408 CARABID^ PROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA, 



convex, median part wide, declivous, intermediate angles narrow, 

 prominent: preocular sulci well-defined: eyes deeply inclosed 

 behind, convex, most prominent near base, obliquely narrowed 

 forward : orbits prominent, sloping strongly to head : labrum 

 short. Pi-othorax convex, declivous to base, subparallel on sides 

 (3-4 X 4 1 mm.): basal curve short, rounded on each side, strongly 

 sinuate on each side of the well-defined basal lobe: apex truncate 

 between anterior angles; border narrow, reflexed, a little wider 

 and prominent at anterior angles. Elytra oval (6-5 x 4-2 mm.), 

 depressed on disc, strongly roundly declivous on sides, strongly 

 declivous on base above peduncle, very declivous to apex: border 

 narrow, upturned in a short, prominent, horn-like process at 

 humeral angles: three or four punctures on V)ase of each elytron, 

 the inner one near suture: a row of rather closely placed punc- 

 tures along lateral margins. Intercoxal point of prosternum 

 rounded, unisetose oti each side. Ventral segments 3-5 bipunc- 

 tate, apical segment non-foveate on upturned edge. Length, 

 13-5: breadth, 42 mm 



Ilah. — Northern Territory. Type in National IVIuseum, Mel- 

 bourne. 



A single specimen was sent to me by Mr. J. A. Ker.shaw, of 

 the National Museum, Melbourne, for identification, ticketed 

 "Flooded area. King River, N.T.: W. McLennan: 24.12.15." 

 It belongs to the C. quadripunciatum-groui): in general appear- 

 ance it resembles C. sumptuosum Westw., but differs very de- 

 cidedly by smaller size, prothorax with basal lobe far more 

 strongly defined by the lateral sinuosities, only two (not three) 

 marginal setigerous punctures on each side, border projecting 

 strongly at each humeral angle in the form of a short, horn-like 

 prominence. It is allied to C. tdtidipesii]., from which it diflfers 

 by the coppery tints on head, prothorax, and elytra, black legs, 

 broader form, much more strongly dentate humeral angles of 

 elytra, »fec. 



Cakenum bellum, n.sp. 



Elongate, parallel. Head transversely impressed behind : 

 frontal sulci long, deep, divergent posteriorly; suborbital scrobes 

 to receive antennae short, single: two supraorbital setse on each 



