BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 325 



NoTONOMUS LESUEURi, Casteliiau. 



Feronia {Pterostichus) lesueurii, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. 

 1868, viii. p. 210; Fer. lesueuri, Chaud., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 

 1874, vi. p. 596. 



Elongate, narrow, subcylindrical. Black, elytra with a bronzy 

 or purplish tinge. Head oval, convex (3-5 across eyes) ; eyes 

 with orbits reniform, depressed. Prothorax as long as broad 

 (4-5 X 4-55 mm.), convex, widest (not ampliate) at middle, wider 

 across base (3-5 mm.) than apex (3-3 mm.); sides lightly arcuate, 

 very lightly narrowed anteriorly, a little more strongly so in an 

 even curve posteriorly ; apex truncate ; basal angles widely 

 rounded; border narrow, not extending on to the sides of base, 

 posterior marginal puncture on border at basal angle; median 

 line fine, lateral basal impressions oval. Elytra oval (10 x 5*3 mm.); 

 very lightly rounded on sides, convex, deeply striate; interstices 

 lightly convex, more strongly so towards apex, three inner ones 

 reaching apex in full width, third 2-punctate, eighth narrow, 

 convex, narrower than ninth, tenth well developed before apical 

 sinuosities, narrow, not long; humeral angles not marked; basal 

 border not raised at humeral angles, joining lateral border with- 

 out any interruption; lateral border very narrow, thickened but 

 not rellexed posteriorly. Intercoxal declivity of prosternum flat, 

 bordered; of mesosternum flat: metasternal episterna eloyigate. 

 Length 16-5-19, breadth 4-75-5-8 mm. 



Hah. — N.S.W. : Burrawang (Sloane; common in November). 



A distinct species, isolated by its elongate metasternal episterna, 

 obtuse basal angles of prothorax, humeral angles of elytra not 

 dentate, &c. 



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