BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 28^ 



NoTONOMUS VARiicoLLis, Chaudoir. 



Bull. Mosc. 1865, ii. p. 86; Aim. Mus. Civ. Geneva, 1874, vi. 

 p. 577 : Feronia (Pterostichus) comes, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 Vict. 1868, viii. p. 207. 



Ellongate-oval, robust, convex. Head, prothorax, under surface 

 and legs black, shining; elytra purple or bronzy-green, suture and 

 margin black. 



Head moderate (3-6 mm. across eyes); frontal impressions well 

 marked. Prothorax a little broader than long (4'7 x 5 mm.), 

 very lightly narrowed to base ; sides lightly rounded, usually 

 hardly subsinuate before base; base usually a little wider (4 mm.) 

 than apex (3-6 mm.); basal angles well marked, subrectangular 

 (obtuse at summit); posterior marginal puncture just free from 

 border at basal angle ; border fine, narrow. Elytra oval 

 (10*5 X 6 mm.); strongly striate; interstices convex, third 4- or 

 5-punctate. Length 16-21, breadth 5 -5-7 '5 mm. 



Hah. — N.S.W. : Bulli, Wollongong, Kiama, Burrawang 

 (Sloane). ' 



I place the following forms as varieties : — 



Var. A. Wholly black, basal angles of prothorax obtuse. 



Hab. — Sassafras (given to me by the late A. S. Olliff). 



Var. B. Wholly black, head a little larger. 



Hab. — Jervis Bay (Fletcher). 



NoTONOMus ANGUSTiBASis, Sloane. 



Notonomus pristonychoides, Chaud., {nee Motschulsky), Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Genova, 1874, vi. p. 588. 



Elongate, robust. Black, elytra dark purple. Head long, 

 narrow (3*3 mm. across eyes), cylindrical ; antennae long, 

 slender. Prothorax longer than broad (5 x 4*6 mm.), of equal 

 width at base and apex (3*3 mm.), widest before middle, 

 strongly narrowed and sinuate on sides posteriorly; sides lightly 

 rounded on anterior two- thirds, lightly narrowed to apex, meeting- 

 base at right angles ; anterior angles close to head, obtuse 



