426 CARABID.E FK'O.M THOlM<AI. AUSTRALIA, 



•Jl(24) Form eonipaiatively Avide; piothorax ampliate before middle. 

 Klytia with disc reddish or ferruginous and a lateral and apical 

 area infuscate; interstices punctulate, eighth and ninth coarsely 

 so. 



'22{'2S) Head and prothorax punctate; lateral margins of elytra wide. 



depressed rariabilis }^la(:\. 



'2S[22) Head and prothorax impunctate ; lateral margins of elj'tra 



narrow inarf/inipenni.-< SI. 



24(21) Form narrow, prothorax not ampliate on sides. Colour reddish, 

 apex of elytra sometimes reddish. 



25(30) Prothorax with basal angles obtuse. 



26(29) Head oblique, not tumid, behind eyes. 



27(28) Prothorax evidently narrowed to base, sides lightly rounded 

 at anterior marginal puncture, sinuate posteriorly. Elytra 

 with third interstice unipunctate near apex... . tweedeitsis Blackb.'' 



28(27) Prothorax not perceptiblj' narrowed to base, sides straight. 



Elytra with third interstice bipunctate .. quadricollis SI. 



29(26) Head tumid behind eyes cyHndricoUis Blackb. 



30(25) Prothorax w4th basal angles acute, or subacute, sharply marked 



ferruijijiea Chaud. 



81(20) Apex of abdomen in 6 with one, in V with two setfe on each 

 side. 



32(33) Prothorax straight on sides, widest at basal angles. (Elytra 



reddish-brown with apex red) doddi ^\. 



33(32) Prothorax rounded on sides, evidently narrowed to base. 



34(37) Prothorax with sides straightened or subsinuate posteriorly; 

 Vjasal angles not prominent. 



3o(3b) Elytra piceous with apex red apicalis '61. 



36(35) Elytra ferruginous with margins (widelj- on basal half of sides, 



narrowly at apex) and first interstice black . uif/ricincta 8\. 



37(34) Prothorax with sides ampliate before middle, stronglj^ sinuate 

 posteriori}'; basal angles acute, prominent. (Elytra piceous, 

 with three inner interstices ferruginous except at apex). . . dorsad '(■•< SI. 



38(17) Tarsi with upper surface glabrous. 



39(40) Apex of abdomen plurisetose. Prothorax evidentlj' narrower 

 at base than apex; basal angles obtuse, near peduncle. Elytra 

 with third interstice bipunctate. Testaceous, striae of elytra 

 infuscate brachbioderus Q\vA\\d. 



40(39) Apex of abdomen in 6 with one, in 9 with two setse on each 

 side. Prothorax wider at Imse than apex; basal angles sub- 

 rectangular, marked. Elytra with third interstice unipunc- 

 tate. Elytra black, with interstices 5-7 and margiiial channel 



testaceous plaf^iata Germ. 



* Described as a species of Demetrias. 



