BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 26') 



NoTONOMUS ACCEDENS, Chaudoir. 



Bull. Mosc. 1865, ii. p. 92; Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, 1874, 

 p. 581; Iieit7'02mtes 2^ristonyc/ioides, Motsch. (1), Bull. Mosc. 1865, 

 ii. p. 264. 



Elliptical, depressed. Black. Head smooth, convex (3-1 mm. 

 across eyes); frontal impressions well marked, diverging 

 backwards ; eyes hemispherical, very prominent. Prothorax 

 broader than long (3'6 x 4*3 mm.), subcordate, widest before 

 middle, hardly narrower at base (3 mm.) than at apex (3-1 mm.); 

 disc depressed; sides rounded on anterior two- thirds, subsinuate 

 before base; apex emarginate; anterior angles obtuse, slightly 

 advanced; base truncate; basal angles obtuse but rather sharply 

 marked, lateral border narrow, ending at basal angles; posterior 

 marginal puncture a little before the basal angles, not on border; 

 median line strongly impressed, reaching almost to apex; lateral 

 basal impressions wide, lateral basal spaces flat. Elytra rather 

 obovate, widest behind middle (9 x 5-8 mm.), sides lightly rounded, 

 rather sharply inturned towards humeral angles; lateral apical 

 sinuosities very wide but decidedly marked ; humeral angles 

 rounded; basal border meeting lateral border without any inter- 

 ruption; disc strongly striate; seventh stria slightly impressed; 

 interstices depressed, third 2-punctate (often 3-punctate); ninth 

 stria and tenth interstice feebly developed. Intercoxal declivity 

 of presternum rounded, narrow ; of mesosternum concave. 

 Anterior tarsi in ^ lightly dilatate, not squamulose on sides of 

 joints beneath. Length 14*5-17, breadth 5-6"3 mm. 



Ilab. — Vic. : Upper Yarra (French), Yarragon and Otway 

 Ranges (Sloane). 



Allied to N. politulns, Chaud., but differing by the prothorax 

 strongly angustate to the base, which is not wider than the aj^ex. 

 It is a common species in Southern Victoria; the form from the 

 Otway Ranges has a viridescent tinge on the elytra, and might 

 be regarded as a variety. I consider JVeuropates pristonychoides, 

 Motsch.jtobe synonymous with /\^. accedens,heca,u.se Motschulsky's 



