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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By the Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A., Core. Mem. 



Part XV. 



CARABID^. 



Taromorpha (gen. no v. Lebiidarum). 



Corpus glabrum ; caput minus elongatum, orbitu post-oculari 

 parvo, colic distincto ; palpi labiales subcylindrici acuminati ; 

 mentum medium baud dentatum ; antennarum articulus 3"* 

 glaber ; prothorax postice vix lobatus ; elytra elongata apice 

 valde obtusa vix truncata, interstitiis sparsim punctulatis, 

 tertio 3-punctato ; tarsi graciles, supra glabri, articulo 4° 

 simplici, unguibus simplicibus. 

 In general facies the species for which I propose this name is 

 remarkably like Anomotarus olivaceus, Chaud., though its struc- 

 tural characters are different in some important respects. 



Taromorpha alternata, sp.nov. 



Nitida ; piceo-nigra, subviride-micans, palpis antennis pedibus 

 et corpore subtus ferrugineis ; capite fere Isevi ; prothorace 

 leviter transverse, canaliculato, transversim rugato, basi quam 

 margo anticus vix angustiori, lateribus antice modice rotun- 

 datis postice sinuatis, angulis posticis vix acutis extrorsum 

 vix prominentibus ; elytris striatis, interstitiis alternis magis 

 angustis magis convexis. [Long. 3|, lat. ly^ lines. 



N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Cowell near Cairns. 



SCOPODES RUGATUS, sp.nov. 



Aureo-seneus, certo adspectu plus minusve viridi- vel cupreo- 

 tinctus ; capite prothoraceque confertim fortiter (quam iS'. 



