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CARABID^ FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA. 



(New Genera and Species, Notes and Synonymy, and Syn- 

 optic Tables. Tribes Scarttini, Harpalini, Odacas- 



THINIy LEBIIM, and HeLLUONINI). 



By Thomas G. Sloane. 



Tribe Scaritini. 

 Genus C l i v i n a . 



Clivina brevisterna si., var. major, n.var. 



Allied to C. brevisterna SI., but differing by larger size: pro- 

 thorax strongly narrowed to apex; elytra with striae less coarsely 

 punctate towards base, obsolete towards apex, interstices equally 

 convex at base but depressed towards apex, third and tifth in- 

 terstices not raised into ridges towards apex. Undersurface 

 similar as regards pro-episterna, nietepisterna, and comparative 

 lenf'th of posterior coxte in comparison with distance between 

 median and posterior coxal cavities. Length, 17; head, 3 across 

 eyes; prothorax, 4-5 x 4-75, apex 3; elytra, 10x5 mm. 



J£ab. — Northern Territory. Types in National Museum, 

 Melbourne. Several specimens, sent by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, 

 ticketed "Flooded area, King River, N.T. ; W. McLennan; 

 22.12.15." 



Laccoscaphus doddi si., var. triordinata, n.var. 



Oval; elytra with three rows of fove^e on each: anterior tibiae 

 3-dentate; black. Length, r2-2; breadth, 4*5 mm. 



Differs from the typical form of L. doddi by shape less convex; 

 elytra less convex, more depressed on disc, less roundly and 

 strongly declivous on sides, three (not four) rows of foveas on 

 each elytron (the row next the suture wanting). 



fjab. — Northern Territory. 'I ype in National Museum, Mel- 

 bourne, 



