444: REVISIONAL NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN CARABIDjE, iv., 



Hab. — N.S.W. : Blue Mountains (Mount Tomah, Fletcher; Kur- 

 rajong, Musson). Coll. Sloane. 



In my Revision of 1902, this species was placed under N. latera- 

 lis SI., but I now perceive that it is quite distinct. The male of N. 

 wentworthi differs from the male of N. lateralis by eyes more pro- 

 minent; elytra with lateral channel much narrower posteriorly, 

 lateral apical sinuosities well developed, and disclosing the apex of 

 the inner plica (in N. lateralis, the sinuosity is obsolete, and the 

 inner plica is not visible) posterior tibiae straight (not incurved on 

 lower side), etc.; in the female, the same elytral differences occur 

 in a far more decided form. 



80. N. lateralis SI. — Mr. H. J. Carter found this species at Mount 

 Irvine, in the Blue Mountains; and, after seeing his specimens, it 

 is evident to me that my original description was founded on nor- 

 mal specimens. When writing my "Revision," in 1902, I confused 

 another species (N. wentworthi) with N. lateralis; this error was 

 caused by my having only one specimen (9) of N. lateralis and 

 N. wentworthi for comparison, and I concluded that the very 

 peculiar marginal development of the elytra in N. lateralis Q, 

 (which had been described in the original description of that 

 species) was probably an individual deformity. In this, I was 

 wrong; it is the normal form of the elytra in N. lateralis Q. It may 

 be noted, that what I called the "ninth stria," in the original de- 

 scription of N. lateralis, is really the marginal channel ; there is a 

 narrow, ninth stria between the ninth and tenth interstices, on the 

 posterior half of the elytra. 



The mediosulcatus-gvoup. 



Prothorax rounded on sides; basal angles rounded; posterior 

 marginal puncture on border. Elytra with the four inner striae 

 deep, 5-7 obsolete, third interstice 2-punctate; humeral angles 

 rounded. Prosternum with anterior margin bordered; intercoxal 

 declivity rounded. Four posterior tarsi with first joint not cos- 

 tate, nor with upper spinules on external side; onychium glabrous 

 beneath. 



