410 CARABID.E FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA, 



Ilab. — Northern Territory. Type in National Museum, Mel- 

 bourne. 



A single specimen of this elegant and distinct species was 

 sent to me by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, of the National Museum, 

 Melbourne, for description, ticketed " Flooded area, King River, 

 N.T.; W. McLennan; 24.12.15." In facies it resembles C. 

 splendidum Macl., but it is not closely allied to that species 

 (some differences are form of head, facial sulci deep and extending 

 backwards beyond base of eye, suborbital antennal grooves 

 short, single; elytra with several punctures on each side of base, 

 the row of punctures along margin not few and wide apart). It 

 probably has more affinity towards C. longuhim SI., than to any 

 other described species, but differs by smaller size, elytra im- 

 punctate, <fec. Comparing it with C. eximium SI., which it 

 resembles in appearance, size, and impunctate elytra, it differs 

 by head, prothorax, and abdomen having viridescent tints ; 

 labrum bisinuate (middle a little advanced); eyes less convex, 

 less prominent, more strongly inclosed at base, lateral spaces of 

 front narrower and more convex behind owing to the deeper, 

 wider, juxta-ocular sulcus, suborbital antennal groove single; 

 prothorax with anterior angles prominent, posterior curve shorter, 

 less oblique, more strongly sinuate on each side of lobe; elytra 

 more flattened on disc, upturned humeral angle more acute. 



Tribe Harpalinl. 

 Genus Gnathaphanus. 

 Gnathaphanus whitei, n.sp. 

 9. Elongate-oval, subdepressed. Black. 



Head large (5-3 mm. across eyes). Mandibles short, right one 

 widely rounded at apex. Prothorax transverse (4*3 x 6-3 mm.) 

 with a large anterior area defined by an arcuate transverse line 

 raised above plane of disc and a wide, depressed, basal area; 

 angles obtuse, posterior rounded off. Elytra parallel-oval (115 

 X 7*4 mm.), strongly sinuate on each side of apex, strongly 

 striate; dorsal interstices convex, third and fifth wider than 

 second and fourth, second, fourth, and sixth narrow, pointed at 

 apex, third with seven, shallow, foveiform punctures extending 



