards sides. 



Black: leg's (tibiae darker than femora), base of antennae, and mouth-i>arts 

 testaceous; prothorax piceous, reddish towards basal angles; elytra with yellowish 

 markings as under: — (1) on apical margin and first interstice on apical dechvity, 

 (2) a post humeral oblique macula extending from fourth stria behind anterior 

 discal puncture to margin, and reaching base at shoulder, (3) a small discal spot 

 on third interstice at second puncture, (4) an irregular arcuate fascia from 

 fourth stria to margin above apical declivity. 



Prothorax Ijroader than long (0.7 x . 85 mm. ) , widest before middle, hardly 

 wider acro.ss base than apex; sides lightly rounded, obliquely narrowed to l)ase; 

 lateral border not wide anteriorly, strongly reflexed towards base. Elytra widely 

 oval (2 X 1.5 mm.), convex, four inner striae strongly impressed, eighth obsolete 

 on sides, third interstice 3-punctate (two anterior punctures beside third stria, 

 third on apical declivity beside second stria) ; eighth interstice carinate at apex, 

 defined on inner side by the well marked apical striole. Length, 3.3, Ijreadth, 

 1.5 mm. 



Hab. — Cradle Mountain (Carter and Lea). Many specimens. "In moss and 

 lichens," Lea. 



Allied to T. fiuhornatellus Blackl)., from whicli it can be readily differentiated 

 by size smaller: prothorax more strongly narrowed to base, border narrower; 

 elytra witli post-humeral maculae. From T. coxi SI., which it resembles in pat- 

 tern of elytra, it can be distinguished by smaller size; eyes smaller and less con- 

 vex; prothorax much less transverse, more narrowed to base; elytra with striae 

 strongly impressed on disc. 



Trechus austrixus, sp. nov. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Head rather wide, strongly arcuately bisulcate; pro- 

 thorax subcordate, apex and base of about equal width, basal angles almost rec- 



