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lightly rounded on sides; lateral apical sinuosities well developed; 

 basal border strongly raised and dentate at humeral angles; tenth 

 interstice feebly developed near apex. Intercoxal declivity of 

 prosternum narrow,, and rounded in middle ; of mesosternum 

 concave. Length 15-17'5; breadth 5-5-8 mm. 



Hah. — Vic. : Baw Baw Mountain (sent to me by Mr. C. 

 French). 



The following features in combination distinguish this species: 

 — {a) The posterior marginal puncture of prothorax distant from 

 basal angles; (6) the elytra with strongly dentate humeral angles, 

 and pluripunctate third interstice. These characters associate it 

 with N. eques, Casteln., from which it differs by its smaller size, 

 more convex elytra, prothorax more strongly narrowed to base, 

 prosternum with intercoxal declivity rounded, mesosternum 

 decidedly concave between coxae. The third elytral interstice is 

 wider than the others, and has the posterior puncture placed on 

 its outer side, which is swollen just at this puncture, 



N. (Pterostichus) phillipsi, Casteln. This name is too near iV. 

 philipjn, Newm., a previously described species, though now a 

 synonym. The treatment of iV^. phillipsi by both Castelnau and 

 Chaudoir is unsatisfactory. Chaudoir's note suggests to my mind 

 that the specimen ((J) which he found in the Castelnau collection 

 was not that which had served Castelnau for his description, 

 where no mention is made of the green border of the elytra noted 

 by Chaudoir, and the measurement given is too large for the 

 specimen Chaudoir examined. A specimen ((J) of the size and 

 colour of that described by Chaudoir as J^, phillipsi, Casteln., 

 has been given to me by Mr. C. French, who took it during the 

 trip of the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club to Eastern Gippsland 

 in the year 1889; this form differs from typical specimens of J\^. 

 strzeleckianus by its smaller head; elytra with a green margin, 

 interstices a little more convex, third not swollen where the 

 posterior puncture is placed — this punture, too, is not on the side 

 of the interstice but in the middle. I hardly think this form 

 can be considered as specifically distinct from iV. strzeleckianus, 

 so have placed it under that species, at least provisionally. 



