Ki"! THE CARABIDAE OF TASMANIA, 



Plagioteluji opalescens Olliff. 



Protliorax with a fine marginal seta just before middle, no seta near basal 

 ang-les; elytra with two shallow discal impressions alono; course of third inteistire 

 (anterior impression consideral)ly before, posterior just behind middle) : anterior 

 coxal cavity with a single opening inwards; mesosternum unusually narrow be- 

 tween middle coxae; apex of abdomen in c? 6-setose, in 2 plurisetuse; tarsi more 

 or less setulose beneath in both sexes, particularly the bilobed fourth joint; (?, 

 anterior tarsi chithed beneath with long, not dense, griseous hairs, this setosity on 

 second and third joints most developed towards sides, in middle of these joints two 

 narrow rows of ])nl villi; ungues pectinate. 



Hab. — Waratah (Carter and Lea). Not unconnuon on thiwcrs of Li'pto- 

 spermuni. 



(AHA HI DAE BU'ElUOh'ATAE. 



Tribe Licininii. 

 Table of Tasmanian genera. 



1 (41 Mentum joining gula without support at base. Penultimate ioint of 



labial palpi bisetose. 



2 (31 Antennae with tv/o basal joints glabrous LESTiGNATHrs. 



3 (2i .\ntennae with three basal joints glabrous Lacordairi.\. 



4 (11 Mentum supported at base by a submentum. Penultimate joint of 



labial palpi plurisetose Dickochilk 



Genus L K S T I G N A T IT V S. 

 Table of species. 



1 (4) Elytra with two fine punctures on third interstice. 



2 (31 Size major; elytra with apical curve even. Length, 13. .5 — 1.5..') mm. 



iitisor Erichs. 



3 (2i Size minor; elytra with apical curve strongly sinuate on each side. 



Length, 9.. mm simsoni Bates. 



4 (1) Elytra with three or four foveiform punctures on third interstice. 



Length, 7.5 mm. foveatiis SI. 



LE.STiGNATHrs cfRSOR Ericlison. 



This species is widely spread, and varies a good deal in size and ai>pcaranc(', 

 some specimens being proportionately broader than others; the lengtli varies trom 

 13.5 to 15.5, and the brea<lth from 5 to (5. 2 mm.; the protliorax varies from 3 >< 

 3.1 to 3.3 X 3.5 mm. (in these measurements the length of the prothorax has 

 . been measured between anterior and basal an.gles, i.e., at place of greatest k'ngth). 

 The greater breadtli of the prothorax and elytra in some specimens as compared 

 with others is evidently not altogether a sexual difference, thougli generally narrow 

 specimens are females. The specimens from the AVest Coast seem usually smaller 

 than those from Dcnison Gorge ami Ben Lomond. 



Hah. — Dcnison Gorge, Ren Lumond, Zeelian, Slialiaii (Simsnn. No. Ii114); 

 Waratah, Mount Magnet (Ijca). 



IjKSTinx'.VTius SIMSONI Batcs. 



(Simson No. 3115.) 



' LesTIGNATHUS FOVEATTJS, sp. linv. 



Oval; prothiuax bisetose on each side, posterior seta on edge of liorder a 



little before basal angle; elytra lightly striate, interstices flat, third witli tiiree or 



four foveae; antennae with two basal joints glabrous, tliiril setulose; met- 



