NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By the Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A., Core. Mem. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 



Part IV. 



The following notes and descriptions of new genera and species 

 are directly or indirectly the outcome of examining a small collec- 

 tion of Carahidce together with a few Longicornes sent to me by 

 Mr. W. D. Randall from Barrow's Creek in Southern tropical 

 Australia, and — from collections recently received from Central 

 Australia (Mr. Wild) and the Northern Territory (Dr. and Mrs. 

 Bovill) — such species as are connected with those Mr. Randall sent. 

 I deeply regret to mention that Dr. and Mrs. Bovill have now 

 left Australia and so put an end to their valuable and highly 

 intelligent explorations. 



LEBIIDES. 



Phlceocarabus. 



I have several species in my collection which appear to belong 

 to this genus. The characters given by Sir William Macleay in 

 the "Insects of Gayndah" (Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. II. p. 85) 

 distinguish it satisfactorily from all other Australian genera of 

 Lehiidce yet described, and the species before me present all the 

 characters specified very satisfactorily. In all of them the head 

 is rather strongly dilated laterally behind the eyes (as in Xantlio- 

 phcea) which causes the part of the head immediately in front of 

 the neck to be wider than in some allied forms. No doubt this is 

 what Sir W. Macleay refers to when he says "head suddenly 

 narrowed behind the eyes into a distinct neck." The claws are 

 simple. 



