466 A SECOND NOTE ON THE CARENIDES, 



Calliscapterus foveolatus, MacL, and G. viridiceneus, Macl., are not 

 likely to belong to any of the " groups " given above. They 

 are probably more allied to Laccopterum cyaneum, Fabr., 

 than to any other described Carenid. 



Carenum parvulum, Macl., is probably allied to Laccopterum 

 cyaneum, Fabr., rather than to Carenum dispar, Macl., or 

 C. campestre, Macl. 



Carenum nickleri, Ancey, is too vaguely described for its identifica- 

 tion to be possible without an actual inspection of the type. 

 It seems allied to C. campestre, Macl., but tliat it is a 

 previously undescribed species seems very doubtful, and the 

 description certainly bears no internal evidence of such being 

 the case. 



Carenum gawlerense. This name is not found in Mr. Masters' 

 Catalogue, but it occurs in Sir William Macleay's list of the 

 genus Carenoscaphus,^ where it is attributed to de Castelnau. 

 It cannot, however, be recognised, the only authority f for it 

 being merely a suggestion by Sir William Macleay. 



Carenur)i sum,ptuosum, Westw.^ and Carenoscaphus viridissimus, 

 Macl., are elongate species with affinities towards Carenum 

 quadripunctatum, Macl. ; I am doubtful of their position. 

 The Rev. Thomas Blackburn has recorded his opinion that 

 C. sumptuosnm should 1)0 considered as belonging to the 

 genus Eutoma.l 



Carenum lejndum, SI., requires, I think, a separate group. 

 Unfortunately my specimen has been accidentally destroyed. 

 Carenum de visii, Macl., is a remarkable species. I remember 

 seeing the type in the Brisbane Museum in the year 1888, 

 when 1 was struck by its great dissimilarity to any other 

 Carenum I had ever seen. Speaking from memory I think 

 it is more allied to the species named Uui-yscaphus atratus in 

 this paper than to any other known Carenid. 



* P.L.S.N.S.W., 1887, ii. (2) p. 120. 



t Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W., 1869, ii. p. 59. 



X P.L.S.N.S.W. 1889, iv. (2), p. 445. 



