BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 309 



reaching nearly to base; lateral basal impressions shallow, sulci- 

 form at bottom, parallel; lateral basal spaces flat near basal 

 margin. Elytra truncate-oval (7*2 x 4*7 mm.); basal border a 

 little raised above lateral border at point of junction; ninth stria 

 well marked; tenth interstice well developed posteriorly. Inter- 

 coxal declivity of prosternum flat; of mesosternum wide, very 

 lightly concave. Length 13, breadth 4*7 mm. 



Hab. — Vic. : Dandenong Ranges (French), Ferntree Gully 

 (Sloane). 



I place this species under N. sphodroides, Dej., because, except 

 for the absence of any purple tinge on the prothorax, a specimen 

 (9) from the Dandenong Ranges given to me by Mr. C. French, 

 differs from the species which I regard as A^. dyscoloides, Motsch., 

 by similar characters to those which are said by Chaudoir to 

 differentiate N. sphodroides from N. dyscoloides. The following is 

 the substance of Chaudoir's note on these differences in his 

 * Supplement,' p. 587 : — Prothorax more rounded on the anterior 

 part of the sides, these hardly sinuate behind, and falling a little 

 obliquely on the base, forming with it an obtuse angle, the summit 

 of which is lightly rounded. The elytra are more oval, with the 

 shoulders rounded as well as the sides, the upper surface percep- 

 tibly more convex, not flattened on the disc; the intermediate 

 strise still more lightly marked; the elytra are not violet, but of 

 a greenish blue. I do not place much reliance on the slightly 

 more protuberant eyes, nor the form of the lateral basal spaces 

 of the prothorax mentioned by Chaudoir; his remark, that he 

 had confused this species with N. dyscoloides, indicates how closely 

 these species are allied, but I concur in thinking them distinct^ 

 Only the 9 was known to Chaudoir; I have both ^ and 9; the 

 description I have given is founded on the (J. 



XOTONOMUS DYSCOLOIDES, Motschulsky. 



Neuropates dyscoloides, Motsch., Bull. Mosc. 1865, ii. p. 263; 

 Feronia (Pterostichus) victorice, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. 

 1868, viii. p. 210; F. (Pi.) semiviolacea, Casteln., I.e., p. 212; F. 

 (Pt.) subvilis, Casteln., I.e., p. 21 3; Feronia (A^otonomus) dyscoloides, 

 Chaud., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 1874, vi. p. 587. 



