172 THE CARABIDAE OF TASMAXIA, 



5 (41 Size minor (S.5 — 9 mm. I. Prothorax deeply emarginate. two strong 



setae on each side distant from apex, several fine setules at apical 

 angles. (Apex of abdomen in J 4-setose on each side.' 



viyitiiecophilus Lea 



6 (li Prothorax with one marginal seta anteriorly. 



7 (Si Black. (Apex of abdomen plurisetose. ) inoesliis Chaud. 



8 (7» Picsous: head, prothorax (sometimes disc infuscatei. margins of elytra, 



a discoidal plaga on each elytron, antennae, and legs testaceous. 



9 (12) Prothorax deeply emarginate. 



10 (111 Prothorax with basal angles rounded oft: elytra 3-maculate. Apex of 



abdomen in both sexes 4-setose on each side sivisoni SI. 



11 (10' Prothorax with basal angles marked, though obtuse: elytra bivittate, 



vittae uniting at apex, narrow or interrupted at apical third. Apex 

 of abdomen in ? 2-setose on each side oh/iisiis Chaud.r 



12 (9i Prothorax lightly emarginate. (Elytra with two narrow pointed dis- 



coidal vittae. Apex of abdom.en in V 2-setose on each side.^ 



hhittiitiis SI. 



yote. — I take the present opportunity of leeording that on examining the 

 type specimen of P. ornati(i< Blackl)., it was evident tliat P. tnaicatiis SI. was the 

 same species. 



Philophloeus nisTiXGrEXDUS Chaudoir. 



This species is distinguished by haWng the eljiral vittae usually short and 

 pointed, rarely extending to the second puncture of third interstice; the tyineal 

 form lias generally three anterior marginal setae on the prothorax, rarely four, 

 and in one Tasmanian specimen only two setae on each side. 



Hah. — Turner'.^ Jlarsh, St. Patrick's Plains. ]\Iole Creek iSimsonl. 



Philophloeus EfCALYPTi Genuar. 



It can hardly be distinguished from P. auxtralis Dej.. except by the inter- 

 mediate tarsi of J having two. not three joints squamosa beneath; this char;ieter 

 I have found con.stant in P. eucah/pti and P. distitifjiiendus Chaud. I do not .see 

 any reasons for distinguishing the Tasmanian fonn by the varietal name ''tas- 

 tiMitica," as suggested by Blackburn. 



Hah. — Launceston, Brighton ( Simson, Xo. 2485 ) . • 



Philophloeus JiYRiiECOPniLU.s Lea. 



Hub. — ^fole Creek. Karoola (Simson). 



FHiLOPin.OErs hoestcs Chaudoir. 



(= Tdius id. Cliaud.) 



Il(d>. — Great Lake (Simson). 



PhILOPHLOEUS SIMSOXI, SJ). nov. 



Oval, depres.sed ; head depressed; prothorax deeply emarginate, postc'rior 

 angles rounded off, two marginal setae on each side; elytra biplagiate on basal 

 half; apical ventral segment in c? 3- or 4-setosp. in $ 4- or 5-setosc on each side; 

 intermediate tarsi in c? with two basal joints si|uamose beneath. Head, disc of 

 prothorax. tibiae, tarsi, palpi, antennae, and undei-surface more or less ferru- 

 ginous: femora and margins of prothorax testaceous; eh-tra piceous, a large 



